Quiz on Africa Continent:
Ques. What is the lowest point in Africa?
(a) Lake Kivu
(b) Lake Albert
(c) Lake Assal
(d) Lake Edward
Ques. When was apartheid eradicated in South Africa?
(a) 1949
(b) 1994
(c) 1947
(d) 1948
Ques. 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
Ques. Which sea separates the continent of Asia and Africa?
(a) Mediterranean sea
(b) Red Sea
(c) Melilla Bay
(d) Black Sea
Ques. Which was the first city in the southern hemisphere and the second in the world after Philadelphia to integrate electric street lights 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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Ques. The largest city of Africa is –
(a) Lagos
(b) Luanda
(c) Accra
(d) Cairo
Ques. The Garamba National Park is located in
(a) Uganda
(b) Nigeria
(c) Congo
(d) Rwanda
Ques. What separates Africa from Europe?
(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Mediterranean sea
(c) The Gulf of Mexico
(d) Red Sea
Ques. Which of Somalia’s neighbours has built a wall along part of its borders to control crossings by illegal immigrants and terrorist groups?
(a) Kenya
(b) Ethiopia
(c) South Sudan
(d) Sudan
Ques. The largest oil producing nation in Africa is –
(a) Ghana
(b) Ethopia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Kenya
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Ques. 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
Ques. Who was the first elected female head of state in Africa?
(a) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
(b) Condoleeza Rice
(c) Golda Meir
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt
Ques. Tallest mountain on the African continent __?
(a) Mount Stanley
(b) Rwenzori Mountains
(c) Mount Kilimanjaro
(d) Mount Kenya
Ques. The unpopular practice of Apartheid was in –
(a) Tanzania
(b) South Africa
(c) Congo
(d) Morocco
Ques. Marrakesh, city in Morocco is also known as
(a) White city
(b) Red city
(c) Blue city
(d) Green city
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Ques. Which of the following straits separates Europe from Africa?
(a) Berring
(b) Dobar
(c) Gibralter
(d) Mulucca
Ques. What is the largest man-made lake in the world?
(a) Lake Mead
(b) Lake Lanier
(c) Lake Volta
(d) Lake Kariba
Ques. What is the largest country by land area in Africa?
(a) Egypt
(b) Algeria
(c) Somalia
(d) South Africa
Ques. Ostrich, largest bird in world is found in?
(a) Karoo Desert
(b) Sahara Desert
(c) Namib Desert
(d) Kalahari desert
Ques. 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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Ques. Which country is known as “nation of a thousand hills”?
(a) Morocco
(b) Rwanda
(c) Nigeria
(d) Saudi Arabia
Ques. What is the world’s largest hot desert?
(a) Sahara Desert
(b) Syrian Desert
(c) Kyzylkum Desert
(d) Patagonian Desert
Ques. Which African country was never formally colonized, and resisted all kinds of European rule until 1920?
(a) Kenya
(b) South Africa
(c) Egypt
(d) Somalia
Ques. Which river separates Zambia from Zimbabwe?
(a) Congo River
(b) Benue River
(c) Zambezi River
(d) Senegal River
Ques. 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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Ques. Which country is known as Land of Palm Oil?
(a) Rwanda
(b) South Africa
(c) Morocco
(d) Nigeria
Ques. What is the term length of South Sudan’s President ?
(a) 6 Years
(b) 4 years
(c) 5 Years
(d) No limit
Ques. Which is the longest river in the world?
(a) River Nile
(b) River Congo
(c) River Niger
(d) River Zambezi
Ques. Which island is known as clove island?
(a) Lamu
(b) Zanzibar
(c) La Digue
(d) Unguga
Ques. The country known as the Celestial Empire is –
(a) Madagascar
(b) Mali
(c) Somalia
(d) Egypt
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Ques. What is the largest lake in Africa called?
(a) Lake Victoria
(b) Lake Tanganyika
(c) Lake Albert
(d) Lake Chad
Ques. The Cape of Good Hope is located in –
(a) South Africa
(b) Senegal
(c) Uganda
(d) Sudan
Ques. The political map of Africa was decided in
(a) Berlin, 1984
(b) Berlin, 1884
(c) Berlin, 1985
(d) Berlin, 1885
Ques. Where is the Kimberley diamond mine (World’s Biggest Diamond Mine)?
(a) Gambia
(b) Cameroon
(c) South Africa
(d) Tanzania
Ques. Merino sheep, famous for their expensive wool are found in __?
(a) Angola
(b) Dijibouti
(c) South Africa
(d) Libya
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Ques. 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
Ques. Who is considered the father of Tanzania?
(a) C Rajagopalachari
(b) Valmiki
(c) Augustus Caesar
(d) Julius Nyrere
Ques. The most populous and oil-rich country in Africa is
(a) Kenya
(b) Sudan
(c) Nigeria
(d) Uganda
