General Knowledge - 42 questions

 

1. What is the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest

 

2. What is the longest river in the world?

Answer: Nile River

 

3. Which ocean is the largest?

Answer: Pacific Ocean

 

4. What is the world's largest desert?

Answer: Sahara Desert

 

5. What is the largest rainforest in the world?

Answer: Amazon Rainforest

 

6. Which two countries share the longest international land boundary?

Answer: Canada and United States

 

7. What is the coldest continent on Earth?

Answer: Antarctica

 

8. What is the capital of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

 

9. What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world?

Answer: Angel Falls

 

10. Which active volcano is located in Italy and is known for its constant eruptions?

Answer: Mount Etna

 

11. What is the highest plateau in the world?

Answer: Tibetan Plateau

 

12. What is the name of the world's largest saltwater lake?

Answer: Caspian Sea

 

13. Which African country is home to the Sahara Desert?

Answer: Algeria

 

14. What is the world's largest coral reef system?

Answer: Great Barrier Reef

 

15. What is the capital of Brazil?

Answer: Brasilia

 

16. What is the largest island in the world?

Answer: Greenland

 

17. Which mountain range is known as the 'Roof of the World'?

Answer: Himalayas

 

18. What is the name of the world's largest canyon?

Answer: Grand Canyon

 

19. Which country is known as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'?

Answer: Japan

 

20. What is the name of the world's largest freshwater lake by volume?

Answer: Lake Baikal

 

21. What is the world's most populous country?

Answer: India

 

22. What is the currency of India?

Answer: Indian Rupee

 

23. Which continent has the highest life expectancy?

Answer: Europe

 

24. Which country is home to the Great Pyramid of Giza?

Answer: Egypt

 

25. What is the capital of Canada?

Answer: Ottawa

 

26. Which continent has the largest number of countries?

Answer: Africa

 

27. What is the most spoken language in the world?

Answer: Mandarin Chinese

 

28. Which country has the largest economy in the world?

Answer: United States

 

29. What is the religion of most people in Indonesia?

Answer: Islam

 

30. Which country has the largest coastline in the world?

Answer: Canada

 

31. What is the dominant religion in India?

Answer: Hinduism

 

32. Which continent is home to the largest number of billionaires?

Answer: North America

 

33. What is the capital of Russia?

Answer: Moscow

 

34. Which country is known as the 'Land of the Midnight Sun'?

Answer: Norway

 

35. What is the official language of Brazil?

Answer: Portuguese

 

36. Which continent is known as the 'Dark Continent'?

Answer: Africa

 

37. What is the most populous city in the world?

Answer: Tokyo

 

38. Which country is the largest producer of coffee?

Answer: Brazil

 

39. What is the currency of Japan?

Answer: Japanese Yen

 

40. Which country has the largest Muslim population?

Answer: Indonesia

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41. What is the name of the narrow strip of land that connects North and South America?

Answer: Isthmus of Panama

 

42. What is the hottest continent on Earth?

Answer: Africa