General Awareness ยท Geography
World Facts and Geography
13,259 Questions
World facts and geography encompass global statistics, technological history, and international political systems. This includes facts about research, natural resources, and democratic structures worldwide. Such questions are common in the general awareness papers of SSC, UPSC, and banking exams.
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World Facts and Geography Questions
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Newzealand
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Arabia
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Alaska
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Argentina
B
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The Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world at about 3.2 million square kilometers. Option B correctly identifies this major geographic region. 'Newzealand' is an island nation, while 'Alaska' and 'Argentina' are not peninsulas.
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Canada
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Greenland
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Russia
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Australia
C
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Russia has the largest land area in the world at approximately 17.1 million square kilometers. Option C correctly identifies this country that spans two continents. Canada is second-largest, while Greenland and Australia are smaller than Russia.
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Scotland
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Switzerland
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Sweden
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Brazil
A
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Modern golf originated in 15th-century Scotland, with the first recorded game at St Andrews. While stick-and-ball games existed earlier across cultures, Scotland established the formalized version and rules we recognize today.
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Germany
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Texas
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Austria
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Egypt
C
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Hitler was born in 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary (modern-day Austria). Germany option is plausible given his later political career as German Chancellor, but his birthplace was definitely Austrian territory.
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New Zealand
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Bhutan
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Taiwan
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Korea
B
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Bhutan is called Druk Yul in the local language, meaning 'Land of the Thunder Dragon,' referring to the thunderstorms of the Himalayas. This matches the 'ThunderBolts' designation in the question.
C
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The Three Mile Island nuclear accident happened in 1979 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. It was the worst nuclear accident in US history.
D
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The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (USSR) began operations in 1954 as the world's first nuclear power station to generate electricity for a power grid. While the USA had earlier experimental reactors like EBR-1 (1951), Obninsk was the first to regularly supply electricity to a power grid at commercial scale.
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Russia
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USA
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North Korea
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China
D
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China has the world's largest standing military by active personnel, with approximately 2 million active troops. While the US spends more on defense and North Korea has more total personnel when including reserves, China leads in active-duty military strength.
B
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China has the world's longest land borders, sharing boundaries with 14 different countries and spanning approximately 22,100 km. While the USA-Canada border is the longest between two nations, no country matches China's total border length across all its frontiers.
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Bosnia and Herzegovlna
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Bosnla and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia and Hersegovina
C
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Option C is the correct spelling of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Option A misspells Herzegovina as Herzegovlna (missing the i), Option B misspells Bosnia as Bosnla (missing the i), and Option D misspells Herzegovina as Hersegovina (missing the z and i).
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India
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Russia
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London
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China
A
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The United States has the highest number of McDonald's restaurants globally, with over 13,000 locations. The company was founded in the US and remains headquartered there. While Brazil has a significant McDonald's presence and the UK has many locations, neither approaches the US numbers. Russia's McDonald's presence has been limited and fluctuating due to geopolitical factors.
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Russians
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Brazilians
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Zambians
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Mexicans
C
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Zambia has one of the lowest life expectancies in the world, with significant portions of the population not reaching age 40 due to factors like HIV/AIDS, malaria, poverty, and limited healthcare access. While life expectancy has improved in recent years, it remains among the lowest globally. Russia, Brazil, and Mexico have significantly higher life expectancies, though they face their own health challenges.
C
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Libya historically had a single-color green flag from 1977 to 2011, making it unique among sovereign nations. Peru's flag has red and white stripes. 'Naru' is likely a typo for 'Nauru', which has a blue flag with a star. 'Morraco' is a typo for 'Morocco', which has a red flag with a green star (the green pentagram is a key design element, making it not truly single-color). Note: Libya's current flag (post-2011) is the tricolor red-black-green with crescent and star.
B
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Suzuki is a Japanese multinational corporation founded in Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1909. While Suzuki has significant manufacturing operations in India (Maruti Suzuki) and sells vehicles globally, it is fundamentally a Japanese company. China's domestic automakers include Geely and BYC; Korea has Hyundai and Kia; India has Tata Motors.