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World Geography covers continents, oceans, major rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, islands, straits and canals, along with countries, capitals, borders and time zones. It also includes climate regions, natural resources, population distribution and important physical features, distinguishing physical geography from political geography.

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  • A. USA
  • B. China
  • C. Russia
  • D. Canada

Explanation: Canada has the world’s longest coastline because it borders three oceans and includes an enormous Arctic archipelago.

Correct answer: Canada
  • A. Arctic Ocean
  • B. Pacific Ocean
  • C. Indian Ocean
  • D. Atlantic Icean

Explanation: The Disappointment Islands are an island group in the South Pacific, associated with the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia.

Correct answer: Pacific Ocean
  • A. Switzerland
  • B. Indonesia
  • C. New Zealand
  • D. None of Above

Explanation: Disappointment Island is one of the Auckland Islands, a remote New Zealand archipelago south of the South Island.

Correct answer: New Zealand
  • A. Yerevan
  • B. Kingston
  • C. None of these
  • D. Grozny

Explanation: Grozny is the capital of Chechnya, a constituent republic of the Russian Federation.

Correct answer: Grozny
  • A. Cuckoo
  • B. Eagle
  • C. Sparrow
  • D. Crow

Explanation: The cuckoo usually lays its eggs in other birds’ nests, leaving those birds to incubate and raise the chicks.

Correct answer: Cuckoo
  • A. China
  • B. Canada
  • C. Pakistan
  • D. United States of America

Explanation: Pakistan recorded the planting of 541,176 saplings in a single day in 2009, a feat entered in the Guinness World Records.

Correct answer: Pakistan
  • A. Damodar River
  • B. Soan River
  • C. Ratna river
  • D. Huran River

Explanation: The Damodar River was historically called the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because its frequent floods caused extensive damage.

Correct answer: Damodar River
  • A. Pacific Ocean
  • B. Indian Ocean
  • C. Arctic Ocean
  • D. Atlantic Ocean

Explanation: Duncan Strait, also called Duncan Passage, lies in the Andaman Islands and connects waters of the Bay of Bengal.

Correct answer: Indian Ocean
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. India
  • C. Myanmar
  • D. Sri-Lanka

Explanation: The Andaman Islands lie in the Bay of Bengal, closest to Myanmar’s western coast.

Correct answer: Myanmar
  • A. Nile River
  • B. Gengis River
  • C. Indus River.
  • D. Amazon River

Explanation: The famous pink river dolphin, or Amazon river dolphin, inhabits the Amazon River basin. It is also called the boto.

Correct answer: Amazon River
  • A. Jafana
  • B. The Siachen Glacier
  • C. Tibet
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Siachen Glacier is commonly called the world’s highest battlefield because military positions there lie at extreme Himalayan…

Correct answer: The Siachen Glacier
  • A. Kayin state
  • B. Chin state
  • C. Rakhine state
  • D. None of These

Explanation: Rakhine State in western Myanmar has been the main site of violence and displacement involving the Rohingya Muslim population.

Correct answer: Rakhine state
  • A. Russia
  • B. USA
  • C. India
  • D. China

Explanation: China is the world’s largest onion producer by a substantial margin. India is also a major producer and is usually the leading alternative…

Correct answer: China
  • A. Titicaca Lake
  • B. Lake Victoria
  • C. Haleji Lake
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Lake Titicaca, on the Peru-Bolivia border, is commonly described as the world’s highest navigable lake for large commercial vessels.

Correct answer: Titicaca Lake
  • A. Mar-21
  • B. March-2
  • C. May-22
  • D. Apr-22

Explanation: International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on 22 May, commemorating the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Correct answer: May-22
  • A. Mar-3
  • B. Mar-15
  • C. March-21
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The International Day of Forests is observed on 21 March to highlight the importance of forests and sustainable forest management.

Correct answer: March-21
  • A. Cirrus
  • B. Cumulus
  • C. Curriculum
  • D. Cumulonimbus

Explanation: Hailstorms form in powerful cumulonimbus thunderclouds, where strong updrafts repeatedly carry ice particles upward until they grow large…

Correct answer: Cumulonimbus
  • A. Won
  • B. leu
  • C. shilling
  • D. Franc

Explanation: North Korea uses the won, officially called the North Korean won. Franc, leu and shilling are currencies associated with other countries.

Correct answer: Won
  • A. New Zealand
  • B. West Asia
  • C. Zealandia
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Zealandia is a mostly submerged continental mass around New Zealand and is often described as Earth's eighth continent.

Correct answer: Zealandia
  • A. Multiracial society of Malaysia
  • B. Multi linguistic nature of Malaysian society
  • C. None of these
  • D. Thirteen states and the Federal Government

Explanation: The 14 points represent Malaysia's 13 states together with the federal government.

Correct answer: Thirteen states and the Federal Government