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This section includes 6585 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
101. |
The new name of the old colony 'Northern Rhodesia' is- |
A. | Zambia |
B. | Zimbabwe |
C. | Uganda |
D. | Tanzania |
Answer» B. Zimbabwe | |
102. |
The ancient name of Lesotho is- |
A. | nyasaland |
B. | Vasutoland |
C. | agarland |
D. | togoland |
Answer» C. agarland | |
103. |
Sri Lanka was formerly known as- |
A. | siamese |
B. | ceylon |
C. | salisbury |
D. | sandwich island |
Answer» C. salisbury | |
104. |
By what name was the Netherlands formerly known? |
A. | Holland |
B. | Vasutoland |
C. | nyasaland |
D. | Bechuanaland |
Answer» B. Vasutoland | |
105. |
The ancient name of Malaysia is- |
A. | Malaya |
B. | Malawi |
C. | Siamese |
D. | Persia |
Answer» B. Malawi | |
106. |
The ancient name of Malawi is- |
A. | Malaya |
B. | Batavia |
C. | nyasaland |
D. | Abyssinia |
Answer» D. Abyssinia | |
107. |
The ancient name of Zimbabwe is- |
A. | Northern Rhodesia |
B. | Southern Rhodesia |
C. | Gold Coast |
D. | nyasaland |
Answer» C. Gold Coast | |
108. |
What is the ancient name of Zambia? |
A. | Northern Rhodesia |
B. | Southern Rhodesia |
C. | New Granada |
D. | Gold Coast |
Answer» B. Southern Rhodesia | |
109. |
What is the modern name of Zaire |
A. | Republic of the Congo |
B. | Togoland |
C. | Vasutoland |
D. | Bechuanaland |
Answer» B. Togoland | |
110. |
What is the ancient name of Malagasy? |
A. | ceylon |
B. | siamese |
C. | madagascar |
D. | Saigan |
Answer» D. Saigan | |
111. |
What was the ancient name of Suriname? |
A. | Dutch Guiana |
B. | French Guiana |
C. | Dutch East Indies |
D. | dahomey |
Answer» B. French Guiana | |
112. |
The ancient name of the African country 'Ghana' is- |
A. | Abyssinia |
B. | Tanganyika |
C. | Gold Coast |
D. | Congo |
Answer» D. Congo | |
113. |
The ancient name of the African country Ethiopia is- |
A. | Abyssinia |
B. | Gold Coast |
C. | upper bolta |
D. | Bechuanaland |
Answer» B. Gold Coast | |
114. |
Which country was formerly known as 'Siam'? |
A. | Thailand |
B. | Cambodia |
C. | vietnam |
D. | Laos |
Answer» B. Cambodia | |
115. |
What was Indonesia formerly known as- |
A. | Dutch East Indies |
B. | Indian East Indies |
C. | sandwich island |
D. | New Colony of Britain |
Answer» B. Indian East Indies | |
116. |
The ancient name of which country is Upper Belta? |
A. | Ghana |
B. | botswana |
C. | Taiwan |
D. | Burkina Faso |
Answer» E. | |
117. |
The ancient name of Namibia is- |
A. | Upper belt |
B. | Northern Rhodesia |
C. | Southern Rhodesia |
D. | south west africa |
Answer» E. | |
118. |
Which country was formerly known as 'New Granada'? |
A. | Colombia |
B. | Bolivia |
C. | Venezuela |
D. | Peru |
Answer» B. Bolivia | |
119. |
By what name was Myanmar (Burma) known to ancient Indians? |
A. | golden land |
B. | golden island |
C. | yew island |
D. | मलयमंडलम् |
Answer» B. golden island | |
120. |
Which statement is true about Bushman tribe? |
A. | This tribe lives in Botswana. |
B. | It is a hunter and food gathering tribe. |
C. | Ants are called 'Bushman's rice'. |
D. | suitable all |
Answer» E. | |
121. |
In which river is the native tribe of Africa 'Pygmy' found? |
A. | Niger |
B. | Congo |
C. | Indigo |
D. | jambji |
Answer» C. Indigo | |
122. |
Which of the following country was formerly known as 'Nippon'? |
A. | China |
B. | vietnam |
C. | Sri Lanka |
D. | Japan |
Answer» E. | |
123. |
The people of which tribe do not drink milk fresh and drink it sour- |
A. | Central Africa |
B. | Malaysia |
C. | New Guinea |
D. | South America |
Answer» B. Malaysia | |
124. |
Which of the following is correctly matched- |
A. | Eskimo - Amazon Basin |
B. | Pygmy - Irrawaddy Basin |
C. | Bantu - Sahara |
D. | Bushman - Kalahari |
Answer» E. | |
125. |
Inuit people are not found in- |
A. | in alaska |
B. | in greenland |
C. | in Canada |
D. | in Sweden |
Answer» E. | |
126. |
Who is Valoons- |
A. | native of south africa |
B. | aboriginals of australia |
C. | Belgium's French-speaking population |
D. | native to new zealand |
