Geography of the World: GK Questions and Answers

Russia shares borders with how many countries?
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 14
(d) 15
Answer: (c)

The coldest country in the world:
(a) Mongolia
(b) China
(c) Bolivia
(d) Russia
Answer: (d)

The last Czar of Russia:
(a) Czar Nicholas II
(b) Czar Nicholas I
(c) Kaiser I
(d) Kaiser II
Answer: (a)

Czar Nicholas II was overthrown by the ______ Revolution:
(a) Bolshevik
(b) Menshevik
(c) Industrial
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)

The year of the Russian Revolution:
(a) 1789
(b) 1776
(c) 1911
(d) 1917
Answer: (d)

Who led the Menshevik Revolution?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Kerensky
(c) Lenin
(d) Stalin
Answer: (b)

Which was the actual Russian Revolution?
(a) Bolshevik Revolution
(b) Menshevik Revolution
(c) February Revolution
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)

Who led the October (Bolshevik) Revolution that seized power from Kerensky?
(a) Stalin
(b) Brezhnev
(c) Lenin
(d) Khrushchev
Answer: (c)

The deepest freshwater lake in the world:
(a) Superior
(b) Baikal
(c) Victoria
(d) Tanganyika
Answer: (b)

Russia has how many time zones?
(a) 14
(b) 13
(c) 12
(d) 11
Answer: (d)

The city of students:
(a) St. Petersburg
(b) Moscow
(c) Vienna
(d) Pune
Answer: (b)

The country with the longest extent from one end to the other:
(a) Chile
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) Canada
Answer: (c)

______ river has the longest estuary in the world:
(a) Ob
(b) Volga
(c) Danube
(d) Amur
Answer: (a)

The first country in the world to implement term-based planning:
(a) USA
(b) Soviet Union
(c) China
(d) India
Answer: (b)

A famous drink of Russia:
(a) Sake
(b) Pravda
(c) Vodka
(d) Izvestia
Answer: (c)

Sunni Muslim majority area in Russia:
(a) Chechnya
(b) Yalta
(c) Sakha
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)

The Asian and European parts of Russia are separated by the ______ Mountains:
(a) Alps
(b) Hindu Kush
(c) Karakoram
(d) Ural
Answer: (d)

Russia launched the world’s first spacecraft Sputnik on 4 October:
(a) 1957
(b) 1958
(c) 1959
(d) 1960
Answer: (a)

______ originated in Russia:
(a) Existentialism
(b) Nihilism
(c) Zionism
(d) Cubism
Answer: (b)

Red Square is located in:
(a) Beijing
(b) Moscow
(c) St. Petersburg
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)

The longest river in Russia:
(a) Ob
(b) Danube
(c) Volga
(d) Vistula
Answer: (c)

The US state sold by Russia in 1867:
(a) California
(b) Texas
(c) Delaware
(d) Alaska
Answer: (d)

The highest point in Europe:
(a) Mount Elbrus
(b) Everest
(c) McKinley
(d) Aconcagua
Answer: (a)

Lenin passed away in:
(a) 1924
(b) 1928
(c) 1930
(d) 1948
Answer: (a)

The Russian writer who influenced Mahatma Gandhi:
(a) Dostoevsky
(b) Alexander Pushkin
(c) Leo Tolstoy
(d) Maxim Gorky
Answer: (c)