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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 south america - land of andes location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

Which of the following are the import goods of South America?

  1. Machines

  2. Coal

  3. Foodgrains

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Like many developing regions, South American countries import a variety of goods, including industrial machinery, energy resources like coal, and foodgrains to supplement domestic supply.

Multiple choice geography south america - land of andes location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

A person of mixed race, European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ______.

  1. Mulatto

  2. Mestizo

  3. Meiji

  4. Mau Mau

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In Latin America, a person of mixed European and Indigenous (Indian) ancestry is referred to as a Mestizo. A Mulatto is a person of mixed European and African ancestry.

Multiple choice geography south america - land of andes location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

What is Uspallata in South America?

  1. An animal

  2. A lake

  3. A pass

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass or Cumbre Pass, is an Andean pass which provides a route between the wine-growing region around the Argentine city of Mendoza, the Chilean city Los Andes and Santiago the Chilean capital situated in the central Chilean valley.

Multiple choice geography south america - land of andes location and expansion - south america south america south america - economic features

Velds lie in the _________.

  1. Northern hemisphere

  2. Southern hemisphere

  3. Australia

  4. America

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • Veld  also spelled veldt, is a type of wide-open rural landscape in Southern Africa.
  • Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini (formerly  Swaziland), Zimbabwe and Botswana.
  • A certain sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the Bushveld by the World Wide Fund for Nature. 
  • Trees are found only in a few places—frost, fire and grazing animals allow grass to grow but prevent the growth of trees.

Multiple choice
  1. South America

  2. Africa

  3. Asia

  4. Europe

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

India is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Asia.