NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Geography Solved Objective Questions Part 15
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128. Of which country is Irian Jaya a part?
(a) The Philippines
(b) Indonesia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Vietnam
Answer: (b)
129. What is Saigon now known as?
(a) Ho Chi Minh City
(b) Haiphong
(c) Da Nang
(d) Yangon
Answer: (a)
130. The longest strait is
(a) Magellan Strait
(b) Palk Strait
(c) Strait of Gibraltar
(d) Malacca Strait.
Answer: (d)
131. One of the following is not an archipelago:
(a) Aleutian Islands
(b) Balearic Islands
(c) Indonesian Islands
(d) Andaman Islands.
Answer: (b)
132. What are the three main island groups from West to East (i.e.. , running west to east) in the Pacific called?
(a) Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
(b) Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia
(c) Indonesia, Polynesia and Micronesia
(d) Polynesia, Melanesia and Indonesia
Answer: (a)
133. Which one of the following countries famous as the land of thousand elephants is also known as Siam?
(a) Cambodia
(b) Thailand
(c) Vietnam
(d) Laos
Answer: (b)
134. This Gulf nation is a peninsula. Which one is it?
(a) Oman
(b) Bahrain
(c) Qatar
(d) Kuwait
Answer: (c)
135. One of the following is not a part of Commonwealth of Independent States.
(a) Byelorussia
(b) Ukraine
(c) Russia
(d) Tadzhik Republic
Answer: (a)
136. How many new countries (including Russia) has the break-up of the USSR added to Europe?
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 9
Answer: (c)
137. What is the capital of Macedonia, a part of the former Yugoslavia?
(a) Skopje
(b) Mostar
(c) Pristina
(d) Novi Sad
Answer: (a)
138. What was the old name of Burkina Faso?
(a) Mali
(b) Niger
(c) Mauritania
(d) Upper Volta
Answer: (d)
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