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1. A country which has no coastline is called _____.
A. Balkan Country
B. Land locked Country
C. Protectorate Country
D. Landlord Country
ANSWER: B.Land locked Country
SOLUTION :A landlocked country is a country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins.
2. Total landlocked countries in the world are ____.
A. 43
B. 41
C. 44
D. 42
ANSWER: C.44
SOLUTION:Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), and three landlocked de facto states in the world. Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country, while Ethiopia is the world’s most populous landlocked country.
3. Which is the largest landlocked country in the world?
A. Kazakhstan
B. Mongolia
C. South Africa
D. Afghanistan
ANSWER : A.Kazakhistan
SOLUTION:Kazakhstan is the world’s largest landlocked country, while Ethiopia is the world’s most populous landlocked country.
4. Which is the second largest landlocked country in the world?
A. Kazakhstan
B. Mongolia
C. South Africa
D. Afghanistan
ANSWER: B.Mongolia
SOLUTION: Mongolia is the world’s second largest landlocked country and occupies a territory of 1.56 million square kilometers: It extends 2,392 kilometers from west to east and 1,259 kilometers from north to south.
5. Which neighbour country of Pakistan is landlocked country?
A. Iran
B. India
C. Afghanistan
D. China
ANSWER: C.Afghanistan
SOLUTION:As a landlocked country, Afghanistan has mainly relied on Pakistan for transit trade with rest of the world. The two countries are separated by Durand Line, a demarcation imposed by the British India on Afghanistan in 1893 and never accepted by any Afghan government as an international border.
6. Which one of the following is landlocked country between China and Russia?
A. Iran
B. Canada
C. Mongolia
D. Pakistan
ANSWER: C.Mongolia
SOLUTION: Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 square miles), with a population of just 3.3 million, making it the world’s most sparsely populated sovereign state.
7. Which of the following countries is landlocked country?
A. Switzerland
B. Belarus
C. Austria
D. All of these
ANSWER: D.All of these
SOLUTION: All of these
8. A country which has less than 5% coastline is called semi landlocked country. How many semi landlocked countries in the world?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 3
D. 8
ANSWER:A.7
SOLUTION:Seven landlocked countries are surrounded by only two mutually bordering neighbours (semi-enclaved countries): Andorra (between France and Spain) Bhutan (between China and India) Eswatini (between Mozambique and South Africa)
9. Uzbekistan is a country of _____.
A. Landlocked
B. Double landlocked
C. Semi landlocked
D. None of these
ANSWER: B.Double landlocked
SOLUTION: Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
10. Swaziland is the landlocked country of ____.
A. Europe
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. South America
ANSWER: C.Africa
SOLUTION:The official name of the Kingdom of Swaziland was changed to the Kingdom of Eswatini in 2018. It is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.