GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #65
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Where
is the North Pole of the Earth located?
(a) Antarctica
(b) Norway
(c) Arctic Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean
Answer:
(c)
2. Where
is the Sinai Peninsula located?
(a) Portugal
(b) Egypt
(c) Turkey
(d) Saudi Arabia
Answer:
(b)
3. Where
is Augusta Raurica located?
(a) Egypt
(b) Austria
(c) Germany
(d) Switzerland
Answer:
(d)
4. Where
is the Pena Palace located?
(a) Portugal
(b) Sweden
(c) United Arab Emirates
(d) France
Answer:
(a)
5. What
is called the bridge in Istanbul, Turkey that connects Asia and Europe?
(a) Golden Gate Bridge
(b) Royal Gorge Bridge
(c) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
(d) Bosphorus Bridge
Answer:
(d)
6. Where
is the city Alexandria located?
(a) Egypt
(b) Greece
(c) Oman
(d) Cairo
Answer:
(a)
7. About
what percentage of Antarctica is covered by ice?
(a) 90.3
(b) 93.7
(c) 97.6
(d) 99.2
Answer:
(c)
8. Who
was the first European to reach India by sea?
(a) Marco Polo
(b) Christopher Columbus
(c) Vasco da Gama
(d) John Cabot
Answer:
(c)
9. Which
of the following is the birthplace of World Wide Web (www)?
(a) NASA
(b) Pentagon
(c) Microsoft
(d) CERN
Answer:
(d)
10. Where
are the headquarters of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known
as CERN located?
(a) Netherlands
(b) Switzerland
(c) Italy
(d) United Kingdom
Answer:
(b)
11. Who
was the author of the book “Emile” or “On Education”?
(a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(b) John Locke
(c) Denis Diderot
(d) David Hume
Answer:
(a)
12. Which
is the most dispersed country in the world?
(a) Mauritius
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Maldives
(d) Thailand
Answer:
(a)
13. Which
country is also called the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
(a) Denmark
(b) Iceland
(c) Finland
(d) Norway
Answer:
(d)
14. Which
country is also called “Rainbow Nation”?
(a) South Africa
(b) Cuba
(c) Nigeria
(d) Kenya
Answer:
(a)
15. What
does “Netherlands” literally mean?
(a) Ideal location
(b) Lower countries
(c) Mouth of land
(d) Land of sunset
Answer:
(b)
16. Which
country contains the most number of active volcanoes in the world?
(a) Mexico
(b) Chile
(c) Russia
(d) Indonesia
Answer:
(d)
17. Which
country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
(a) Zambia
(b) Botswana
(c) Liberia
(d) Lesotho
Answer:
(d)
18. Where
is the Jeju Island located?
(a) North Korea
(b) South Korea
(c) Japan
(d) Maldives
Answer:
(b)
19. The
Orange River flows in which of the following countries?
(a) Greece
(b) China
(c) South Africa
(d) United Kingdom
Answer:
(c)
20. Where
is the Chapultepec Castle located?
(a) Brazil
(b) Argentina
(c) Colombia
(d) Mexico
Answer:
(d)
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