World GK
28 Questions
World GK MCQs — Practice & Prepare
✅ Correct answer: Asia
Asia covers about 44.6 million square kilometers, making it the largest continent — more than 4 times the size of Europe.
✅ Correct answer: Asia and Europe
Turkey straddles two continents, with most of the country in Asia and a small European part (Thrace) west of the Bosphorus Strait.
✅ Correct answer: Blue Mosque
Istanbul's Sultan Ahmed Mosque is popularly called the Blue Mosque because of the blue Iznik tiles lining its interior.
✅ Correct answer: Egypt
The Sinai Peninsula is part of Egypt, forming a land bridge between Africa and Asia.
✅ Correct answer: Asia and Australia
Egypt lies mainly in Africa, but the Sinai Peninsula east of the Suez Canal is technically in Asia, so the country connects both continents.
✅ Correct answer: Bosphorus Bridge
Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge (now the 15 July Martyrs Bridge) spans the Bosphorus Strait, linking Europe and Asia.
✅ Correct answer: Arctic Ocean
The North Pole lies in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, on floating sea ice rather than land.
✅ Correct answer: Antarctica
The South Pole sits on the continent of Antarctica, at the southernmost point on Earth.
✅ Correct answer: Pacific
The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific Ocean, near the Mariana Islands.
✅ Correct answer: Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific reaches nearly 11,000 metres deep, the deepest known point on Earth's surface.
✅ Correct answer: Mount Everest
Mount Everest, at 8,849 metres, is the highest point on Earth above sea level.
✅ Correct answer: Dead Sea
The Dead Sea's shoreline, at roughly 430 metres below sea level, is the lowest point on Earth's land surface.
✅ Correct answer: Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is generally considered the smallest of the world's named seas.
✅ Correct answer: Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's oceans.
✅ Correct answer: Antarctica
By the broad definition of a desert (a region receiving very little precipitation), Antarctica is technically the largest desert on Earth.
✅ Correct answer: Antarctica
Antarctica, receiving very little precipitation, is classified as the largest cold desert in the world.
✅ Correct answer: Sahara
The Sahara, covering most of North Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world.
✅ Correct answer: Africa
The Sahara Desert stretches across North Africa, covering much of the continent.
✅ Correct answer: Atacama Desert
Chile's Atacama Desert is considered the driest non-polar desert on Earth, with some areas receiving almost no rainfall.
✅ Correct answer: South Africa
The Orange River flows westward across South Africa into the Atlantic Ocean.