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How it's askedLocating countries, borders, water bodies and features from the news.

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Countries, regions & borders20 questionsSeas, straits & water bodies10 questionsMountains, deserts & physical features4 questions
Countries, regions & borders: all 20 questions
2026Which of the following with reference to Indian States is/are not correct ?2025How many of the above countries have more than four time zones? (United Kingdom, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia…2025Region: Mallorca, Normandy, Sardinia2024The longest border between any two countries in the world is between2023Which one of the following is a part of the Congo Basin?2023How many of the above-mentioned countries share a land border with Ukraine? (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary…2023Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in…2023Regions often mentioned in news: North Kivu and Ituri, Nagorno-Karabakh, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia2023Area of conflict mentioned in news: Donbas, Kachin, Tigray2022The term “Levant” often heard in the news roughly corresponds to which of the following regions ?
Show all 202022Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan ? (Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)2022“Bidibidi is a large refugee settlement in north-western Kenya.” and 2 more statements2022Which one of the following statements best reflects the issue with Senkaku Islands, sometimes mentioned in the news ?2022Country: Chad, Guinea, Lebanon, Tunisia2022Region often mentioned in the news: Anatolia, Amhara, Cabo Delgado, Catalonia2018Towns sometimes mentioned in news: Aleppo, Kirkuk, Mosul, Mazar-i-sharif2018Regions sometimes mentioned in news: Catalonia, Crimea, Mindanao, Oromia2017If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can…2017Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries ?2016Community sometimes mentioned in the news: Kurd, Madhesi, Rohingya