Answer» D. native to new zealand | |
127. |
By which of the following names are the inhabitants of Dutch (Holland) origin of South Africa known? |
A. | Flemings |
B. | spring box |
C. | Boers |
D. | Cosmax |
Answer» D. Cosmax | |
128. |
The matching pair is- |
A. | Sakai - Malaysia |
B. | Kyrgyz - Indonesia |
C. | pygmy - kenya |
D. | Champagne - Thailand |
Answer» B. Kyrgyz - Indonesia | |
129. |
In which continent in the world the largest population of primitive species is found? |
A. | Asia |
B. | Africa |
C. | Australia |
D. | Europe |
Answer» C. Australia | |
130. |
Lie is which of the following- |
A. | a disease-causing fly in Japan |
B. | A world famous gold mine in South Africa |
C. | hill located in the central part of Sri Lanka |
D. | a tribe living in the Chin hills of Myanmar |
Answer» E. | |
131. |
What is Kachin |
A. | a river in myanmar |
B. | a mountain in myanmar |
C. | a tribe of myanmar |
D. | a valley in myanmar |
Answer» D. a valley in myanmar | |
132. |
Which of the following statement is true- |
A. | Pygmy mainly lives in the tropical rain forest area. |
B. | Bushmen live in the Kalahari Desert. |
C. | Hottentots live in the Namib Desert. |
D. | suitable all |
Answer» E. | |
133. |
The pygmy is a resident of- |
A. | of Africa |
B. | of asia |
C. | of australia |
D. | South American |
Answer» B. of asia | |
134. |
Yurt is the home of which tribe- |
A. | Eskimo |
B. | Pygmy |
C. | Bushman |
D. | Kyrgyz |
Answer» E. | |
135. |
In which country of Africa there is a violent war going on between Hutu and Tulsi tribes? |
A. | Burundi |
B. | cameroon |
C. | Rwanda |
D. | jire |
Answer» D. jire | |
136. |
Khirgiz is a nomadic tribe- |
A. | of central asia |
B. | of south asia |
C. | of Southeast Asia |
D. | of west asia |
Answer» B. of south asia | |
137. |
Zulu people live in- |
A. | in New Zealand |
B. | in australia |
C. | in South Africa |
D. | in Congo |
Answer» D. in Congo | |
138. |
The temporary tent made of animal skins made by the Khirgiz, Kalamukh, and Kazakh people in the steppe region of Central Asia is called- |
A. | kraal |
B. | tupic |
C. | Yurt |
D. | all |
Answer» D. all | |
139. |
Which tribe does not belong to the equatorial region? |
A. | semang |
B. | Sakai |
C. | Pygmy |
D. | Kyrgyz |
Answer» E. | |
140. |
In which of the following countries are pygmy residents found? |
A. | Sahara Pradesh |
B. | Kalahari Region |
C. | pampas area |
D. | equatorial forest area |
Answer» E. | |
141. |
By what name is the pygmy living in Sri Lanka known? |
A. | Red Indian |
B. | Veda |
C. | Papua |
D. | Poonan |
Answer» C. Papua | |
142. |
In which desert of the world do people of a tribal tribe called Bushman live? |
A. | help |
B. | Kalahari |
C. | Gobi |
D. | sechura |
Answer» C. Gobi | |
143. |
What are the pygmys living in Bornean called? |
A. | Poonan |
B. | Papua |
C. | Red Indian |
D. | Veda |
Answer» B. Papua | |
144. |
What is the name of the pygmy found in Newgene? |
A. | Poonan |
B. | Veda |
C. | Red Indian |
D. | Papua |
Answer» E. | |
145. |
Bushman is related to- |
A. | from the Sahara desert |
B. | from the Kalahari Desert |
C. | from the Congo Basin |
D. | from the Abyssinian plateau |
Answer» C. from the Congo Basin | |
146. |
What is Kayak |
A. | javelin |
B. | boat used by eskimo as the main means of transport |
C. | Eskimo's winter hemispherical residence |
D. | summer residence of eskimo people |
Answer» C. Eskimo's winter hemispherical residence | |
147. |
From whom do the people of Eskimon tribe build sledges? |
A. | from snow |
B. | from wood |
C. | from seal bones |
D. | from reindeer bones |
Answer» D. from reindeer bones | |
148. |
Which of the following tribes lives in the Nile Valley region? |
A. | Fulani |
B. | fellah |
C. | Jakaru |
D. | Masai |
Answer» C. Jakaru | |
149. |
What is the summer residence of the Eskimons called- |
A. | kraal |
B. | all |
C. | tupic |
D. | igloo |
Answer» D. igloo | |
150. |
The main business of Eskimon people is- |
A. | agricultural operation |
B. | wood chopping |
C. | handicraft manufacturing |
D. | hunting and fishing |
Answer» E. | |