General facts about World - MCQs with answers - Part VI

ANSWER: b) Ashmolean museum

The Ashmolean museum founded in 1677 from the personal collection of Elias Ashmole, was set up in the University of Oxford to be open to the public.

ANSWER: d) Yomiuri Shimbun

The Yomiuri Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.

ANSWER: b) The Pacific Ocean

The Pacific separates Asia and Australia from the Americas. It may be further subdivided by the equator into northern (North Pacific) and southern (South Pacific) portions. It extends from the Antarctic region in the South to the Arctic in the north.

ANSWER: a) Arabian peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula is located in Southwest Asia and contains the countries of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

ANSWER: c) Cherrapunji

This place under the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya is also called the rain capital of the world. This place is locally called Sohra.

ANSWER: b) Death Valley

It is the lowest and driest area in North America.

ANSWER: b) Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal is located in New York City, USA. It has 44 platforms.

ANSWER: c) Pan American highway

The Pan-American Highway system is mostly complete and extends from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in North America to the lower reaches of South America.

ANSWER: c) Philipine sea

The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea and a part of the North Pacific Ocean. It is the largest sea in the world with reference to the surface area.

ANSWER: a) Africans

Bantu people is used as a general label for the ethnic groups in Africa who speak Bantu languages. Bantu is a major branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken by most populations in Sub-Saharan Africa.