All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. Finland, Estonia and Russia
• B. Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
• C. Finland, Sweden and Norway
• D. Sweden, Finland and Estonia

Explanation: The Gulf of Finland is bordered by Finland, Estonia and Russia (St Petersburg).

• A. Estonia and Finland
• B. Latvia and Estonia
• C. Lithuania and Poland
• D. Finland and Sweden

Explanation: The Gulf of Riga, an inlet of the Baltic, is shared by Latvia and Estonia.

• A. The Gulf of Thailand
• B. Ha Long Bay
• C. The Beibu Gulf's western arm
• D. The Gulf of Tonkin

Explanation: The Gulf of Tonkin lies between Vietnam's north-east coast and southern China.

• A. Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia
• B. China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand
• C. Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia
• D. Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia

Explanation: The Gulf of Thailand is bordered by Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia.

• A. The Great Australian Bight
• B. The Gulf of Carpentaria
• C. Shark Bay
• D. Spencer Gulf

Explanation: The shallow Gulf of Carpentaria indents Australia's north coast between Queensland and the Northern Territory.

• A. Hudson Bay
• B. The Bay of Biscay
• C. The Bay of Bengal
• D. Chesapeake Bay

Explanation: The Bay of Bengal in the north-eastern Indian Ocean is the largest bay in the world.

• A. The Mahanadi system
• B. The Godavari system
• C. The Irrawaddy system
• D. The Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna system

Explanation: The combined Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna build the world's largest delta at the Bay of Bengal's head.

• A. The Bay of Biscay
• B. The Bay of Naples
• C. Lyme Bay
• D. The Bay of Cadiz

Explanation: The Bay of Biscay indents the Atlantic coast of western France and northern Spain.

• A. Baffin Bay
• B. Hudson Bay
• C. James Bay
• D. Ungava Bay

Explanation: Hudson Bay drains through Hudson Strait into the Labrador Sea.

• A. Davis Strait
• B. Lancaster Sound
• C. Baffin Bay
• D. Hudson Bay

Explanation: Baffin Bay separates Canada's Baffin Island from Greenland.

• A. The Bay of Fundy
• B. Hudson Bay
• C. Frobisher Bay
• D. James Bay

Explanation: The Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia has tides up to 16 metres.

• A. Chesapeake Bay
• B. Narragansett Bay
• C. Long Island Sound
• D. Delaware Bay

Explanation: The Susquehanna flows into Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States.

• A. The Chindwin
• B. The Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady)
• C. The Sittang
• D. The Salween

Explanation: The Irrawaddy runs the length of Myanmar and fans into a large delta on the Andaman Sea.

• A. The Ob
• B. The Lena
• C. The Amur
• D. The Yenisei

Explanation: The Amur River marks much of the Russia–China frontier in the Far East.

• A. Volga, Don and Dnieper
• B. Amur, Lena and Kolyma
• C. Ob, Irtysh and Tobol
• D. Ob, Yenisei and Lena

Explanation: Siberia's three great rivers — the Ob, Yenisei and Lena — all flow north to the Arctic Ocean.

• A. The Irtysh
• B. The Aldan
• C. The Lena
• D. The Angara

Explanation: The Irtysh, rising in China, is the Ob's greatest tributary.

• A. The Barents Sea
• B. The Laptev Sea
• C. The Kara Sea
• D. The East Siberian Sea

Explanation: The Lena empties into the Laptev Sea, forming a vast delta.

• A. Araxes
• B. Jaxartes
• C. Tanais
• D. Oxus

Explanation: The Greeks knew the Amu Darya as the Oxus.

• A. Jaxartes
• B. Oxus
• C. Cyrus
• D. Phasis

Explanation: The Syr Darya was known to the ancient Greeks as the Jaxartes.

• A. The Karun and Karkheh
• B. The Tigris and Euphrates
• C. The Jordan and Yarmouk
• D. The Greater Zab and Lesser Zab

Explanation: Mesopotamia, Greek for "between rivers", lay between the Tigris and Euphrates.