General facts about World - MCQs with answers - Part V
1. Which is the largest gulf in the world?a) The Gulf of Mexico
b) The Gulf of Cambay
c) The Persian Gulf
d) The Strait of Hormuz
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) The Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico formed approximately 300 million years ago as a result of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere.
a) Itaipu
b) Grand Coulee
c) Guri
d) Three Gorges
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Three Gorges
The dam project was completed and fully functional as of July 4, 2012.
a) Greenland
b) New Guinea
c) Borneo
d) Madagascar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Greenland
Greenland has no land boundaries and 44,087 km of coastline.
a) Great Barrier Reef
b) Fraser Island
c) Uluru
d) Whitsunday Islands
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Fraser Island
It was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1992. The island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1840 sq. km
a) Baikal
b) Huron
c) Caspian Sea
d) Victoria
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Caspian Sea
It has no outflows and is bounded by Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
a) Adams
b) Argentina
c) Caspian Sea
d) Baikal
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Baikal
Lake Baikal is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
a) Baishamen Lighthouse
b) Ile Vierge Lighthouse
c) Jeddah Light
d) Lighthouse of Genoa
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Jeddah Light
Jeddah Light is a concrete and steel lighthouse built in 1990. It is located in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. It has a range of 46 kilometers and emits three white flashes every 20 seconds.
a) Andes
b) Atlas Mountains
c) Barisan Mountains
d) Himalaya
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) Himalaya
Three of the world's major rivers the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra arise in the Himalayas.
a) Andes
b) Atlas Mountains
c) Himalaya
d) Western Ghats
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Andes
Located along the entire western coast of South America, the Andes mountain range is about 4,500 miles (7,242 kilometer) long.
a) Annapurna
b) Broad peak
c) Everest
d) Kangchenjunga
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Everest
Mount Everest is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas.
