Latest World Geography General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

At which place a joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ was held in September 2017 between United States and Indian army?

A)

NewYork

B)

Pune

C)

Washington

D)

Vishakhapattnam

Correct Answer : Washington

New Delhi, September 7: As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military training, Exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2017 will be conducted at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, USA from September 14 to 27 2017.

2 .

The hills, namely Black, Blue and Green Hill, are located in which country?

A)

Germany

B)

Russia

C)

Australia

D)

USA

Correct Answer : USA

The Black Hill, Blue Hill & Green Hill Mountains are located in USA. They are chain of mountains. Black hill is in south Dakota, blue hills in masachusetts,green hills in Nashville.

3 .

The remains of the resistant rocks found in the river eroded plain or peneplain are called

A)

Monadnock

B)

Hum

C)

Jukenberg

D)

No option is correct

Correct Answer : Monadnock

Monadnock is an isolated rock hill or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.

They are left as erosional remnants because of their resistant rock composition.

4 .

The world’s longest river the Nile, flows through which continent?

A)

Europe

B)

South America

C)

North America

D)

Africa

Correct Answer : Africa

The Nile's long journey begins in the heart of Africa. It flows down from the mountains of Rwanda and Burundi to join Lake Victoria. The place where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria in Uganda is known as the source of the Nile.

5 .

Port of Spain is the Capital City of

A)

North Korea

B)

Trinidad and Tobago

C)

Saudi Arabia

D)

Czech Republic

Correct Answer : Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain, also spelled Port-of-Spain, capital city and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. It is on the west coast of the island of Trinidad, below the northern peninsula on the Gulf of Paria, which separates the island from the northeastern coast of Venezuela.

6 .

Which country is headed towards a confrontation over Gibraltar with Spain?

A)

Germany

B)

France

C)

United Kingdom

D)

Morocco

Correct Answer : United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is headed towards a confrontation with Spain over Gibraltar as the country who controls it can also exercise pretty thorough control of shipping going into and out of the Mediterranean from the Atlantic. That is why, for many years, it was valued as a major naval port by the British.

7 .

Mount ST. Helens is an 'active stratovolcano' located in

A)

India

B)

USA

C)

Japan

D)

Chile

Correct Answer : USA

Mount St. Helens is a volcano located in southwestern Washington state. It's the most active volcano in the Cascade Range, a mountain range that extends from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to northern California.

8 .

Before its Independence, Bangladesh was part of

A)

Pakistan

B)

India

C)

China

D)

United Kingdom

Correct Answer : Pakistan

For centuries, the area that is now Bangladesh was part of the Bengal region of India. It was ruled by the same empires that ruled central India, from the Maurya (321–184 BCE) to the Mughal (1526–1858 CE). When the British took control of the region and created their Raj in India (1858–1947), Bangladesh was included.

During the negotiations surrounding independence and the partition of British India, predominantly Muslim Bangladesh was separated from majority-Hindu India. In the Muslim League's 1940 Lahore Resolution, one of the demands was that the majority-Muslim sections of the Punjab and Bengal would be included in Muslim states, rather than remaining with India. After communal violence broke out in India, some politicians suggested that a unified Bengali state would be a better solution. This idea was vetoed by the Indian National Congress, led by the Mahatma Gandhi.

At the end, when British India gained its independence in August 1947, the Muslim section of Bengal became a non-contiguous part of the new nation of Pakistan. It was called "East Pakistan."

9 .

Where is "The Geysers", the world's largest geothermal field, containing a complex of 22 geothermal power plants, located?

A)

Moscow

B)

Rio

C)

New Orleans

D)

San Francisco

Correct Answer : San Francisco

The Geysers is a geothermal field located in California's Mayacamas Mountains, approximately 115km north of San Francisco. It is one of the world's biggest single geothermal field, comprising of 22 geothermal power plants with an installed capacity of 1,517MW.

10 .

What is the name of the southernmost tip of the continent of South America? At this place the Pacific and Atlantic oceans converge.

A)

Cape Canaveral

B)

Cape Town

C)

Cape Horn

D)

Cape of Good Hope

Correct Answer : Cape Horn

Drake Passage, deep waterway, 600 miles (1,000 km) wide, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans between Cape Horn (the southernmost point of South America) and the South Shetland Islands, situated about 100 miles (160 km) north of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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