General Awareness · Geography

World Facts and Geography

11,577 Questions

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.

Countries and resourcesGlobal political systemsHistorical inventionsWorld general knowledgeInternational organizations

World Facts and Geography Questions

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

Which part of Africa has the highest population ?

  1. Nigeria

  2. Ethiopia

  3. Congo

  4. Zambezi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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 political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The President of World Bank has always been a citizen of _______________.

  1. United States of America

  2. United Kingdom

  3. France

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

Traditionally, the World Bank Group President has always been an American citizen nominated by the United States, the largest shareholder in the World Bank Group. The nominee is subject to confirmation by the Board of Executive Directors, to serve for a five-year, renewable term. Hence, Option A is correct.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The present Secretary General Ban-ki-Moon hails from _________.

  1. Indonesia

  2. Malaysia

  3. South Korea

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

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean diplomat who was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The country which is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council is _________.

  1. The USA

  2. Russia

  3. The United Kingdom

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

The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council include the following five governments: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

India has been seeking a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council as a member of the G4, an organisation composed of Brazil, Germany, Japan, and India, all who are currently seeking permanent representation. The United Kingdom and France support India.

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Which one of the following countries does not have veto power in the Security Council of the United Nations?

  1. United States

  2. Britain

  3. Germany

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

Each member of the Security Council has one vote. Decisions on procedural matters are made by an affirmative vote of nine members, including the concurring votes of all five permanent members. The negative vote of a permanent member is called a veto. The Council is powerless to act if any of the five permanent members use the veto power. 

Multiple choice political science india and the united nations the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Where did the 50 nations from Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa attend an important conference held for the formation of the United Nations?

  1. San Fransisco

  2. Delhi

  3. New York

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

Representatives of 50 countries attended an important conference in San Francisco in 1945 with the aim of discussing and finalizing the United Nations Charter. These countries then signed the UN Charter on 26 June 1945, and laid the foundation of the United Nations.

Multiple choice

Today, India is the worlds biggest...

  1. Country (by land mass)

  2. Dictatorship

  3. Country (by population)

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

India is the world's most populous country as of recent data, and it is the world's largest democracy by population.

Multiple choice biology evolution of life darwinism or theories of natural selection darwin's theory of evolution theories of evolution

On the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin (1809 - 1882) found that flora and fauna of temperate South America are most similar to that of 

  1. Tropical South America

  2. Australia

  3. Asia

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

Charles Darwin went on a trip aboard HMS beagle as a naturalist. The purpose of this voyage was to map the uncharted areas of south Americal coastline. Darwin observed unique species of plants and animals in South America like finches and iguana. He noticed that the temperate South American animals closely resembled the tropical South Americal animals as compared to temperate European animals. Some of the characteristics of fossils observed by him in South America were similar with the contemporary South American characters of organisms.

Multiple choice biology evolution of life darwinism or theories of natural selection darwin's theory of evolution theories of evolution

The name Galapagos islands has been given on the basis of occurrence of 

  1. Black cooled lava

  2. Giant Tortoises

  3. Giant iguanas

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • The Galapagos Islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 973 km off the west coast of South America.
  • Galapagos islands discovered in 1535 by a Spanish bishop named Fray Tomas de Berlanga, he named the island Galapagos after the impressive giant tortoises found there.
  • Hence the name Galapagos islands have been given on the basis of occurrence of Giant Tortoises.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Giant Tortoises'.
Multiple choice biology evolution of life darwinism or theories of natural selection darwin's theory of evolution theories of evolution

Plants and animals  of Galapogoe islands resemble plants and animals of main land in

  1. North Africa

  2. North America

  3. South Africa

  4. South America
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
A Galápagos tortoise most nearly looks like South American tortoises. Disengaged on these remote islands, the Galápagos tortoise has developed unmistakable structures. 
A comparative likeness to territory feathered creatures can be found in an island finch Darwin never observed alone finch animal types living on Cocos Island, a modest, remote volcanic island found 630 kilometres toward the upper east of the Galápagos. This finch does not take after the finches of Europe, Australia, Africa, or North America. Rather, it looks like the finches of Costa Rica, 500 kilometres toward the east.
So, the correct option is 'South America'.