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World Facts and Geography

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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

Multiple choice

Wales is the ______ country in the world.

  1. beautifuller

  2. more beautiful

  3. beautifullest

  4. most beautiful
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Beautiful is a multi-syllable adjective, so its superlative form uses 'most' instead of a suffix.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

Which European country colonised Vietnam?

  1. Germany

  2. England

  3. France

  4. Italy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The French colonized Vietnam in the mid 1800s. In 1885, France looked to take over Vietnam and in 1887 they did it. The French started to integrate more Western ideals, education, and religion including, for the first time, introducing Christianity.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

Name two countries where print technology was developed first ?

  1. India and Pakistan

  2. China and Japan

  3. India and China

  4. Japan and India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The earliest printing technology was developed in China and Japan. Books in China were printed by rubbing paper. Printing in East Asia evolved from ink rubbings made on paper or cloth from texts on stone tables in China during the Han dynasty.

Multiple choice superlatives (biggest, highest, largest, smallest) : india and world superlatives and first in india and world general knowledge

Italy houses two of the smallest countries in the world. The one is the Vatican, which is the other country?

  1. San Marino

  2. Grenada

  3. Nauru

  4. Monaco
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

San Marino is the third-smallest country in Europe. It is a landlocked state completely surrounded by Italy, with a total boundary length of 39 km.

Multiple choice superlatives (biggest, highest, largest, smallest) : india and world superlatives and first in india and world general knowledge

Identify the correct decreasing order in terms of area in South America.

  1. Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia

  2. Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru

  3. Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru

  4. Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct order of South American countries by land area is Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and then Colombia.