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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 europe - location, political divisions and physical features mediterranean climatic region location, political and physical divisions of europe environmental regions

Which country is known as `Cockpit of Europe'?

  1. Switzerland

  2. Italy

  3. Belgium

  4. Holland
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Explanation

Belgium,

Belgium is called because it has been the site of more european battles than any other country; Very few of the invaders actually wanted Belgium. It was an easy route for the French to attack Germany, Germany to attack France, Spain to attack the Netherlands. For example, oudenarde, ramillies, fontenoy, fleurus, jemmapes, ligny, quatre bras, waterloo 24 jun 2015 belgium.

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What is true of Guernica?

  1. It is an Island in Indian Ocean

  2. It is the scene of war between Israel and Lebanon

  3. It is town in northern Spain

  4. It is a village in Faulkland where British forces were defeated by the Argentina forces
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Guernica is a town in the Basque Country of northern Spain, famously bombed during the Spanish Civil War and immortalized in a painting by Pablo Picasso.

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Which of the following groups of countries is arranged in descending order of area ?

  1. Russia, Canada, China, U.S.A.

  2. Russia, U.S.A. Canada, China

  3. Russia, Canada, U.S.A., China

  4. Russia, China, U.S.A., Canada
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Explanation

The countries by area are Russia (approx 17.1 million sq km), Canada (9.98 million sq km), China (9.6 million sq km), and the U.S.A. (9.5-9.8 million sq km). This order follows the standard geographical ranking of the largest nations.

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The Blakans, which was a serious source of nationalist tension in Europ after 1871, was a region comprising of.

  1. Romania, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria

  2. Romania, Russia, Greece, Croatia and Sebria

  3. Serbia, Austria, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Poland

  4. Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Romania
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The Balkans included regions like Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Romania-neither Poland, Russia nor Slovakia.

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Laplands is a group of countries located in ___________.

  1. Europe

  2. Australia

  3. Asia

  4. America
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Lapland is a group of countries located in northeastern Europe. It lies within Arctic Circle extending from Norwegian sea to the White Sea. The countries in Lapland are Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola peninsula of Russia. 

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The smallest country in terms of area is _____________.

  1. Bermuda

  2. Peru

  3. Monaco

  4. Vatican City
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Along with big countries, there are many small independent states, and some are so tiny that are called microstates. The smallest one of them is the Vatican City. It occupies the smallest area in the world. Its total area is 0.44 square kilometres. It actually occupies only an old quarter with a few buildings and parks in the center of Rome (Italy). It is the most unusual country with own government, army, diplomatic missions, but without permanent native population.

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The largest country in Europe is ________.

  1. Russia

  2. France

  3. England

  4. Germany
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The Biggest Countries in Europe by Land Area
1. Russia - 3,972,400 sq km
Russia is the largest country in Europe by land area. Also called the Russian Federation, Russia is not only the largest country in Europe but also the largest in the world. The whole of Russia has a total land area of 17,098,242 square km, with 3,972,400 sq km of the country considered to be part of Europe. 77% of the total population of the country lives on the European side. Moscow is the capital city and is the largest city in Russia.
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Which countries together can be called as Scandinavia?

  1. Denmark and Norway

  2. Norway and Sweden

  3. Sweden and Finland

  4. Denmark and Finland
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Scandinavia, historically Scandia, part of northern Europe, generally held to consist of the two countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Norway, and Sweden, with the addition of Denmark. Some authorities argue for the inclusion of Finland on geologic and economic grounds and of Iceland and the Faroe Islands on the grounds that their inhabitants speak North Germanic (or Scandinavian) languages related to those of Norway and Sweden.

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Which among the following is/are the Mediterranean European countries?

  1. Vatican

  2. Gibraltar

  3. Andorra

  4. All of the above
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Southern Europe is the southern region of the European continent. Most definitions of Southern Europe, also known as Mediterranean Europe, include Spain, Italy, Malta, Corsica, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania,Vatican, Gibraltar, Andorra, Slovenia, East Thrace of European Turkey and Cyprus.

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United Kingdom, France, Republic of Ireland are ________ countries of Europe.

  1. Eastern

  2. Western

  3. Central

  4. Nordic
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Explanation
When discussing “Western countries,” there are several different definitions. One of the most accepted definition of Western countries is countries that were shaped through Western Christianity. Today, these countries use the Latin alphabetic. Culture and ethics are similar across the nations.

The countries that fit this definition of “Western” are:

Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria
Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil
Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rice, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic
Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic
Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia
Finland, France
Germany, Grenada, Guatemala
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary
Iceland, Ireland, Italy
Jamaica
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
Malta, Mexico, Monaco
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland.
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Which of the following is/are called the Low Countries of Europe?

  1. Belgium

  2. Netherlands

  3. Luxembourg City

  4. All of the above
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Low Countries, also called Benelux countries, coastal region of northwestern Europe, consisting of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These are together known as the Benelux countries, from the initial letters of their names. The Low Countries are bordered by Germany to the east and France to the south. In 1947 the three nations formed the Benelux Customs Union, which broadened over the years into what a 1960 treaty confirmed as the Benelux Economic Union.

The Low Countries are so called because much of their land along the North Sea coast and for some distance inland is either below sea level or just slightly above it. More than a quarter of the total land area of the Netherlands is below sea level, for instance. Natural sand dunes and a system of man-made sea walls and dikes protect the polders (artificially drained flat country largely below sea level) from flooding. The Zuidplaspolder northeast of Rotterdam is the lowest point in the Low Countries and lies 22 feet (6.76 metres) below sea level. The principal rivers of the Low Countries include the Schelde, Meuse (Maas), and branches of the lower Rhine. An extensive network of shipping canals and waterways links the major rivers. More than 3,000 square miles (8,000 square km) of fertile farmland have been reclaimed from the deltas of the Schelde, Meuse, and Rhine rivers and from the Zuiderzee, which was formerly a shallow arm of the North Sea cutting deep into the northwestern coast of the Netherlands.

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Which country of Europe is known as the 'Country of Lakes'? 

  1. Finland

  2. Italy

  3. France

  4. Spain
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Explanation
Finland
Finland is called ''the land of a thousand lakes,'' but at last count there were 187,888 of them - more lakes in relation to a country's size than any other. Indeed, with a population of about five million, Finland has one lake for every 26 people
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 ________________ is known as " Land of the Midnight Sun ".

  1. Japan

  2. Myanmar

  3. Norway

  4. Manipur
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A natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle in which the sun remains visible at the local midnight is known as the midnight sun. This happens on 21 June in northern hemisphere and on 22 December in southern hemisphere. Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun never dips entirely below the horizon between late May and late July.