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The highest mountain peak ENTIRELY within India is:Read the answer and worked solution →The capital of Australia is:Read the answer and worked solution →The world's longest river is the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The highest mountain peak ENTIRELY within India is:

  1. Mount Everest (which lies on Nepal Tibet border)
  2. Kanchenjunga (Sikkim, on India-Nepal border)
  3. Nanda Devi (in the state of Uttarakhand)
  4. K2 (which lies on Pakistan China border)
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Correct answer: C. Nanda Devi (in the state of Uttarakhand)

Mt Everest and K2 are not in India. Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) is on the India-Nepal border and is India's highest. NANDA DEVI (7,816 m) is the highest peak entirely within Indian territory.

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The capital of Australia is:

  1. Sydney (largest city)
  2. Canberra (federal capital)
  3. Melbourne (cultural hub)
  4. Brisbane (Queensland capital)
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Correct answer: B. Canberra (federal capital)

Australia's federal capital is CANBERRA, a planned city built specifically to be the capital. Sydney and Melbourne are larger but neither is the capital. Brisbane is Queensland's state capital.

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The world's longest river is the:

  1. Amazon (S. America)
  2. Yangtze (China)
  3. Nile (Africa)
  4. Mississippi-Missouri
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Correct answer: C. Nile (Africa)

The Nile (~6,650 km, Egypt and Sudan) is the world's longest river. The Amazon (~6,400 km) is the largest by water volume but slightly shorter.

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