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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 geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which part of Africa has the highest population?

  1. Nigeria

  2. Ethopia

  3. Congo

  4. Zambezi
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Explanation
Rank   Country         Population
1           Nigeria         181,563,000
2         Ethiopia         103,764,000
3         Egypt              89,125,000
4    Democratic Republic of the Congo 77,267,000

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

River Nile is originated from which lake?

  1. Lake Volta

  2. Lake Malawi

  3. Lake Victoria

  4. Lake Tanganyika
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The River Nile is formed from the White Nile, which originates at Lake Victoria and the Blue Nile, which originates at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. These rivers meet in Sudan and then go on their long journey northwards towards the sea.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which is the most populous country in Africa?

  1. Ghana

  2. Tanzania

  3. Kenya

  4. Nigeria
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D Correct answer
Explanation
 Nigeria - 181,563,000 population. 
Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa. The 181 million people who live in Nigeria account for about 15.98% of the total African population. Every year, the population of Nigeria increases by nearly 5.5 million people. The population growth has seen Nigeria become the 7th most populous country in the world.
Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

 Which is the southernmost tip of Africa?

  1. Cape Agulhas

  2. Cape Horn

  3. Cape of Good Hope

  4. Cape Capricorn
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Explanation

Cape Agulhas. The southernmost part of the African continent is the former clipper route as named by sailors, but currently, the region is called the Cape Agulhas. This area is not only the southernmost part of Africa but it is also the start of the borderline between the Atlantic and the Indian oceans

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which country is the largest in area in the continent of Africa?

  1. Nigeria

  2. Kenya

  3. Algeria

  4. Zimbabwe
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Algeria is the biggest country in Africa by land area. Algeria is the largest country in Africa by land area. Africa is the second largest continent in the world and covers 6% of the earth's total surface area.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

The Great Rift Valley of Africa stretches for a distance of about __________.

  1. 5,000 km

  2. 6,000 km

  3. 7,000 km

  4. 8,000 km
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Great Rift Valley is a series of contiguous geographic trenches, approximately 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) in total length, that runs from the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in southeastern Africa.[1] While the name continues in some usages, it is rarely used in Geology nowadays as it is considered an imprecise merging of separate though related rift and fault systems.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Who coined the term 'Dark Continent' for Africa?

  1. France

  2. Europeans

  3. Germans

  4. Portuguese
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B Correct answer
Explanation
Europe did not know much about Africa until the 19th century, but that answer is misleading and disingenuous. Europeans had known quite a lot about Africa for at least 2,000 years, but because of powerful imperial impulses, European leaders began purposefully ignoring earlier sources of information.

At the same time, the campaign against slavery and for missionary work in Africa actually intensified Europeans’ racial ideas about African people in the 1800s. They called Africa the Dark Continent, because of the mysteries and the savagery they expected to find in the “Interior."
Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

The grasslands of Africa are known as _____________.

  1. Praries

  2. Velds

  3. Pamapas

  4. Savana
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Explanation

Grasslands go by many names. In the U.S. Midwest, they're often called prairies. In South America, they're known as pampas. Central Eurasian grasslands are referred to as steppes.

while African grasslands are savannas.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

The Bushmens are the tribes of which of the following place?

  1. Congo basin

  2. Kalahari desert

  3. Central Africa

  4. East Africa
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Explanation

Thousands of Bushmen lived in the vast expanse of the Kalahari Desert for many millennia. But today most have been moved, many argue forcibly, to government-built resettlement camps far from the reserve. There are an estimated 100,000 Bushmen across southern Africa, mainly in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Where in Africa the Etosha National Park situated?

  1. Kenya

  2. Tanzania

  3. Namibia

  4. Uganda
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C Correct answer
Explanation
Namibia:-
Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia. The park was proclaimed a game reserve on March 22, 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of German South West Africa, Dr. Friedrich von Lindequist.