General Knowledge MCQs about Changed Names of Places

The new name of Dutch Guinea is:
(a) Suriname
(b) Vietnam
(c) Papua New Guinea
(d) Guyana
Answer: a

Indonesia’s old name is:
(a) Suriname
(b) Netherlands Indies
(c) Indo-China
(d) Aceh
Answer: b

Istanbul’s old name is:
(a) Ankara
(b) Constantinople
(c) Asia Minor
(d) Istangole
Answer: b

The old name of Oslo is:
(a) Oslahoma
(b) Christiana
(c) Oslamans
(d) None of these
Answer: b

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Abyssinia is the old name of:
(a) Nigeria
(b) Ethiopia
(c) Syria
(d) Japan
Answer: b

“Acre” is the old name of:
(a) Tel Aviv
(b) Jerusalem
(c) Akko
(d) None of these
Answer: c

Ankara is the old name of:
(a) Anglo
(b) Angora
(c) Rangoon
(d) None of these
Answer: b

Athens is the new name of:
(a) Kaviai
(b) Athena
(c) Budapest
(d) Rome
Answer: b

What is the new name of Bombay?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Banglore
Answer: a

What is the new name of Ceylon?
(a) Nepal
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Burma
(d) Bhutan
Answer: b

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Iraq is the new name of:
(a) Euphrates
(b) Mesopotamia
(c) Hispania
(d) Dajla
Answer: b

The new name of Malagasy is:
(a) Madagascar
(b) Malaysia
(c) Malaya
(d) Malagaland
Answer: a

The new name of Lyallpur is:
(a) Multan
(b) Faisalabad
(c) Abbottabad
(d) Lahore
Answer: b

What is the new name of Leningrad?
(a) Saint Petersburg
(b) Red Square
(c) Moscow
(d) Stalinnggard
Answer: a

What is the old name of Bangkok?
(a) Bengek
(b) Krung Thep
(c) Benkok
(d) Pataya
Answer: b

The new name of East Pakistan is:
(a) Bhutan
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Bengal
(d) None of these
Answer: b

Taiwan is the new name of:
(a) China
(b) Formosa
(c) Kampuchea
(d) South China
Answer: b

Chad’s city N’ Djamena is the new name of:
(a) Abuja
(b) Fort-Lamy
(c) Abujan
(d) Lamy
Answer: b

Bishkek’s old name is:
(a) Suriname
(b) Frunze
(c) Biskik
(d) Riskek
Answer: b

Netherlands is the new name of:
(a) Austria
(b) Holland
(c) Belgium
(d) East Germany
Answer: b

The new name of Kampuchea is:
(a) Indochina
(b) Rhodesia
(c) Cambodia
(d) Old China
Answer: c

What is the old name of Oslo?
(a) Christiania
(b) Indochina
(c) Cune
(d) Liski
Answer: a

Saigon is now called:
(a) Venus
(b) Ho Chi Minh City
(c) Australasia
(d) Weinsburg
Answer: b

Burkina Faso is the new name of:
(a) Lower Volta
(b) Upper Volta
(c) Greenland
(d) Folkland
Answer: b

The old name of Libya is:
(a) Lower Volta
(b) Tripoli
(c) United Arab
(d) Undlas
Answer: b

Tananarive (Madagascar) is the old name of:
(a) Rhodeshia
(b) Antananarivo
(c) Tanganika
(d) Nom Pen
Answer: b

The old name of Sahiwal is:
(a) Lyallpur
(b) Lawrencepur
(c) Montgomery
(d) Multan
Answer: c

What is the old name of Myanmar?
(a) Portugal
(b) Burma
(c) Kampochia
(d) Rangoon
Answer: b

The old name of Chennai is:
(a) Taranga
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Madras
(d) Jaypur
Answer: c

Beijing is the new name of:
(a) Taiwan
(b) Formosa
(c) Peking
(d) Red Square
Answer: c

Persia’s new name is:
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) Pakistan
(d) Syria
Answer: a

Pipri’s new name is:
(a) Keti Bandar
(b) Bin Qasim
(c) Jewani
(d) Gaddomi
Answer: b

Rhodesia is now called:
(a) Kampochia
(b) Harare
(c) Zimbabwe
(d) Indo-China
Answer: c

Salisbury is now called:
(a) Tanganika
(b) Harare
(c) Zimbabwe
(d) Colombo
Answer: b

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Siam is the old name of:
(a) Burma
(b) Thailand
(c) Bankok
(d) Surinam
Answer: b

The old name of Belarus is:
(a) Byelorussia
(b) Georgia
(c) Senaki
(d) Croatia
Answer: a

What is the old name of China?
(a) Seres
(b) Anglia
(c) Italia
(d) Chad
Answer: a

The old name of Djibouti?
(a) French Territory of the Afars and Issas
(b) Anglia
(c) Seres
(d) Greenland
Answer: a