Quiz on New and Old name of Cities, Countries, Islands:
Ques. The earlier name of Ghana was –
(a) Goldberg
(b) Kampuchea
(c) Nippon
(d) Gold Coast
Ques. Indonesia was a Dutch colony knows as?
(a) Salisburry
(b) Dutch East Indies
(c) Upper Volta
(d) Dutch India
Ques. Which of the following is also known as ‘Eternal City’
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Athens
(d) Berlin
Ques. Cambodia’s earlier name was–
(a) Kampuchea
(b) Congo
(c) Comno
(d) Chung hua
Ques. Before 1971 Bangladesh was?
(a) Old Hyderabad
(b) Pakistan West
(c) Hindostan
(d) East Pakistan
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Ques. The earlier name of Ethiopia was –
(a) Abyssinia
(b) Auguste
(c) Tanzania
(d) Pontiac
Ques. The Japanese call their country as –
(a) Ashmolean
(b) Nippon
(c) Romulus
(d) Salto Angel
Ques. What is French Sudan called today?
(a) French West Africa
(b) West Africa
(c) Nigeria
(d) Republic of Mali
Ques. The ancient name of Bengal was
(a) Kamrupa
(b) Vasta
(c) Gauda
(d) Vallabhi
Ques. When did Peking become Beijing?
(a) 1949
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1938
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Ques. China was also known as
(a) Augustus
(b) Oblrtysh
(c) Chung hua
(d) Amundson
Ques. What is Kalinga called now?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Orissa
(c) Burma
(d) Uttkal
Ques. The original name of Cambodia country is
(a) Quillon
(b) Peking
(c) Kampuchea
(d) Cawnpore
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Ques. Historically Ankara known as?
(a) Angora
(b) Angar
(c) Augrra
(d) Banjail
Ques. Mexico was known as?
(a) New Mexico
(b) New Spain
(c) Myanmar
(d) Bombay
Ques. What is French Somaliland called today?
(a) Somaliland
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Djibouti
(d) East France
Ques. The earlier name of Zaire was –
(a) Congo
(b) Honduras
(c) Nicaragua
(d) El Salvador
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Ques. Burma is officially called?
(a) Union of Myanmar
(b) Republic of the Union of Myanmar
(c) Republic of Myanmar
(d) State of Myanmar
Ques. The old name of Taiwan was –
(a) Roanoke
(b) Penghu
(c) Thaisa
(d) Formosa
Ques. When did Iran change name from Persia to Iran?
(a) 1930
(b) 1940
(c) 1935
(d) 1938
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Ques. What is Pleasant Island called now?
(a) Manchuko
(b) Sandwich Islands
(c) Nauru
(d) New Guinea
Ques. Bombay officially become Mumbai in ___?
(a) 1992
(b) 1995
(c) 1998
(d) 1991
Ques. Ceylon become Sri Lanka in ___?
(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1972
(d) 1957
Ques. What is Mesopotamia new name?
(a) Iran
(b) Mesopota
(c) Persia
(d) Iraq
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Ques. Old name of Ghana?
(a) Abyssinia
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) the Gold Coast
(d) Kalinga
Ques. What is the original name of Malaysia?
(a) Ghana
(b) Potuguese
(c) Bangalore
(d) Tanah Melayu
Ques. What is Formosa called today?
(a) Taiwan
(b) Rhodesia
(c) East China
(d) North Formosa
Ques. Which country was known as Portuguese East Africa?
(a) East Africa
(b) Volgograd
(c) Mosambique
(d) Ceylon
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Ques. What is Rhodesia called now?
(a) Salisbury
(b) Zimbabwe
(c) South Africa
(d) Zambezi
Ques. What is Abyssinia called today?
(a) Bengalooru
(b) Ethiopia
(c) Beijing
(d) British Honduras
Ques. Stalingrad is the former name of __
(a) Leningrad
(b) Central Province
(c) Volgograd
(d) St. Petersburg
Ques. Ancient name of Varanasi?
(a) Madras
(b) Banares
(c) Siam
(d) Kalinga
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Ques. British Honduras is now called __?
(a) Belize
(b) Honduras
(c) Peking
(d) French Sudan
Ques. Leningrad was renamed to Saint Petersburg __
(a) September 2001
(b) September 1991
(c) September 1995
(d) September 1981
Ques. What are the Sandwich Islands known as today?
(a) Stalingrad
(b) Hawaiin Islands
(c) Zambia
(d) Malaya
Ques. Historically Istanbul is known as?
(a) Constantinople
(b) Malaysia
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Northern Rhodesia
