AFRICA - 3

Q1. Which year in the Gregorian Calendar is referred as the "Year of Africa" because of a series of events that took place during the year—mainly the independence of seventeen African nations?

A. 1957

B. 1960

C. 1966

Q2. Identify this African country (red-marked) in the below Political map of Africa.

A. Eritrea

B. Djibouti

C. Somalia

Q3. Who among the following Nobel Prize winners in Literature was born in Africa?

A. Ernest Hemingway

B. Albert Camus

C. Samuel Beckett

Q4. Which African country was formerly known as the "Republic of Upper Volta" till 1984?

A. Ivory Coast

B. Burkina Faso

C. Togo

Q5. Victoria Falls, considered to be the world's largest waterfall due to its width of 1,708 metres, is on which river?

A. Orange

B. Congo

C. Zambezi