General Knowledge MCQs with Explanations

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The Cape of Good Hope is located at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, which is also home to Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. The Cape was originally named the Cape of Storms in the 1480s by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias.

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Pamstern is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Lambert is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Furakha Dam on river Ganga is disputed between India and Bangladesh.

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Vietnam is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Eritrea is a northeast African country on the Red Sea coast. It shares borders with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti. It became the 182nd member of the UN in 1993. The capital city, Asmara, is known for its Italian colonial buildings, like St. Joseph’s Cathedral, as well as art deco structures.

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Nelson Mandela is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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“Roland Garros” is the other name of French Open. The French Open (French: Internationaux de France de Tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year.

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Trans Siberian Railway is a railway network of Russia. Trans-Siberian Railroad, Russian Transsibirskaya Zheleznodorozhnaya Magistral, (“Trans-Siberian Main Railroad”), the longest single rail system in Russia, stretching from Moscow 5,778 miles (9,198 km) east to Vladivostok or (beyond Vladivostok) 5,867 miles (9,441 km) to the port station of Nakhodka.