Q 01/05

How many islands make up the Republic of Seychelles?

A) 15

B) 115

C) 50

D) 30

Answer · why

B) 115

The constitution names 155 and seven more have been reclaimed since; the great majority are uninhabited nature reserves.

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Seychelles?

A) Anse Royale

B) Victoria

C) Beau Vallon

D) Baie Lazare

Answer · why

B) Victoria

It sits on the northeast of Mahe about 1,500 km east of mainland Africa; eight districts make up Greater Victoria.

Q 03/05

Seychelles holds what double distinction among African sovereign states?

A) Oldest and most northerly

B) Smallest and least populated

C) Largest island and driest

D) Highest and coldest

Answer · why

B) Smallest and least populated

About 100,600 people lived there in 2022, yet it has Africa's highest per-capita GDP and Human Development Index.

Q 04/05

What is Seychelles' largest island, home to the capital?

A) Praslin

B) Mahe

C) La Digue

D) Silhouette

Answer · why

B) Mahe

It covers 157 square kilometres and held 77,000 people at the 2010 census; Praslin is second largest.

Q 05/05

The inner islands of Seychelles are unusual among oceanic islands because they are made mostly of what?

A) Coral limestone

B) Granite

C) Basalt

D) Sandstone

Answer · why

B) Granite

They sit on a submerged microcontinent once wedged between India and Madagascar; Alfred Wegener cited them as evidence for continental drift.