This Static GK quiz on Highest, Longest and Largest in the World puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Which is the largest and deepest ocean in the world?
The Pacific covers a greater area than all the land on earth put together and is also the deepest ocean, holding the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point on the planet.
Read the full explanation →The deepest known point of the earth's surface, the Challenger Deep, lies in which trench?
The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific, east of the Mariana Islands, and its deepest part, the Challenger Deep, is close to eleven kilometres below sea level.
Read the full explanation →Which river is conventionally regarded as the longest river in the world?
The Nile flows north through north-eastern Africa for about 6,650 kilometres to the Mediterranean and is the river taken as the longest in the world in almost every textbook and examination.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest hot desert in the world?
The Sahara stretches across northern Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea and is the largest hot desert in the world.
Read the full explanation →Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, is located in which country?
Angel Falls drops 979 metres from the edge of a flat-topped table mountain called Auyan Tepui in the Guiana highlands of Venezuela, and is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest island in the world?
Greenland lies between the Arctic and the Atlantic, is covered almost entirely by an ice sheet and is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Read the full explanation →Which is the deepest lake in the world?
Baikal lies in southern Siberia in Russia, fills a deep rift in the earth's crust and is the deepest lake in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which is the longest mountain range on land?
The Andes run down the whole western edge of South America, through seven countries from Venezuela to the southern tip of Chile and Argentina, and form the longest mountain range above sea level.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest bay in the world?
The Bay of Bengal is the north-eastern arm of the Indian Ocean, bounded by India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, and it is the largest bay in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which is the smallest country in the world by area?
Vatican City is an independent state of well under half a square kilometre lying entirely inside the city of Rome, and it is the smallest country in the world by both area and population.
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