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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 social science understanding poverty programmes for poverty eradication public health and the government poverty : challenge facing india

The most populated country in the world is __________.

  1. China

  2. India

  3. USA

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

China has the world's largest population of 1.4 billion. In recorded history, China was always the most populous country in the world. In 2100 BC, China's population was 4-5m almost 1/8th of the world's population at that time - 35m. In 1910 - China was close to 440m when the world's population was 1.7-1.8bn. Almost 25%.

Multiple choice geography india : physiographic units islands islands of india to our own islands

The Islands of Cloves is _________.

  1. Zanzibar

  2. New Zealand

  3. Sri Lanka

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

The Islands of Cloves is Zanzibar.
Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja.

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Territories of which continent did not experience colonial rule by another country in their early history?

  1. Asia

  2. Africa

  3. Europe

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

Territories of Europe did not experience colonial rule by another country in their early history. The era of European colonialism lasted from the 16th century to the mid-20th century and involved European powers vastly extending their reach around the globe by establishing colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The dismantling of European empires following World War II saw the process of decolonization begin in earnest

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

What was the erstwhile name of Caribbean islands?

  1. East Indies

  2. Fiji islands

  3. West Indies

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

The Caribbean islands, a group of many islands situated in the Caribbean Sea was formerly known as West Indies. East Indies was the erstwhile name of the Indonesian islands. 

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

To which of the following countries did the indentured labour from the India migrate in $19$th century.

  1. Algeria

  2. Ivory Coast

  3. Nigeria

  4. Caribbean islands
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Indentured labour migrated to Caribbean Islands. The Indian indenture system was a system of Indentured servitude, by which 2 million Indians were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century.

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Rival European countries carved up the different territories in a continent in order to establish their colonies there. Identify the continent.

  1. Asia

  2. Europe

  3. Africa

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

The continent of Africa was divided mercilessly amongst major European powers. In 1885 European leaders met at the infamous Berlin Conference to divide Africa and arbitrarily draw up borders that exist to this day.  With the exception of Ethiopia and Liberia, all the states that make up present day Africa were parceled out among the colonial powers within a few years after the meeting.

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Identify the pair of European countries which did not have colonial control on any of the territories of Africa.

  1. Belgium, Italy

  2. Portugal, Spain

  3. Poland, Denmark

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Poland and Denmark did not have colonial control on any of the territories of Africa.Poland never formally had any colonial territories, however over its history the acquisition of such territories was at times contemplated, but never attempted. The closest Poland came to acquiring such territories was indirectly through the actions of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

As the world's economy expanded in the nineteenth century, the need for greater supplies of money led to a rush to develop new gold and diamond mines in _______________.

  1. South Africa

  2. Brazil

  3. Alaska

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

The discovery of the Witwatersrand Gold Reef and diamond mines in Kimberley led to a massive economic boom and influx of foreign interest in South Africa during the late 19th century.

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Java is now famous as a _____ in Indonesia.

  1. Wheat-producing island

  2. Rice-producing island

  3. Maize-producing island

  4. Tea-producing island
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Once covered in dense forest, much of the Indonesian landscape has been gradually cleared for permanent fields and settlements as rice cultivation developed over the last hundreds of years.
  • Java is now famous as a rice-producing island in Indonesia.
  • The colonial power in Indonesia were the Dutch. 
Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Whites had about _____ of all lands in South Africa.

  1. 50%

  2. 30%

  3. 90%

  4. 10%
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Under the Apartheid system in South Africa, the white minority government enforced land laws that reserved the vast majority of the land for the white population, often cited as approximately 87-90%.

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Where did the the Boer War (1899-1902) take place? 

  1. South Africa

  2. Zambia

  3. Zimbabwe

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

The British fought two Boer wars to gain control over much of what is today called South Africa. These wars ended in 1902 and the British consolidated all the regions of South Africa into the 'Union of South Africa. 

Multiple choice history colonisation in latin america, asia and africa imperialism and global transformation imperialism battle of plassey and battle of buxar

Africa was known as the _____ Continent.

  1. Unknown

  2. Dark

  3. Black

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

During the middle of the 19th century, Africa was referred to as the "Dark Continent," because little was known about the mysterious land itself. Africa had dense forests, perennial lakes, and large tracts of deserts.