Multiple choice general knowledge

Mount Everest was named after

  1. Sir George Everest

  2. Sir James Everest

  3. Sir David Everest

  4. Sir Jones Everest
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Explanation

Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest, who was the Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. Despite the mountain being in Nepal, the British surveying team decided to name it after their predecessor, though Everest himself actually opposed the naming.

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