Q 01/05

What is the capital city of Brazil?

A) São Paulo

B) Brasília

C) Rio de Janeiro

D) Salvador

Answer · why

B) Brasília

Brasília, a planned city inaugurated on 21 April 1960 under President Juscelino Kubitschek, was built to move the seat of government to Brazil's centr...

Q 02/05

Which river, largely flowing through Brazil, is considered the largest by discharge volume globally?

A) Paraná

B) Amazon

C) São Francisco

D) Negro

Answer · why

B) Amazon

The Amazon River, which flows predominantly through Brazil, holds the record as the world's largest river by discharge volume.

Q 03/05

What is the official language of Brazil?

A) Spanish

B) English

C) Portuguese

D) French

Answer · why

C) Portuguese

Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, making it the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas.

Q 04/05

Which statue stands atop Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro?

A) Monument to the Bandeiras

B) Christ the Redeemer

C) Motherland Calls

D) Statue of Liberty

Answer · why

B) Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer, designed by French sculptor Paul Landowski and inaugurated in 1931, stands 30 metres tall on the 700-metre Corcovado peak.

Q 05/05

Which is Brazil's largest state by area?

A) Amazonas

B) Pará

C) Mato Grosso

D) Minas Gerais

Answer · why

A) Amazonas

Amazonas covers about 1.56 million square kilometres, the largest of Brazil's states, ahead of Pará at roughly 1.25 million; its capital is Manaus.