Quiz General Science

1. River Nile is the longest river in the world. Name the two countries through which it passes.

• (A) Egypt and Chad
• (B) Egypt and Niger
• (C) Egypt and Sudan
• (D) Egypt and Kenya

2. Where do White Nile and the Blue Nile meet to yield the main river Nile?

• (A) Khartoum
• (B) Malakal
• (C) Cairo
• (D) Atbara

3. Name the countries which surround the Lake Victoria in Africa.

• (A) Angola, Uganda and Kenya
• (B) Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
• (C) Angola, Uganda and Tanzania
• (D) Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia

4. Which of the following is not a following is not a sea port in Africa.

• (A) Dar-es-Salaam
• (B) Maputo
• (C) Port Elizabeth
• (D) Lusaka

5. Which of the following is the main sea-port of Senegal:

• (A) Freetown
• (B) Cape Town
• (C) Dakar
• (D) Conakry

6. What is common among Lagos, Accra and Abid Jan?

• (A) All are situated in the Northern hemisphere.
• (B) All are landlocked from all sides.
• (C) All are sea-ports.
• (D) All are the parts of Ghana.

7. Addis Ababa is the capital of which country.

• (A) Sudan
• (B) Chad
• (C) Ethiopia
• (D) Kenya

8. Name the two countries through which Congo River passes in Africa.

• (A) Congo and Zaire
• (B) Congo and Angola
• (C) Congo and Gabon
• (D) Congo and Cameroon

9. Where is Katanga Plateau located?

• (A) In Asia
• (B) In Africa
• (C) In Europe
• (D) In Australia

10. White Nile passes through Sudan, where does the Blue Nile pass through?

• (A) Chad
• (B) Ethiopia
• (C) Libya
• (D) Somalia

11. River Mississippi-Missouri of USA empties into:

• (A) Atlantic Ocean
• (B) Gulf Mexico
• (C) Pacific Ocean
• (D) North Sea

12. The most massive clock in the world is the astronomical clock in the Cathedral of St.Pierre, Beauvais, Name the country.

• (A) Germany
• (B) England
• (C) France
• (D) Austria

13. Name the country which has the world's oldest constitution

• (A) England
• (B) U.S.A.
• (C) Spain
• (D) Australia

14. Which of the following is among the seven wonders of the Medieval world?

• (A) Great Wall of China
• (B) Stonehenge of England
• (C) Leaning Tower of Pisa
• (D) All the above

15. Name the only American President who won the election consecutively for four terms 1933-1945. He was also the principal mover for the U.N.O.

• (A) Abraham Lincoln
• (B) John F Kennedy
• (C) Franklin D.Roosevelt
• (D) Ronald Reagan

16. Vasco Da Gama was the Portuguese explorer who discovered the direct route from Europe to India by sailing around Africa. What was his life span?

• (A) 1460-1524 A.D.
• (B) 1027-1087 A.D.
• (C) 1469-1527 A.D.
• (D) 1370-1440 A.D.

17. Name the American scientist who patented more than 1000 inventions.

• (A) R.W. Watt
• (B) James Watt.
• (C) W. Shockley
• (D) Thomas Alva Edison

18. Queen Isabella was the Queen of Spain, who financed Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to discover, what is now America? What was her life span?

• (A) 1451-1504 A.D.
• (B) 1351-1403 A.D.
• (C) 1251-1304 A.D.
• (D) 1151-1204 A.D.

19. At last, the Berlin Wall has fallen apart, and its pieces are now sold as souvenirs.

• (A) 1951
• (B) 1941
• (C) 1961
• (D) 1971

20. Where is world's largest gas field located?

• (A) Libya
• (B) Saudi Arabia
• (C) Kuwait
• (D) Russia