1. What is a country that has no coastline called?
Correct Answer: b) Landlocked country
Explanation:
A landlocked country is defined as a sovereign state that is entirely surrounded by land and lacks direct access to an ocean or open sea.
2. How many recognized landlocked countries are there in the world?
Correct Answer: c) 44
Explanation:
There are widely recognized to be 44 fully sovereign landlocked countries in the world across various continents.
3. Which is the largest landlocked country in the world by land area?
Correct Answer: c) Kazakhstan
Explanation:
Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area and the largest landlocked country on Earth, covering over 2.7 million square kilometers.
4. Which of the following European countries is landlocked?
Correct Answer: a) Switzerland
Explanation:
Switzerland is completely surrounded by other European nations including France, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Liechtenstein, giving it no coastline.
5. Which neighboring country of Pakistan is completely landlocked?
Correct Answer: c) Afghanistan
Explanation:
Afghanistan shares a long border with Pakistan and is an entirely landlocked country in Central/South Asia.
6. Which of the following East African nations is landlocked?
Correct Answer: b) Uganda
Explanation:
Uganda borders Lake Victoria but has no coastline directly opening onto an ocean or sea.
7. In which continent is the landlocked country Chad situated?
Correct Answer: c) Africa
Explanation:
Chad is a large landlocked country located in north-central Africa.
8. A country that has less than what percentage of coastline is generally termed a semi-landlocked country?
Correct Answer: b) 5%
Explanation:
Geographically, a country where the coastline accounts for less than 5% of its total boundary is classified as semi-landlocked.
9. On which date did Serbia become a landlocked country following the independence of Montenegro?
Correct Answer: a) 28th June 2006
Explanation:
After Montenegro declared independence and severed the state union, Serbia became landlocked on June 28, 2006.
10. Which of the following is a landlocked country located in South America?
Correct Answer: b) Bolivia
Explanation:
Bolivia lost its coastal territory in the War of the Pacific and is one of the two landlocked countries in South America.
11. Which country ranks as the third-largest landlocked nation in the world by surface area?
Correct Answer: a) Chad
Explanation:
Chad is the third-largest landlocked country in the world after Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
12. Swaziland (now Eswatini) is a landlocked kingdom located in which continent?
Correct Answer: b) Africa
Explanation:
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is an absolute monarchy in Southern Africa bordered by Mozambique and South Africa.
13. Which of the following pairs represents semi-landlocked countries?
Correct Answer: a) Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq
Explanation:
Both the DRC and Iraq have very short, narrow coastal access relative to their total boundary lengths, classifying them as semi-landlocked.
14. Along with Bolivia, which other nation in South America is completely landlocked?
Correct Answer: c) Paraguay
Explanation:
South America has only two landlocked nations: Bolivia and Paraguay.
15. Which country is an example of a 'double-landlocked' country (a landlocked country surrounded entirely by other landlocked countries)?
Correct Answer: b) Uzbekistan
Explanation:
Uzbekistan is one of only two double-landlocked countries in the world; all countries bordering it are also landlocked.
16. Switzerland is a prominent landlocked nation situated in which continent?
Correct Answer: c) Europe
Explanation:
Switzerland is situated centrally within Europe and is famous for its Alpine geography.
17. How many landlocked countries are located in the continent of Africa?
Correct Answer: c) 16
Explanation:
Africa contains 16 landlocked countries, making it the continent with the highest number of landlocked sovereign states.
18. Mongolia is an expansive landlocked country situated in which continent?
Correct Answer: b) Asia
Explanation:
Mongolia is located in East and Central Asia, nestled entirely between Russia to the north and China to the south.
19. Which of the following continents has NO landlocked countries?
Correct Answer: a) North America
Explanation:
North America, Australia, and Antarctica have zero landlocked nations. Every sovereign country in North America has direct sea or ocean access.
20. Why does North America have no landlocked countries?
Correct Answer: b) Every country in North America possesses its own direct coastline and seaports
Explanation:
All sovereign states on the North American continent touch an ocean or major sea and operate their own coastal seaports.
