Top 100 World Geography GK Questions

The headquarters of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is located in (B) Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The ICC is the global governing body for the sport of cricket and is responsible for organizing international cricket events, formulating rules, and promoting the game worldwide. The decision to move the headquarters to Dubai was made in 2005, and the ICC officially opened its office in Dubai in 2006.

The Amazon proper runs mostly through Brazil and Peru, and is part of the border between Colombia and Perú. It has a series of major tributaries in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, some of which flow into the Marañón and Ucayali, and others directly into the Amazon proper.

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world with 6% of the total geographical area and 20.4% of the land area of the world. It is surrounded by Mediterranean sea to the north, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, the Atlantic Ocean in the West, and the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the northeast.

Malay Archipelago, largest group of islands in the world, consisting of the more than 17,000 islands of Indonesia and the approximately 7,000 islands of the Philippines. The regional name “East Indies” is sometimes used as a synonym for the archipelago.

Brisbane is not a former capital of Australia. The other cities are all former capitals of their respective countries: 

Karachi: The capital of Pakistan from 1947 to 1959

Auckland: A former capital of New Zealand

Kyoto: A former capital of Japan

Brisbane was the capital of Australia before Canberra from 1842 to 1859.