Geographical Nickname Quiz

Geographical Nickname Quiz

Question 1. Which of the following city is known by the name of the city of smoke? 

(A) Lanzhou

(B) London

(C) Chicago

(D) Kolkata

View Answer
(C) Chicago

Question 2. Which of the following is known as ‘Mistress of Eastern Sea’?

(A) India

(B) Burma

(C) Pakistan

(D) Sri Lanka

View Answer
(D) Sri Lanka

Question 3. The midnight Sun appears at

(A) Tropic of Cancer

(B) Equator

(C) South Pole

(D) North Pole

View Answer
(D) North Pole

Question 4. Which of the following is known as ‘the Continent of Birds’?

(A) Asia

(B) South America

(C) Australia

(D) Europe

View Answer
(B) South America

Question 5. Which city of South America is known as ‘The Paris of America’ due to its wide roads?

(A) Rio-de-Janeiro

(B) Mexico City

(C) Buenos Aires

(D) Santiago

View Answer
(C) Buenos Aires

Question 6. Which State of U.S.A. is also known as the ‘Blue Grass State’?

(A) Texas

(B) Montana

(C) Kentucky

(D) California

View Answer
(C) Kentucky

Question 7. Which city of Turkey is known as the ‘Gateway to the West’?

(A) Izmir

(B) Istanbul

(C) Ankara

(D) Adana

View Answer
(B) Istanbul 

Question 8. Which country is called ‘Land of White Elephants’?

(A) South Korea

(B) South Africa

(C) Thailand

(D) China

View Answer
(C) Thailand

Question 9. Which country is famous by the name of the land of rising Sun?

(A) Finland

(B) Britain

(C) Japan

(D) Norway

View Answer
(C) Japan

Question 10. Which of the following countries is called ‘Garden of Lakes’?

(A) Switzerland

(B) Netherlands

(C) Finland

(D) Poland

View Answer
(C) Finland 

Question 11.Match the following.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Dark Continent 1.Finland 
(b) Roof of the World 2. Bahrain 
(c) Country of thousand lakes 3.Africa
(d) Pearls Island4. Pamir
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1243
(B)2314
(C)3412
(D)4132
View Answer
(C)3412

Question 12. Match the following.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Niagara falls 1. Pamir 
(b) The land of thousand lakes 2. Paris 
(c) Eiffel Tower3. Finland 
(d) Roof of the World4. New York State 
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)1243
(B)2314
(C)4321
(D)4132
View Answer
(C)4321

Question 13. Which one of the following is called as the ‘Land of Morning calm’?

(A) Korea

(B) Taiwan

(C) Japan

(D) Philippines

View Answer
(A) Korea

Question 14. Which one of the following is called the ‘Pearl of Siberia’?

(A) Lincanbur Lake

(B) Karda Lake

(C) Great Bear Lake

(D) Baikal Lake

View Answer
(D) Baikal Lake

Question 15. Which of the following cities is called ‘Manchester of East’?

(A) Osaka

(B) Sendai

(C) Tokyo

(D) Nagoya

View Answer
(A) Osaka

Question 16. Which one of the following is known as the city of the golden gate?

(A) San Francisco

(B) Mumbai

(C) Amsterdam

(D) Paris

View Answer
(B) Mumbai

Question 17. Which of the following cities is known as the ‘city of cities’?

(A) Athens

(B) Venice

(C) Rome

(D) Amsterdam

View Answer
(B) Venice