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NEW AND OLD NAME OF COUNTRY MCQs

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Question 1. Which one of the following pairs (Country and Capital) is not properly matched?
  1.    Spain – Madrid
  2.    Austria - Vienna
  3.    China - Beijing
  4.    Japan - Kyoto
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Japan - Kyoto
Answer: (d)
Question 2. Which one of the following is not a correct match?
  1.    Ukraine – Kiev
  2.    Ethiopia - Lusaka
  3.    Finland - Helsinki
  4.    Bolivia - La Paz
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> Ethiopia - Lusaka
Answer: (b)
Question 3. The Sun City is located in
  1.    South Africa
  2.    Mexico
  3.    Italy
  4.    Japan
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> South Africa
Answer: (a)
Question 4. ‘Horn of Africa’ consists of
  1.    Zimbabwe, Botswana and Angola
  2.    Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti
  3.    Algeria, Morocco and West Sahara
  4.    Libya, Sudan and Egypt
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti
Answer: (b)
Question 5. Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country (Country given in the brackets)?
  1.    Brisbane (Australia)
  2.    Kyoto (Japan)
  3.    Karachi (Pakistan)
  4.    Auckland (New Zealand)
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> Brisbane (Australia)
Answer: (a)
Question 6. Which of the following country is located in the South of the Arctic Circle?
  1.    Sweden
  2.    Norway
  3.    Finland
  4.    Iceland
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Iceland
Answer: (d)
Question 7. The inter section point of the Prime Meridian and the Equator lies in
  1.    Pacific ocean
  2.    Morocco
  3.    Atlantic ocean
  4.    Ghana
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Atlantic ocean
Answer: (c)The Intersection point of the Prime Meridian and the Equator lies in Gulf of Guinea which is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ociean.
Question 8.




List I
List II


A. Dark Continent
1. Finland


B. Roof of the World
2. Bahrain


C. Country of thousand lakes
3. Africa


D. Pearls Island
4. Pamir




Codes: A B C D
  1.    1 2 3 4
  2.    2 1 4 3
  3.    4 3 2 1
  4.    3 4 1 2
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> 3 4 1 2
Answer: (d)
Question 9. Which country is called ‘Land of White Elephants’?
  1.    South Korea
  2.    South Africa
  3.    China
  4.    Thailand
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Thailand
Answer: (d)
Question 10. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the descending order of the latitudinal zones of ocean salinity?
Use the codes given below to select the correct answer:

  1. 10°N — 15°N

  2. 15°N — 40°N

  3. 40°N — 50°N

  4. 50°N — 70°N


Codes:
  1.    1, 4, 3, 2
  2.    2, 1, 4, 3
  3.    1, 3, 2, 4
  4.    2, 1, 3, 4
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> 2, 1, 3, 4
Answer: (d) (15°N – 40° N > 10° N – 15° N > 40° N – 50° N > 50° N – 70° N)