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Sobriquets of India and World Traditional GK
Sobriquets | Original Name |
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Bengal's Sorrow | Damodar River |
Blue Mountain | Nilgiri Hills |
City of Palaces | Kolkata |
City of Sky-Scrappers | New York |
City of Golden Gate | San Francisco |
City of Eternal Springs | Quito (S. America) |
China's Sorrow | Hwang Ho river |
City of Seven Hills | Rome |
City of Dreaming Spires | Oxford |
Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
Dark Continent | Africa |
Diary of Northern Europe | Denmark |
Emerald Isle | Ireland |
Empire City | New York |
Eternal City | Rome |
Forbidden City | Lhasa (Tibet) |
Garden City | Bengaluru |
Gate of Tears | Strait of Bab-el Mandeb |
Gift of the Nile river | Egypt |
George Cross Island | Malta |
Granite City | Aberdeen (Scotland) |
Hermit Kingdom | Korea |
Herring Pond | Atlantic Ocean |
Holy Land | Jerusalem (Israel) |
Holy Mountain | Fujiyama (Japan) |
Island of Cloves | Zanzibar |
Island Continent | Australia |
Island of Fire | Iceland |
Island of Pearls | Bahrain |
Island of Springs | Jamaica |
Key of Mediterranean | Gibralter |
Land of Cakes | Scotland |
Land of Flying Fish | Barbados |
Land of Golden Fleece | Australia |
Land of Golden Pagoda | Myanmar |
Land of Humming bird | Trinidad |
Land of Maple Leaf | Canada |
Land of Marble | Italy |
Land of Midnight Sun | Norway |
Land of Morning Calm | Korea |
Land of Thousand Elephants | Laos |
Land of Rising Sun | Japan |
Land of White Elephant | Thailand |
Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
Land of Thunderbolt | Bhutan |
Land of Perpetual Greenness | Natal |
Land of Windmills | Netherland |
Loneliest Island | Tristan da Cunha |
Manchester of the Orient | Osaka |
New World | America |
Pearl of Antilles | Cuba |
Pearl of Orient | Hongkong |
Pillars of Hercules | Strait of Gibraltar |
Pink City | Jaipur |
Playground of Europe | Switzerland |
Quaker City | Philadelphia |
Queen of the Adriatic | Venice |
Roof of the World | The Pamirs |
Sickman of Europe | Turkey |
Sugar Bowl of the World | Cuba |
Spice Island of the West | Greece |
Venice of the North | Stockholm |
Windy City | Chicago |
Whiteman's Grave | Guinea |
Yellow River | Huang Ho |
Objective Questions on SOBRIQUETS OF INDIA / SOBRIQUETS OF WORLD :
1. 'Land of Cakes' is the sobriquet of which country?
- a) Chicago
- b) Greece
- c) Scotland
- d) Finland
Correct Answer: (c)
2. 'Emerald Isle' is the sobriquet of which country?
- a) USA
- b) Ireland
- c) Egypt
- d) Australia
Correct Answer: (b)
3. 'Island of Pearls' is the sobriquet of which country?
- a) Bahrain
- b) Canada
- c) Italy
- d) Cuba
Correct Answer: (a)
4. 'Playground of Europe' is the sobriquet of?
- a) Germany
- b) Switzerland
- c) Greece
- d) Spain
Correct Answer: (b)
5. 'City of Seven Hills' is the sobriquet of?
- a) Rome
- b) London
- c) Paris
- d)
Correct Answer: (a)
6. 'Dark Continent' is the sobriquet of?
- a) North America
- b) Africa
- c) Asia
- d) South America
Correct Answer: (b)
7. 'Herring Pond' is the sobriquet of?
- a) Indian Ocean
- b) Artic Ocean
- c) Pacific Ocean
- d) Atlantic Ocean
Correct Answer: (d)
8. 'Land of Maple Leaf' is the sobriquet of?
- a) France
- b) Argentina
- c) Canada
- d) China
Correct Answer: (c)
9. 'Spice Island of the West' is the sobriquet of?
- a) Greece
- b) Spain
- c) Portugal
- d) Finland
Correct Answer: (a)
10. 'Yellow River' is the sobriquet of?
- a) Brahmaputra
- b) Nile
- c) Huang Ho
- d) Ganga
Correct Answer: (c)