21. Which nation is the second-largest landlocked country in the world by geographical area?
Correct Answer: b) Mongolia
Explanation:
Mongolia covers roughly 1.56 million square kilometers, making it the second-largest landlocked country behind Kazakhstan.
22. Which Eastern European nation bordering Poland, Ukraine, and Russia is landlocked?
Correct Answer: a) Belarus
Explanation:
Belarus is the largest completely landlocked European country by land area.
23. Zambia is a landlocked nation located in which continent?
Correct Answer: b) Africa
Explanation:
Zambia is a landlocked republic located in Southern Africa, neighboring countries such as Angola, Zimbabwe, and the DRC.
24. How many landlocked countries are located across the continent of Asia?
Correct Answer: c) 12
Explanation:
Asia contains 12 recognized landlocked sovereign states.
25. How many landlocked countries exist on the continent of South America?
Correct Answer: b) 2
Explanation:
Only two countries in South America lack maritime coastlines: Bolivia and Paraguay.
26. How many landlocked countries are located in the continent of Europe?
Correct Answer: c) 14
Explanation:
Europe contains 14 fully recognized sovereign landlocked countries.
27. Which of the following is an example of an African landlocked nation?
Correct Answer: a) Zambia
Explanation:
Zambia has no oceanic coast, unlike Nigeria, Morocco, and Kenya which have extensive maritime coastlines.
28. Which of the following countries is NOT landlocked?
Correct Answer: a) Spain
Explanation:
Spain borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, meaning it has extensive coastlines.
29. Hungary is a landlocked country situated in which region?
Correct Answer: a) Central Europe
Explanation:
Hungary is a Central European country in the Carpathian Basin completely surrounded by land.
30. Which two South Asian countries are landlocked by neighboring giants like India and China?
Correct Answer: a) Bhutan and Nepal
Explanation:
Nepal and Bhutan are Himalayan nations in South Asia with no direct maritime outlets.
31. On which date was the first successful ascent of K2 (Godwin Austen) achieved?
Correct Answer: a) July 31, 1954
Explanation:
An Italian expedition achieved the first summit of K2 on July 31, 1954.
32. Which two Italian mountaineers were the first to successfully reach the summit of K2?
Correct Answer: a) Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli
Explanation:
Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli were the two climbers who reached the summit of K2 in 1954.
33. K2 is also named Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, who was a prominent early:
Correct Answer: a) Surveyor
Explanation:
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen was an English topographer and surveyor who surveyed the Karakoram region.
34. What is the local Balti name commonly used for K2?
Correct Answer: a) Chogori
Explanation:
K2 is known locally as Chogori (meaning 'Big Mountain') or Dapsang.
35. Apart from Uzbekistan, which European nation is the only other double-landlocked country in the world?
Correct Answer: a) Liechtenstein
Explanation:
Liechtenstein is bordered only by Switzerland and Austria, both of which are landlocked, making Liechtenstein double-landlocked.
36. Which is the most populous landlocked country in the world?
Correct Answer: a) Ethiopia
Explanation:
Ethiopia lost its coastline when Eritrea gained independence in 1993, making it the world's most populous landlocked nation with over 120 million people.
37. Which of the following is an enclave landlocked country completely surrounded by South Africa?
Correct Answer: a) Lesotho
Explanation:
Lesotho is completely enclosed within the territory of South Africa, making it an enclaved landlocked country.
38. San Marino is a landlocked microstate completely surrounded by which country?
Correct Answer: a) Italy
Explanation:
San Marino is an enclave surrounded entirely by the Republic of Italy.
39. Which microstate is the smallest independent state in the world and is completely landlocked within Rome?
Correct Answer: a) Vatican City
Explanation:
Vatican City is an enclaved microstate within Rome, Italy, and the smallest independent state by both area and population.
40. Which European landlocked country lies nestled in the Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France?
Correct Answer: a) Andorra
Explanation:
Andorra is a landlocked microstate located in the Pyrenees between Spain and France.
