All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. The leopard seal
• B. The Arctic fox
• C. The polar bear
• D. The penguin

Explanation: Polar bears are native to the Arctic; Antarctica has no land predators like bears.

• A. The Arctic
• B. Antarctica and the southern hemisphere, not the Arctic
• C. Both poles equally
• D. Only the North Pole

Explanation: Penguins are southern-hemisphere birds; none live naturally in the Arctic.

• A. Solar flares
• B. The midnight sun
• C. Polar halos
• D. Aurora borealis (north) and aurora australis (south)

Explanation: Charged solar particles striking the atmosphere create auroras — borealis in the north, australis in the south.

• A. The Arctic
• B. Antarctica
• C. Both equally
• D. Neither

Explanation: The ozone hole opens each spring over Antarctica, driven by polar stratospheric clouds and CFCs.

• A. A connected series of mountains
• B. A deep valley
• C. A single isolated peak
• D. A flat elevated plateau

Explanation: A mountain range is a line or group of mountains connected by high ground.

• A. Its base
• B. Its highest point
• C. Its steepest slope
• D. Its snowline

Explanation: The summit is the topmost point of a mountain.

• A. Its distance from the equator
• B. Its prominence above nearby peaks
• C. Its height above mean sea level
• D. Its height above the valley floor

Explanation: Elevation is conventionally measured as height above mean sea level.

• A. A glacier in the mountains
• B. A tunnel through a mountain
• C. The highest peak of a range
• D. A relatively low route through a mountain range

Explanation: Passes are low crossings that allow travel through mountain barriers.

• A. Mountains formed mainly when compression folds layers of Earth's crust
• B. Mountains formed by volcanic eruptions
• C. Mountains formed by erosion
• D. Mountains formed by faulting

Explanation: Fold mountains like the Himalayas form when tectonic compression crumples rock strata.

• A. Kangchenjunga
• B. Mount Everest
• C. Lhotse
• D. K2

Explanation: Mount Everest (8,848.86 m) is the highest point on Earth above sea level.

• A. 8,840 metres
• B. 8,844 metres
• C. 8,848.86 metres above sea level
• D. 8,850 metres

Explanation: Nepal and China jointly announced the 8,848.86 m figure in 2020.

• A. Nepal and India
• B. China and Bhutan
• C. India and China
• D. Nepal and China

Explanation: Nepal and China, which share Everest, jointly confirmed the new height in 2020.

• A. Nepal and China
• B. China and Bhutan
• C. India and Bhutan
• D. Nepal and India

Explanation: Everest straddles the Nepal–China (Tibet) border in the Himalayas.

• A. The Pamirs
• B. The Himalayas
• C. The Karakoram
• D. The Hindu Kush

Explanation: Everest is part of the Himalayan range's Mahalangur section.

• A. Chomolungma
• B. Qomolangma
• C. Sagarmatha
• D. Kanchenjunga

Explanation: Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan.

• A. Makalu
• B. Cho Oyu
• C. Sagarmatha
• D. Chomolungma, also transliterated as Qomolangma

Explanation: Tibetans call Everest Chomolungma (often spelled Qomolangma).

• A. Mauna Kea
• B. Aconcagua
• C. Mount Kilimanjaro
• D. Mount Rainier

Explanation: Mauna Kea rises about 10,200 m from its ocean-floor base, though much is submerged.

• A. In Japan
• B. On the island of Hawai'i, United States
• C. In the Philippines
• D. In Indonesia

Explanation: Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.

• A. K2
• B. Mount Kilimanjaro
• C. Mount Chimborazo
• D. Mount Everest

Explanation: Because Earth bulges at the equator, Chimborazo's summit in Ecuador is farthest from the planet's centre.

• A. Bolivia
• B. Peru
• C. Colombia
• D. Ecuador

Explanation: Chimborazo is an Andean volcano in Ecuador, near the equator.