Practice MCQs

Explanation: Earth completes one rotation on its axis in about 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (a sidereal day).

Explanation: The 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.

Explanation: Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, is located in Sicily, Italy.

Explanation: Indira Gandhi belonged to the Nehru family (dynasty).

Explanation: The Himalayas are sometimes called the 'equator of the Earth' in a geographic sense.

Explanation: Explorer John Cabot is credited with the European discovery of Canada in 1497.

Explanation: Zanzibar is now a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania.

Explanation: Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

Explanation: Helsinki is the capital of Finland.

Explanation: A cricket pitch measures 22 yards between the two sets of stumps.