41. Which of the following is a landlocked country in the Caucasus region?
Correct Answer: a) Armenia
Explanation:
Armenia is completely landlocked in the South Caucasus, whereas Georgia borders the Black Sea and Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea.
42. Which landlocked country in Central Asia is known as the 'Roof of the World' due to its high Pamir mountains?
Correct Answer: a) Tajikistan
Explanation:
Tajikistan is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia dominated by the Pamir mountain range.
43. Which Central Asian nation has Bishkek as its capital city and is landlocked?
Correct Answer: a) Kyrgyzstan
Explanation:
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked mountainous country in Central Asia whose capital is Bishkek.
44. Turkmenistan borders which large inland body of water that has no natural outlet to the world's oceans?
Correct Answer: a) Caspian Sea
Explanation:
The Caspian Sea is an endorheic inland basin; states bordering only the Caspian Sea are still considered landlocked regarding world ocean access.
45. Which Southeast Asian nation is the only completely landlocked country in the ASEAN region?
Correct Answer: a) Laos
Explanation:
Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar.
46. What is the capital of the landlocked nation of Mongolia?
Correct Answer: a) Ulaanbaatar
Explanation:
Ulaanbaatar is the capital and most populous city of landlocked Mongolia.
47. Which landlocked country is bordered by Germany, France, and Belgium?
Correct Answer: a) Luxembourg
Explanation:
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a landlocked nation located in Western Europe.
48. Which of the following European countries became landlocked following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993?
Correct Answer: a) Czech Republic and Slovakia
Explanation:
When Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved in 1993, both successor states (the Czech Republic and Slovakia) were landlocked.
49. Which landlocked European country is famous for Lake Balaton and its capital, Budapest?
Correct Answer: a) Hungary
Explanation:
Hungary is a Central European landlocked country through which the Danube River flows.
50. Austria shares land borders with how many other European countries?
Correct Answer: a) 8
Explanation:
Austria is bordered by 8 countries: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
51. What is the capital of the landlocked South American country Paraguay?
Correct Answer: a) Asunción
Explanation:
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay, located along the Paraguay River.
52. Which of the following is the constitutional capital of the landlocked nation of Bolivia?
Correct Answer: a) Sucre
Explanation:
Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, while La Paz is the seat of government.
53. Which conflict in 1879–1884 led to Bolivia losing its coastal province of Litoral to Chile?
Correct Answer: a) War of the Pacific
Explanation:
The War of the Pacific resulted in Chile acquiring Bolivia's coastal territory, turning Bolivia into a landlocked country.
54. Which landlocked country fought Paraguay in the 1930s Chaco War?
Correct Answer: a) Bolivia
Explanation:
The Chaco War (1932–1935) was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern Gran Chaco region.
55. Which landlocked African country is known as the 'Land of a Thousand Hills'?
Correct Answer: a) Rwanda
Explanation:
Rwanda is a small, densely populated, landlocked nation in East Africa renowned for its mountainous relief.
56. Which African country gained independence from Sudan in 2011, becoming one of the newest landlocked nations?
Correct Answer: a) South Sudan
Explanation:
South Sudan gained independence in July 2011 and has no coastline, relying on pipelines through Sudan for oil export.
57. Which landlocked country in Southern Africa contains the Okavango Delta and the Kalahari Desert?
Correct Answer: a) Botswana
Explanation:
Botswana is a landlocked nation located in Southern Africa dominated by the Kalahari Desert.
58. Victoria Falls is located on the border between which two landlocked African countries?
Correct Answer: a) Zambia and Zimbabwe
Explanation:
Victoria Falls is located on the Zambezi River on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
59. Which landlocked African nation was formerly known as Southern Rhodesia?
Correct Answer: a) Zimbabwe
Explanation:
Zimbabwe was formerly designated as Southern Rhodesia, whereas Northern Rhodesia became Zambia.
60. Which landlocked nation in Southern Africa is located along the western shore of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)?
