World Geography · Topic 4
The longest, highest, largest and deepest places on Earth.
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Record questions ask for "the largest" or "the longest". Learn the usual answer and the common trap in the options.
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Try each question, then open the answer. MCQs 1–50 of 235.
1.Which is the highest mountain in the world?
Answer: D. Mount Everest
Everest is 8,849 m above sea level.
2.What is the officially agreed height of Mount Everest since 2020?
Answer: D. 8,849 m
China and Nepal announced 8,848.86 m in December 2020.
3.Mount Everest lies on the border of which two countries?
Answer: A. Nepal and China
Everest straddles Nepal and Tibet (China).
4.What is Mount Everest called in Nepal?
Answer: A. Sagarmatha
Nepalis call it Sagarmatha; Tibetans call it Chomolungma.
5.Who were the first to climb Mount Everest in 1953?
Answer: A. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
They reached the summit on 29 May 1953.
6.Which is the third highest mountain in the world?
Answer: D. Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) is on the Nepal-India border.
7.Which is the highest mountain in Africa?
Answer: A. Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) is in Tanzania.
8.Which is the highest mountain in Europe?
Answer: A. Mount Elbrus
Elbrus (5,642 m) is in the Caucasus in Russia.
9.Which is the highest mountain in South America?
Answer: C. Aconcagua
Aconcagua (6,961 m) is in Argentina.
10.Which is the highest mountain in North America?
Answer: C. Denali
Denali (6,190 m), in Alaska, was formerly called Mount McKinley.
11.Which is the longest mountain range in the world on land?
Answer: B. Andes
The Andes stretch about 7,000 km along South America.
12.Which is the highest mountain range in the world?
Answer: C. Himalayas
The Himalayas contain most of the world's highest peaks.
13.Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain from base to peak, is in which place?
Answer: C. Hawaii
Measured from the ocean floor, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 m tall.
14.Which is the largest continent?
Answer: D. Asia
Asia covers about 30 per cent of the world's land.
15.Which is the smallest continent?
Answer: A. Australia
Australia (Oceania) is the smallest continent.
16.Which is the second largest continent?
Answer: B. Africa
Africa is second after Asia.
17.Which continent has the most countries?
Answer: A. Africa
Africa has 54 recognised countries.
18.Which continent has no permanent population?
Answer: C. Antarctica
Only research staff live in Antarctica, temporarily.
19.Which is the coldest continent?
Answer: D. Antarctica
Antarctica holds the record low of about −89 °C.
20.Which continent is also called the "Dark Continent" in old books?
Answer: A. Africa
Europeans once called Africa the Dark Continent because they knew little of its interior.
21.Which is the largest desert in the world?
Answer: D. Antarctica
A desert is defined by low precipitation, so Antarctica is the largest.
22.Which is the largest hot desert in the world?
Answer: A. Sahara
The Sahara covers about 9 million sq km of North Africa.
23.Which is the driest non-polar desert in the world?
Answer: B. Atacama
Parts of the Atacama in Chile have had no recorded rain for years.
24.The Gobi Desert lies in which countries?
Answer: D. Mongolia and China
The Gobi stretches across southern Mongolia and northern China.
25.The Kalahari Desert is mainly in which country?
Answer: A. Botswana
The Kalahari covers much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa.
26.The Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert is mainly in which country?
Answer: C. Saudi Arabia
The Empty Quarter is the largest continuous sand desert, mostly in Saudi Arabia.
27.Which is the longest river in the world (by the usual measure)?
Answer: A. Nile
The Nile (about 6,650 km) is usually listed as longest, though some studies give the Amazon.
28.Which river carries the most water in the world?
Answer: D. Amazon
The Amazon discharges more water than the next several rivers combined.
29.Which is the longest river in Asia?
Answer: C. Yangtze
The Yangtze is about 6,300 km long.
30.Which is the longest river in Europe?
Answer: D. Volga
The Volga flows about 3,530 km through Russia.
31.Which is the longest river in North America (as a system)?
Answer: D. Mississippi-Missouri
The Mississippi-Missouri system is about 6,000 km long.
32.Which river flows through the most countries?
Answer: D. Danube
The Danube flows through or along ten countries.
33.Which river is the deepest in the world?
Answer: B. Congo
Parts of the Congo are over 200 m deep.
34.Which river crosses the equator twice?
Answer: B. Congo
The Congo River crosses the equator twice.
35.Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: C. Angel Falls
Angel Falls in Venezuela drops about 979 m.
36.Which waterfall is called "the smoke that thunders"?
Answer: D. Victoria Falls
Its local name is Mosi-oa-Tunya.
37.Which is the largest island in the world?
Answer: A. Greenland
Greenland is the largest island; Australia counts as a continent.
38.Greenland is an autonomous territory of which country?
Answer: A. Denmark
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
39.Which is the second largest island in the world?
Answer: B. New Guinea
New Guinea is shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
40.Which is the largest island in Asia?
Answer: C. Borneo
Borneo is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
41.Which is the largest island country in Africa?
Answer: C. Madagascar
Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world.
42.Which is the largest archipelago country in the world?
Answer: D. Indonesia
Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands.
43.Which is the largest country in Asia by area, excluding Russia?
Answer: B. China
China is the largest wholly Asian country.
44.Which is the largest country in the Arab world by area?
Answer: B. Algeria
Algeria is the largest Arab country.
45.Which is the most densely populated country in the world?
Answer: D. Monaco
Monaco has the highest population density.
46.Which is the most densely populated large country?
Answer: B. Bangladesh
Bangladesh is the most densely populated of the bigger countries.
47.Which is the tallest building in the world?
Answer: C. Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 828 m tall.
48.The Burj Khalifa is in which city?
Answer: D. Dubai
It opened in Dubai in 2010.
49.Which is the second tallest building in the world?
Answer: C. Merdeka 118
Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur (678.9 m) was completed in 2023.
50.Which is the largest mosque in the world?
Answer: B. Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram in Makkah is the largest mosque.
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