Practice MCQ Questions and answers on World Geography-GK

1

The Hwang Ho River falls into:

A) Indian Ocean B) Yellow Sea. C) Red Sea D) Bay of China

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Yellow Sea.

2

Yokohama and Kobe are the main centres of ship building industry in:

A) Japan B) South Korea C) North Korea D) China

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Japan

3

Cocos plate lies between:

A) Central America and Pacific Plate. B) North America and Pacific Plate. C) South America and Pacific Plate. D) None of Above.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Central America and Pacific Plate.

4

Brown Waterfalls are situated in:

A) Australia B) New Zealand C) Canada D) SwitSwitzerland

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

New Zealand.

5

Mindanoo Island is located in:

A) The Indian Ocean B) North Atlantic C) The Pacific Ocean D) South Atlantic

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

The Pacific Ocean.

6

Upper Volta is the old name of:

A) Angola B) Cape Verde C) Burkina Faso D) Burkina

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometers in size. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta. Under the direction of Sankara, the country changed its name on August 4, 1984, from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, which means "Land of Incorruptible People". The name Upper Volta indicated that the country contains the upper part of the Volta River.

7

Greenland is under the rule of:

A) Turkey B) Denmark C) Germany D) Portugal

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Denmark.

8

The highest point of Australia is:

A) Mount Kosciusko. B) Mount Twonsend C) Mount Twynam D) Abbott Peak

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Mount Kosciusko (2,228 m) Mount Twonsend (2,209 m) Mount Twynam (2,196 m) Abbott Peak (2,145 m) These all are located in New South Wales.

9

Who constructed Suez Canal?

A) Fyodor Litke B) Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky C) Voin Rimsky-Korsakov D) Ferdinand de Lesseps

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps GCSI was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.

10

Cincinnati (U .S .A.) is famous in the making of:

A) Machine Tools. B) Cement Industry C) Bio-technical Industry D) Aviation Tools

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Machine Tools.