Correct Answer: a) Malawi
Explanation:
Malawi is an elongated, landlocked country in southeastern Africa largely defined by Lake Malawi.
61. What is the capital of the landlocked nation of Mali?
Correct Answer: a) Bamako
Explanation:
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, situated along the Niger River.
62. Which landlocked West African nation has Ouagadougou as its capital city?
Correct Answer: a) Burkina Faso
Explanation:
Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation in West Africa whose capital is Ouagadougou.
63. Which landlocked West African country, named after a major river, has its capital at Niamey?
Correct Answer: a) Niger
Explanation:
Niger is a landlocked Saharan country in West Africa with Niamey as its capital.
64. What is the capital city of the landlocked Central African Republic (CAR)?
Correct Answer: a) Bangui
Explanation:
Bangui is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic.
65. Which of the following Balkan countries is landlocked?
Correct Answer: a) North Macedonia
Explanation:
North Macedonia is a landlocked state on the Balkan peninsula, surrounded by Greece, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bulgaria.
66. Which landlocked European country is nestled between Romania and Ukraine?
Correct Answer: a) Moldova
Explanation:
Moldova is an Eastern European landlocked nation located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the east.
67. What is the primary international body of law that grants landlocked states the right of transit through coastal countries?
Correct Answer: a) UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea)
Explanation:
Part X of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) establishes the right of access of landlocked states to and from the sea and freedom of transit.
68. Which landlocked country is completely enclosed within the Italian territory, besides Vatican City?
Correct Answer: a) San Marino
Explanation:
San Marino is a microstate entirely enclaved by Italy near the Adriatic coast.
69. Which country is bordered by India on three sides and China to the north, with Thimphu as its capital?
Correct Answer: a) Bhutan
Explanation:
Bhutan is a landlocked Himalayan kingdom with Thimphu as its capital.
70. What is the capital city of the landlocked Himalayan nation of Nepal?
Correct Answer: a) Kathmandu
Explanation:
Kathmandu is the capital and largest city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
71. Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, lies on the border between China (Tibet) and which landlocked nation?
Correct Answer: a) Nepal
Explanation:
Mount Everest's summit ridge marks the international boundary between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
72. What is the height of Mount Everest in meters according to the joint survey by Nepal and China?
Correct Answer: a) 8,848.86 m
Explanation:
Nepal and China jointly established the official revised elevation of Mount Everest as 8,848.86 meters.
73. What is the elevation of K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth?
Correct Answer: a) 8,611 m
Explanation:
K2 has an official summit height of 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) above sea level.
74. In which mountain range is K2 located?
Correct Answer: a) Karakoram
Explanation:
K2 is the highest peak of the Karakoram range, located on the Pakistan-China border.
75. Which mountain is known as the 'Killer Mountain' and is the ninth-highest mountain in the world?
Correct Answer: a) Nanga Parbat
Explanation:
Nanga Parbat in Pakistan (8,126 m) is nicknamed the 'Killer Mountain' due to the high mortality rate of early climbing attempts.
76. Which is the third-highest mountain peak in the world?
Correct Answer: a) Kangchenjunga
Explanation:
Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), located on the India-Nepal border, is the third-highest peak on Earth.
77. Which is the highest mountain peak in the continent of Africa?
Correct Answer: a) Mount Kilimanjaro
Explanation:
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania rises to 5,895 meters, making it Africa's highest summit.
78. Which is the highest mountain peak in Europe?
Correct Answer: a) Mount Elbrus
Explanation:
Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus Mountains (Russia) is the highest peak in Europe at 5,642 meters.
79. Which is the highest mountain peak in South America?
Correct Answer: a) Aconcagua
Explanation:
Aconcagua in Argentina rises to 6,961 meters, making it the highest summit in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres.
80. Which is the highest mountain peak in North America, formerly known as Mount McKinley?
Correct Answer: a) Denali
Explanation:
Denali in Alaska is the highest peak in North America at 6,190 meters above sea level.
