Q 01/05

Tanzania's coastline lies on which ocean?

A) Atlantic

B) Southern

C) Indian

D) Pacific

Answer · why

C) Indian

The 1,424 km coast faces the Zanzibar Archipelago, Pemba and Mafia island. Traders from the Gulf and India have called here since the first millennium...

Q 02/05

Which mountain in Tanzania is the highest in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world?

A) Kilimanjaro

B) Mount Meru

C) Mount Kenya

D) Mount Elgon

Answer · why

A) Kilimanjaro

Its summit is 5,895 metres up.

Q 03/05

What is Tanzania's official capital, moved from the coast by a 1974 decision?

A) Zanzibar City

B) Arusha

C) Dodoma

D) Mwanza

Answer · why

C) Dodoma

Its name means 'it has sunk' in Gogo. It became the official capital in 1996, though Dar es Salaam remains the largest city and commercial hub.

Q 04/05

Who led Tanganyika to independence and served as Tanzania's president until 1985?

A) Julius Nyerere

B) Jomo Kenyatta

C) Ali Hassan Mwinyi

D) Benjamin Mkapa

Answer · why

A) Julius Nyerere

Known as Mwalimu, 'teacher', he founded TANU in 1954 and pushed Swahili to unite more than 120 ethnic groups.

Q 05/05

In which year did Tanganyika gain independence from Britain?

A) 1965

B) 1963

C) 1961

D) 1968

Answer · why

C) 1961

Independence Day is 9 December. Zanzibar followed in 1963, and the two merged on 26 April 1964 after the Zanzibar Revolution.