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Quiz about Indian Ocean Islands
Quiz about Indian Ocean Islands

Indian Ocean Islands Trivia Quiz


In this quiz I will ask you about 15 Indian Ocean Islands.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
author
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
97,144
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
7 / 15
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514
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Question 1 of 15
1. This is Tanzania´s biggest island.

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Question 2 of 15
2. This is Yemen´s biggest island.

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Question 3 of 15
3. This island is a French possession. Capital is St.Denis. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. This is the Easternmost of the Comoros Islands (republic). Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This island belongs to Mauritius and is this country´s second biggest island. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. This island was a French colony but achieved independence in 1960. Its chief cisties (except from the capital) are Toamasina, Fianarantsoa and Mahajanga.

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Question 7 of 15
7. This is the biggest of the Cocos Islands (external territory of Australia). Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. This island is also an external territory of Australia, and its "capital" is called The Settlement or Flying Fish Cove.

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Question 9 of 15
9. This island was called Ceylon up to 1972.

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Question 10 of 15
10. The capital of this island group is called Port Blair. The island group is called _________? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. The capital of the Laccadive Islands is situated on this island. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. This is the Northernmost of the islands in the French Southern and Antarctic Territory. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. This is the biggest of the Seychelles Islands. Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. This is the chief atoll of the Maldive Islands. It´s also the name of the capital. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. This is the biggest island of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This is Tanzania´s biggest island.

Answer: Zanzibar

Zanzibar (which includes the islands Pemba and Mafia Island) is a former sultanate. It became independent from Oman in 1861, British Protectorate in 1890 and part of Tanzania in 1964.
2. This is Yemen´s biggest island.

Answer: Socotra

Socotra was briefly occuied by Portugal in the early 1500s.
Apart from this it was a possession of the sultanate of Mahra. It came under British protection in 1886, became part of South Yemen in 1967. It now belongs to united Yemen.
3. This island is a French possession. Capital is St.Denis.

Answer: Réunion

Réunion constitutes an overseas department of France.
4. This is the Easternmost of the Comoros Islands (republic).

Answer: Anjouan

Mayotte is really the Eastermost Comoros Island, but it belongs to France and not to the republic Comoros Islands. Both Anjouan and Mohéli have separatist movements.
5. This island belongs to Mauritius and is this country´s second biggest island.

Answer: Rodrigues I.

Population of the island is 37.000. It´s part of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands).
6. This island was a French colony but achieved independence in 1960. Its chief cisties (except from the capital) are Toamasina, Fianarantsoa and Mahajanga.

Answer: Madagascar

The natives are of African and Indonesian descent.
7. This is the biggest of the Cocos Islands (external territory of Australia).

Answer: West Island

Cocos (or Keeling) Islands are 27 small coral islands south of Java. Population: 600.
8. This island is also an external territory of Australia, and its "capital" is called The Settlement or Flying Fish Cove.

Answer: Christmas Island

The island was ceded to Australia from UK in 1958. Population: 1000.
9. This island was called Ceylon up to 1972.

Answer: Sri Lanka

The aboriginal inhabitants are Indo-Aryans from the Indian subcontinent which developed into the Sinhalese population.
10. The capital of this island group is called Port Blair. The island group is called _________?

Answer: Andaman Islands

The Nicobar Islands are also part of this territory, which belongs to India.
11. The capital of the Laccadive Islands is situated on this island.

Answer: Kavaratti

The capital of the Laccadive Islands is also called Kavaratti.
12. This is the Northernmost of the islands in the French Southern and Antarctic Territory.

Answer: Amsterdam Island

These islands are inhabited by scientists only. The overseas territory was established in 1955.
13. This is the biggest of the Seychelles Islands.

Answer: Mahé

Mahé is the main island of Seychelles and Victoria, the capital of the country can be found on Mahé. Aldabra is a coral atoll of Seychelles, the second largest in the world. It is uninhabited except by a vast array of wildlife including thousands of giant tortoises.
14. This is the chief atoll of the Maldive Islands. It´s also the name of the capital.

Answer: Male

The atoll is actually two islets: North Male and South Male.
15. This is the biggest island of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Answer: Diego Garcia

The territory was formed in 1965. Diego Garcia is a joint US and UK base for naval support and communication facilities.
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