81. Which is the highest peak in Antarctica?
Correct Answer: a) Vinson Massif
Explanation:
Vinson Massif (4,892 m) is the highest mountain peak on the continent of Antarctica.
82. Which is the highest mountain peak in the Australian mainland?
Correct Answer: a) Mount Kosciuszko
Explanation:
Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 m) in New South Wales is the highest point on the Australian continent.
83. Which mountain peak is famous for being a nearly symmetrical pyramidal peak in the Swiss-Italian Alps?
Correct Answer: a) Matterhorn
Explanation:
The Matterhorn on the border between Switzerland and Italy is one of the most recognizable Alpine peaks in the world.
84. Which mountain pass connects Pakistan with landlocked Afghanistan through the Hindu Kush range?
Correct Answer: a) Khyber Pass
Explanation:
The Khyber Pass is a historic mountain pass connecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan with Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan.
85. The Khunjerab Pass connects Pakistan with which neighboring country?
Correct Answer: a) China
Explanation:
The Khunjerab Pass is the highest paved international border crossing in the world, connecting Gilgit-Baltistan with Xinjiang, China.
86. Which landlocked country is connected to the port of Karachi under the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA)?
Correct Answer: a) Afghanistan
Explanation:
Landlocked Afghanistan relies heavily on Pakistan's seaports (Karachi and Port Qasim) for maritime commerce through transit trade agreements.
87. Which seaport in Iran was developed with Indian partnership partly to provide transit access to landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asia?
Correct Answer: a) Chabahar Port
Explanation:
Chabahar Port in southeastern Iran provides sea access to landlocked Central Asia and Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan.
88. Which African landlocked nation uses the Port of Djibouti as its primary maritime gateway?
Correct Answer: a) Ethiopia
Explanation:
Over 95% of Ethiopia's foreign trade flows through the port facilities in neighboring coastal Djibouti.
89. Which South American river system provides landlocked Paraguay with inland waterway access to the Atlantic Ocean?
Correct Answer: a) Paraguay-Paraná River system
Explanation:
The Paraguay and Paraná rivers form an essential navigable waterway that allows Paraguay access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Río de la Plata.
90. Which European international river flows through or borders four landlocked countries (Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Serbia)?
Correct Answer: a) Danube
Explanation:
The Danube River is an international waterway providing critical navigation and transit access to multiple landlocked European states.
91. Which landlocked country was previously known as Upper Volta?
Correct Answer: a) Burkina Faso
Explanation:
Burkina Faso was officially named the Republic of Upper Volta until Thomas Sankara renamed it in 1984.
92. What is the capital of the landlocked Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan?
Correct Answer: a) Ashgabat
Explanation:
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.
93. Which of the following landlocked countries in Africa is bordered exclusively by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean... wait, which is entirely surrounded by Senegal except for its coastline?
Correct Answer: a) The Gambia
Explanation:
The Gambia is a semi-enclave surrounded by Senegal on three sides, though it retains a narrow Atlantic coastline (making it non-landlocked).
94. Which landlocked African country is completely surrounded by two countries: Mozambique and South Africa?
Correct Answer: a) Eswatini
Explanation:
Eswatini is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa on all other sides.
95. Which sea is considered an endorheic lake surrounded by landlocked countries such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan?
Correct Answer: a) Caspian Sea
Explanation:
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, categorized as an endorheic basin without natural oceanic outlets.
96. Which shrinking body of water lies on the border between landlocked Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan?
Correct Answer: a) Aral Sea
Explanation:
The Aral Sea is an endorheic lake between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has drastically shrunk due to river diversion.
97. Which is the largest alpine lake in landlocked Kyrgyzstan?
Correct Answer: a) Issyk-Kul
Explanation:
Issyk-Kul in eastern Kyrgyzstan is the second-largest alpine lake in the world after Lake Titicaca.
98. Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, is shared between Peru and which landlocked nation?
Correct Answer: a) Bolivia
Explanation:
Lake Titicaca sits at 3,812 meters in the Andes and is shared by Bolivia and Peru.
