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Which country of Europe is known as the 'Country of Lakes'? 

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  1. Finland

  2. Italy

  3. France

  4. Spain

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Finland
Finland is called ''the land of a thousand lakes,'' but at last count there were 187,888 of them - more lakes in relation to a country's size than any other. Indeed, with a population of about five million, Finland has one lake for every 26 people

Which is the mountain between the Black sea and Caspian sea?

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  1. Ural

  2. Caucasus

  3. Alps

  4. Balkan

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Caucasus Mountains
The mountain range that lies between the Black and Caspian Seas is called the Caucasus Mountain Range, or just the Caucasus Mountains.

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

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  1. Elbe - Caspian Sea

  2. Rhone - Baltic Sea

  3. Ural - White Sea

  4. Danube - Black Sea

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Correct Option: D
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Danube is second longest river after Volga. It rises in Black forest mountain of Germany and passes through nine countries - Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. 

Mount Etna, Mount Stromboli and Mount Vesuvius are famous ______________.

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  1. mountain peaks

  2. volcanoes

  3. plateaus

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Volcanoes,

Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth and has been erupting almost continuously since 1932. Because it has been active for much of the last 2,000 years and its eruptions are visible for long distances at night, it is known as the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean". It is among the world's most visited volcanoes.
Stromboli is widely known for its spectacular eruptions which jet fountains of molten rock from its lava-filled central crater. Because these eruptions are so distinctive and well known, geologists use the word "Strombolian" to clearly describe similar eruptive activity at other volcanoes.
Stromboli forms the northeastern-most of the Aeolian islands. Its base begins over 1000 meters below the surface of the Tyrrhenian Sea and it rises to an elevation of 924 meters above sea level.

Which is the largest island in the world ?

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  1. New Guinea

  2. Greenland

  3. Madagascar

  4. Great Britain

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Any piece of sub-continental which is surrounded by water is known as island. Greenland is the largest island in the world.  It covers a distance of 2,175,597 square kilometers. It is situated in far northeast of North America. It is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the least densely populated country in the world. Its closest neighbouring countries are Iceland to the South-East, Canada to the West and Svalbard in Norway to the North-East.

Suez Canal has reduced India's distance from Europe by ____________.

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  1. 6,000 km.

  2. 7,000 km.

  3. 8,000 km.

  4. 9,000 km.

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Correct Option: B

The highest peak in Europe is ________________.

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  1. Mont Blanc

  2. Andes

  3. Monte Rosa

  4. Elbrus

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Mount Elbrus is the highest peak in Europe. Its height is 5,642 meters. It is part of the Caucasus Range that straddles Asia and Europe. It is located near the Georgian border in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia.

Suez Canal was opened in the year________.

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  1. 1762

  2. 1768

  3. 1869

  4. 1899

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Correct Option: C
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The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it was officially opened on 17 November 1869

Name the place where Rhine and Spree rivers meet in Europe ___________.

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  1. Lyon

  2. Paris

  3. Hamburg

  4. Berlin

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rhine is a European river. It originates from the Swiss canton of Graubunden in the south-eastern Swiss Alps. It flows through the Rhineland and empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands. It is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe.  Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of German. These two rivers meet in Europe at Lyon.

 ________________ is known as " Land of the Midnight Sun ".

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  1. Japan

  2. Myanmar

  3. Norway

  4. Manipur

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle in which the sun remains visible at the local midnight is known as the midnight sun. This happens on 21 June in northern hemisphere and on 22 December in southern hemisphere. Norway is called the Land of the Midnight Sun because the sun never dips entirely below the horizon between late May and late July.