questions about Africa:
What is the lowest point in Africa?
(a) Lake Kivu
(b) Lake Albert
(c) Lake Assal
(d) Lake Edward
When was apartheid eradicated in South Africa?
(a) 1949
(b) 1994
(c) 1947
(d) 1948
The smallest internationally recognised country on mainland Africa is completely surrounded, apart from its sea border, by what other country?
(a) Senegal
(b) Sierra Leone
(c) Guinea-Bissau
(d) Ghana
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Africa?
(a) 28.25°C observed in Burkina Faso
(b) 51.3°C observed in Ouargla, Algeria
(c) 55.0°C observed in Kebili, Tunisia
(d) 28.25°C observed in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Which sea separates the continent of Asia and Africa?
(a) Mediterranean Sea
(b) Red Sea
(c) Melilla Bay
(d) Black Sea
Which was the first city in the Southern Hemisphere and the second in the world after Philadelphia to integrate electric streetlights into its infrastructure in September 1882?
(a) Johannesburg, South Africa
(b) Sydney, Australia
(c) Kimberley, South Africa
(d) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The largest city of Africa is –
(a) Lagos
(b) Luanda
(c) Accra
(d) Cairo
Africa is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean and which other major body of water?
(a) The Red Sea
(b) The Pacific Ocean
(c) The Black Sea
(d) The White Sea
The Garamba National Park is located in
(a) Uganda
(b) Nigeria
(c) Congo
(d) Rwanda
What separates Africa from Europe?
(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Mediterranean sea
(c) The Gulf of Mexico
(d) Red Sea
Which of Somalia’s neighbours has built a wall along part of its borders to control crossings by illegal immigrants and terrorÂist groups?
(a) Kenya
(b) Ethiopia
(c) South Sudan
(d) Sudan
The largest oil producing nation in Africa is –
(a) Ghana
(b) Ethopia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Kenya
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What specially built city has been the capital of Nigeria since 1991, when it was moved from Lagos?
(a) Accra
(b) Abuja
(c) Dakar
(d) Libreville
Who was the first elected female head of state in Africa?
(a) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
(b) Condoleeza Rice
(c) Golda Meir
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt
Tallest mountain on the African continent __?
(a) Mount Stanley
(b) Rwenzori Mountains
(c) Mount Kilimanjaro
(d) Mount Kenya
The unpopular practice of Apartheid was in –
(a) Tanzania
(b) South Africa
(c) Congo
(d) Morocco
Marrakesh, a city in Morocco, is also known as
(a) White city
(b) Red city
(c) Blue city
(d) Green city
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Which of the following straits separates Europe from Africa?
(a) Berring
(b) Dobar
(c) Gibralter
(d) Mulucca
What is the largest man-made lake in the world?
(a) Lake Mead
(b) Lake Lanier
(c) Lake Volta
(d) Lake Kariba
What is the largest country by land area in Africa?
(a) Egypt
(b) Algeria
(c) Somalia
(d) South Africa
Ostrich, the largest bird in the world, is found in?
(a) Karoo Desert
(b) Sahara Desert
(c) Namib Desert
(d) Kalahari Desert
The southern tip of the Africa is known as
(a) Straits of Magellan
(b) Cape of Good Hope
(c) Cape Comerin
(d) None of these
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Which country is known as “the nation of a thousand hills”?
(a) Morocco
(b) Rwanda
(c) Nigeria
(d) Saudi Arabia
What is the world’s largest hot desert?
(a) Sahara Desert
(b) ‎Syrian Desert
(c) Kyzylkum Desert
(d) Patagonian Desert
Which river separates Zambia from Zimbabwe?
(a) Congo River
(b) Benue River
(c) Zambezi River
(d) Senegal River
Despite being named for the Ebola River in Congo the virus was first isolated some distance away; where?
(a) Yalikonde
(b) Yambuku
(c) Kinshasa
(d) Yandongi
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Which country is known as the Land of Palm Oil?
(a) Rwanda
(b) South Africa
(c) Morocco
(d) Nigeria
What is the term length of South Sudan’s President ?
(a) 6 Years
(b) 4 years
(c) 5 Years
(d) No limit
Which is the longest river in the world?
(a) River Nile
(b) River Congo
(c) River Niger
(d) River Zambezi
Which island is known as Clove island?
(a) Lamu
(b) Zanzibar
(c) La Digue
(d) Unguga
The country known as the Celestial Empire is –
(a) Madagascar
(b) Mali
(c) Somalia
(d) Egypt
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What is the largest lake in Africa called?
(a) Lake Victoria
(b) Lake Tanganyika
(c) Lake Albert
(d) Lake Chad
The Cape of Good Hope is located in –
(a) South Africa
(b) Senegal
(c) Uganda
(d) Sudan
The political map of Africa was decided in
(a) Berlin, 1984
(b) Berlin, 1884
(c) Berlin, 1985
(d) Berlin, 1885
Where is the Kimberley diamond mine (the World’s Biggest Diamond Mine)?
(a) Gambia
(b) Cameroon
(c) South Africa
(d) Tanzania
Merino sheep, famous for their expensive wool are found in __?
(a) Angola
(b) Dijibouti
(c) South Africa
(d) Libya
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Which African country has the largest population?
(a) Egypt
(b) Nigeria
(c) Ethiopia
(d) South Africa
Which nation established the first settlement in what is now South Africa at Table Bay in 1652?
(a) Spain
(b) Portugal
(c) England
(d) Holland
Which of the following countries is not located in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(a) Egypt
(b) Nigeria
(c) South Africa
(d) Morocco
Who is considered the father of Tanzania?
(a) C Rajagopalachari
(b) Valmiki
(c) Augustus Caesar
(d) Julius Nyrere
The most populous and oil-rich country in Africa is
(a) Kenya
(b) Sudan
(c) Nigeria
(d) Uganda
Which country is the largest economy in Africa by GDP?
(a) South Africa
(b) Egypt
(c) Nigeria
(d) Ethiopia