99. What is the capital of the landlocked country of Armenia?
Correct Answer: a) Yerevan
Explanation:
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of the landlocked Republic of Armenia.
100. Which landlocked country has the city of Chișinău as its capital?
Correct Answer: a) Moldova
Explanation:
Chișinău is the capital and largest urban municipality of Moldova.
101. Which landlocked country has Bern as its de facto federal capital?
Correct Answer: a) Switzerland
Explanation:
Bern is the seat of the federal government (Bundesstadt) of Switzerland.
102. What is the capital city of landlocked Austria?
Correct Answer: a) Vienna
Explanation:
Vienna is the federal capital and largest city of the landlocked Republic of Austria.
103. Which landlocked European nation has Prague as its historic capital city?
Correct Answer: a) Czech Republic
Explanation:
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic (Czechia), situated on the Vltava River.
104. What is the capital city of landlocked Slovakia?
Correct Answer: a) Bratislava
Explanation:
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia, located directly on the Danube River near the borders of Austria and Hungary.
105. Which European landlocked capital city lies within just 60 km of Vienna?
Correct Answer: a) Bratislava
Explanation:
Vienna and Bratislava are two of the closest national capitals in Europe, separated by only around 60 kilometers.
106. Which landlocked country has Gaborone as its capital city?
Correct Answer: a) Botswana
Explanation:
Gaborone is the capital and administrative hub of Botswana.
107. What is the capital city of landlocked Zambia?
Correct Answer: a) Lusaka
Explanation:
Lusaka is the capital and largest commercial center of Zambia.
108. What is the capital city of landlocked Zimbabwe?
Correct Answer: a) Harare
Explanation:
Harare (formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe.
109. What is the capital city of landlocked Malawi?
Correct Answer: a) Lilongwe
Explanation:
Lilongwe has been the designated capital of Malawi since 1975.
110. What is the capital of the landlocked nation of Burundi?
Correct Answer: a) Gitega
Explanation:
Gitega was declared the political capital of Burundi in 2018, while Bujumbura remains the economic center.
111. What is the capital city of landlocked Rwanda?
Correct Answer: a) Kigali
Explanation:
Kigali is the capital and financial center of Rwanda.
112. What is the capital city of landlocked Uganda?
Correct Answer: a) Kampala
Explanation:
Kampala is the capital of Uganda, located near the shores of Lake Victoria.
113. What is the capital city of the landlocked country of South Sudan?
Correct Answer: a) Juba
Explanation:
Juba is the capital and largest city of the Republic of South Sudan.
114. Which landlocked country has Vaduz as its capital?
Correct Answer: a) Liechtenstein
Explanation:
Vaduz is the capital of the double-landlocked principality of Liechtenstein.
115. What is the capital city of the landlocked nation of Andorra?
Correct Answer: a) Andorra la Vella
Explanation:
Andorra la Vella is the highest-elevation national capital in Europe and the capital of Andorra.
116. What is the capital of the landlocked enclave nation of San Marino?
Correct Answer: a) City of San Marino
Explanation:
The City of San Marino is the historic capital of the Republic of San Marino.
117. What is the capital of the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho?
Correct Answer: a) Maseru
Explanation:
Maseru is the capital and largest urban settlement in Lesotho.
118. What is the executive capital of Eswatini?
Correct Answer: a) Mbabane
Explanation:
Mbabane is the administrative and executive capital of Eswatini, while Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.
119. Which of the following European countries does NOT have a sea coast?
Correct Answer: a) Serbia
Explanation:
Serbia is landlocked, whereas Montenegro, Albania, and Bulgaria all have direct marine coastlines.
120. Which landlocked country has Belgrade as its capital city?
Correct Answer: a) Serbia
Explanation:
Belgrade is the capital of Serbia, situated at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers.
121. What is the capital city of landlocked North Macedonia?
Correct Answer: a) Skopje
Explanation:
Skopje is the capital and most populous city of North Macedonia.
