Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. This is the largest of all the
continents. It covers nearly 1/3 of the world’s land surface. This continent
gave the world its earliest civilizations and major religions.
a. Europe c.
Africa
b. Asia d. North America
2. This country is known as the ‘world’s
melting pot’ and ‘land of refugees’ for having history of successive migration.
a. Canada c.
United States
b. Australia d.
Great Britain
3. This is often called as the ‘eternal
city’ for having been the seat of power during ancient and modern period.
a. Paris c. Brussels
b. Milan d. Rome
4. Melanesia refers to the ‘black islands ‘
who’s inhabitants are generally short with dark skin and frizzy hair. Which of
the following does NOT belong to the Melanesia group of islands?
a. Papua New Guinea c. Vanuatu
b. Solomon Islands d. Tuvalu
5. This is a doctrine in geography which
states that nature is passive and man is active who is free to change his
environment.
a. Marxist c.
Feminist Geography
b. Possibilism d. Critical Geography
6. This is often called as ‘land of
emeralds’ because it has 90% of the world’s supply of emeralds. This country is
the only nation with coastlines washed by both the Caribbean Sea and the
Pacific Ocean.
a. Colombia c.
Ecuador
b. Brazil d. Bolivia
7. This is the least developed and poorest
country in Central America. This country’s name originated from Spanish word
for ‘depths. This is also known as the ‘Banana Republic’.
a. Honduras c.
Nicaragua
b. Guatemala d.
El Salvador
8. Why is Africa often called ‘Dark
Continent’ until the 19th century?
a. It is a land of mystery and paradox
b. Its peoples are all black and dark
c. Its forests are impenetrable
d. Its notorious for diseases
9. This is the third largest continent. It
is home of megacities like Mexico City, New York and Los Angeles. Its highest
point is Mt. McKinley and lowest point is the Death Valley.
a. South America c. Caribbean
b. North America d. Oceania
10. This is the second largest continent, home
of the largest desert and was also believed to be the birthplace of humanity.
a. Australia c.
South America
b. Europe d.
Africa
11. This is the best manifestation of the
cultural landscape of Islam.
a. Pagodas c. Stupas
b. Mosques d.
Bazaar
12. This is the largest city in Africa which is
also often called ‘city of victory’.
a. Cairo c. Addis Ababa
b. Pretoria d.
Mogadishu
13. This is popularly called as ‘Empty
Quarter’. This is one of the largest true deserts in the world which has no
settlement and no vegetation at all.
a. Rub Al Khali c. Nubian
b. Sahara d.
Libyan
14. This is the heart of the Mayan
civilization. It is most populous country in Central America and half of the
populations are Mayan Indians.
a. Honduras c.
Guatemala
b. Costa Rica d. Mexico
15. This is the 6th largest country in the
world in terms of land area. In fact, it is the only nation that is a
continent, but it has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world.
a. India c. USA
b. Australia d.
Canada
16. This is how we call the location is based
on the use of longitudes and latitudes.
a. Nominal c.
Astronomical
b. Relative d.
Absolute
17. This literary means ‘land without people’.
This country became independent in 1990 and has one of the highest sand dunes
in the world.
a. Angola c.
Namibia
b. Ghana d.
Senegal
18. The name of ‘Far East’ is a misnomer being
coined by western geographers and European mariners. This region refers to
a. India, Pakistan c. Saudi Arabia, Jordan
b. Russia, Kazakhstan d. China, Korea, Japan
19. Paradise Lost, that’s the story of this
country which was rocked by 66 nuclear blast by the United States from
1946-1958.
a. Nauru c. Marshall Islands
b. Vanuatu d.
Tonga
20. The April 1986 Chernobyl explosion is the
world’s worst nuclear disaster wherein 3 people were killed in the initial
explosion. Chernobyl is located in
a. Ukraine c.
Latvia
b. Russia d.
Lithuania
21. The Prime Meridian passes through
a. London c.
Samoa
b. Rome` d.
Warsaw
22. This country assumed full sovereignty over
a strategic canal from the United States on December 31, 1999.
a. Solomon Island c. Egypt
b. Panama d.
Colombia
23. ‘Rainbow Warrior’, the flagship of the
Greenpeace Organization was bombed and sunk in Auckland by French secret agents
due to the former’s nuclear testing. Where is Auckland?
a. Australia c.
Guam
b. New Zealand d.
Japan
24. This often called a ‘heaven of peace’ in
Central America. This country had led the way in forest conservation and
demilitarization.
a. Nicaragua c.
El Salvador
b. Costa Rica d. Honduras
25. This is the second most populated country
in the world. This nation still practices caste determination, child bride,
dowry system and girl-child infanticide especially in the rural areas.
a. China c. Canada
b. India d. Pakistan
26. During the Vietnam War, wide areas of
forest and mangroves were sprayed with this herbicide which contains dioxin, a
high toxic compound. This dioxin later was responsible for fetal deformities.
What do you call this dioxin?
a. Agent Orange c. Formalin
b. Uranium d.
all of the above
27. This is one of the world’s leading oil
producers. The country has the highest per capital income in Latin America,
though its national wealth is very unevenly distributed. This country helped in
the founding of OPEC.
a. Mexico c.
Venezuela
b. Brazil d. Ecuador
28. This is the only Portuguese – speaking
country in a Hispanic-Latin region.
a. Mexico c.
Nicaragua
b. Aruba d. Brazil
29. This literally means “Opposite the Arctic”.
This is the 5th largest landmass and the least inhabited.
a. Africa c. South Pacific
b. North Pole d. Antarctica
30. In 1989, it became the very first country
to sanction homosexual marriage and to give homosexuals most of the legal
rights accorded to heterosexuals.
a. Germany c.
Netherland
b. Finland d.
Denmark
