Indian Monuments Quiz Questions - 1
Alaska | It is the largest US State situated near Canada. It was purchases by the USA in 1867 from Russia; Famous for mining, lumbering and pulp milling industries; Oil resources are available here in plenty. |
Algiers | Capital city of Algeria in North Africa, renamed El Dzejair in 1972. |
Alexandria | Important city and seaport of Egypt: founded by Alexander the Great; Chief centre of foreign trade; it is famous for white marble lighthouse of the island of Pharaos. |
Amsterdam | Capital of the Netherlands; famous for diamond cutting industry. |
Attock | In Pakistan on the bank of river Indus; known for its oil wells, oil refinery. |
Abadan | Major oil terminal and refining centre in Iran. |
Abu Simbel | In Egypt; ancient temples carved out of solid sandstone. |
Adam’s Bridge | Chain of sandbanks, 22 metres long, in Palk Strait. |
Angkor Vat | Famous for ruins of ancient Hindu Temples dedicated to Vishnu in Cambodia built between 800 to 1200 A.D. |
Aswan High Dam | Opened in 1971, a 350 feet high dam on river Nile in Egypt. |
Bikini | Northernmost a toll of Ralik group, Marshal island, in the Pacific Ocean; the site where atom bomb tests were conducted by the U.S.A. in 1946. |
Big Ben | The Great Bell in Parliament Clock Tower, London. |
Bethlehem | In Israel, birth place of Jesus Christ. |
Bangkok | Capital of Thailand; venue of Asian Games in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998. It is called the Venice of the East. |
Beijing | Capital of China and venue of Olympic Games 2008; Beijing is the new romanised spelling of Peking name was introduced from September 1, 1975. |
Baku | Situated on the Caspian Sea, an oil field in Azerbaijan. |
Bandung | In Indonesia, venue of Afro-Asian Conference in April, 1955. |
Baikanour | Spaceship launching station(cosmodrome) in Kazakhstan. |
Buckingham Palace | In London; residence of the royal family of England. |
Cape Kennedy | In Florida (USA); America’s spaceship launching centre; now known as Cape Canaveral. |
Cape Trafalgar | On the coast of Spain, where the British fleet won a decisive victory over Napoleon in 1805. |
Catacomb’s of Rome | There are the sepulchres of the early Christians and consisted of more than 40 groups of labyrinths, sometimes going down to 5 storey’s below the surface of the ground. |
Cenotaph | A monument in White Hall, London in memory of those who sacrificed their lives during World War I. |
Cotopaxi | In Ecuador; it is the loftiest active volcano in the world with a height of 19,500 ft. |
Corsica | An island in the Mediterranean Sea where Napoleon was born. |
Colombo | Capital and port of Sri Lanka; it holds very strategic importance on the ocean highway for east and west. |
Colossus of Rhodes | A bronze statue of Greek sun gold Helios, erected by Charles of Kindus at the port of city of Rhodes. |
Chicago | Situated at the mouth of Chicago river in the U.S.A. Second city in terms of population; Great railway centre; biggest grain and meat market of the world. |
Detroit | The Fourth largest city in the U.S.A. ; known as the city of motor cars. |
Diego Garcia | An island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. The U.S.A. has set up a big naval base here. The littoral countries led by India raised protest against this step. |
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