122. Which partially recognized landlocked state in southeastern Europe has Pristina as its capital?
Correct Answer: a) Kosovo
Explanation:
Kosovo is a landlocked disputed territory/republic in the Balkans with its capital at Pristina.
123. Which landlocked African country's name means 'Lion Mountains'?
Correct Answer: a) None (Sierra Leone has a coastline)
Explanation:
Sierra Leone means Lion Mountains, but it is a coastal West African state, not a landlocked country.
124. Which major mountain range forms the border between France and Spain, housing the landlocked nation of Andorra?
Correct Answer: a) Pyrenees
Explanation:
The Pyrenees mountains form a natural barrier between France and Spain and surround Andorra.
125. Which major mountain system contains the highest peaks in Europe, crossing countries like Switzerland and Austria?
Correct Answer: a) Alps
Explanation:
The Alps extend across eight Alpine countries, including landlocked Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
126. Which mountain range is traditionally considered the eastern boundary separating Europe from Asia in Russia?
Correct Answer: a) Ural Mountains
Explanation:
The Ural Mountains run north-south through western Russia and form the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
127. Which mountain range extends along the western edge of South America, passing through Bolivia?
Correct Answer: a) Andes
Explanation:
The Andes are the longest continental mountain range in the world, running through South America including landlocked Bolivia.
128. Which mountain system stretches across northwestern Africa through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia?
Correct Answer: a) Atlas Mountains
Explanation:
The Atlas Mountains span roughly 2,500 km through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in North Africa.
129. Which mountain range separates Pakistan and Afghanistan, hosting peaks such as Tirich Mir?
Correct Answer: a) Hindu Kush
Explanation:
The Hindu Kush range stretches across northern Pakistan and central Afghanistan, with Tirich Mir (7,708 m) as its highest peak.
130. Which of the following countries is landlocked in Central Asia and was previously part of the USSR?
Correct Answer: a) Tajikistan
Explanation:
Tajikistan gained independence in 1991 upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union and is completely landlocked.
131. What is the capital city of landlocked Tajikistan?
Correct Answer: a) Dushanbe
Explanation:
Dushanbe is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan.
132. Which is the second-highest mountain peak in Pakistan after K2?
Correct Answer: a) Nanga Parbat
Explanation:
Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) is the second-highest summit in Pakistan and the western anchor of the Himalayas.
133. Broad Peak (8,051 m) is located in which mountain range?
Correct Answer: a) Karakoram
Explanation:
Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif in the Karakoram range in northeastern Pakistan/China.
134. Gasherbrum I is also known by which descriptive name?
Correct Answer: a) Hidden Peak
Explanation:
Gasherbrum I (8,080 m) was named 'Hidden Peak' by William Martin Conway due to its extreme remoteness.
135. Which mountain is popularly called the 'Savage Mountain' because of the extreme difficulty of climbing it?
Correct Answer: a) K2
Explanation:
George Bell famously described K2 as 'a savage mountain that tries to kill you' following an American expedition in 1953.
136. Which is the highest peak in the Hindu Kush mountain system?
Correct Answer: a) Tirich Mir
Explanation:
Tirich Mir (7,708 m), located in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is the highest peak of the Hindu Kush.
137. Noshaq (7,492 m) is the highest mountain peak in which landlocked country?
Correct Answer: a) Afghanistan
Explanation:
Noshaq is the highest point in Afghanistan and the second-highest peak in the Hindu Kush range.
138. Which landlocked country contains the high plateau known as the Altiplano?
Correct Answer: a) Bolivia
Explanation:
The Altiplano is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet, located primarily in western Bolivia and southern Peru.
139. Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, is located in which landlocked country?
Correct Answer: a) Bolivia
Explanation:
Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia covers over 10,000 square kilometers and holds a large portion of global lithium reserves.
140. Which landlocked Central Asian nation is the world's leading producer of mined uranium?
Correct Answer: a) Kazakhstan
Explanation:
Kazakhstan produces more than 40% of the world's mined uranium supply.
