Australia - General Awareness questions

Questions
Q1: Which of these is the national animal of Australia?

A    Lion

B    kangaroo

C    Tiger

D    Horse

Q2: Who was the first Prime minister of Australia?

A    Alfred Deakin

B    Chris Watson

C    George Reid

D    Sir Edmund Barton

Q3: Who was the first woman Prime minister of Australia?

A    Julie Bishop

B    Vida Goldstein

C    Julia Gillard

D    Joan Kirner

Q4: How long is the term of a prime minister in Australia?

A    4 Years

B    5 Years

C    6 Years

D    None of these.

Q5: Which is the longest river in Australia?

A    Murray river

B    Darling river

C    Lachlan river

D    Flinders river

Q6: Which of these animals is not found in Australia?

A    Dingo

B    koala

C    Numbat

D    Elephant

Q7: Which of these is not an Australian company?

A    Rio Tinto

B    BHP

C    Ford Motor Company

D    ANZ Banking Group

Q8: What is the Highest point of Australia?

A    Mount Bogong

B    Mount McClintock

C    Bimberi Peak

D    Mawson Peak

Q9: In which year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the Governor-General?

A    1980

B    1984

C    1988

D    1992

Q10: What animal is on the Western Australia flag?

A    Black swan

B    Kangaroo

C    Wombat

D    Cassowary

Q11: The Australian flag was adopted in the year

A    1900

B    1909

C    1921

D    1937

Q12: The seventh tip in the seven-pointed star of the Australian flag refers to

A    Australian states

B    two independent federal territories

C    Indigenous Australians

D    ties to the Great Britain

Q13: The six tips in the seven-pointed star of the Australian flag represents

A    Australian states

B    two independent federal territories

C    Indigenous Australians

D    ties to the Great Britain

Q14: Who is the only person to have been awarded both the Australian of the Year and Young Australian of the Year titles?

A    Sally Pearson

B    Dawn Fraser

C    Cathy Freeman

D    Shane Gould

Q15: Sydney Olympic games were held in the year

A    2004

B    2000

C    1996

D    1992

Q16: The Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne in the year

A    1956

B    1960

C    1964

D    1968

Q17: Who was the designer of the Sydney Opera House?

A    Antoine Predock

B    Ben van Berkel

C    Joern Utzon

D    Bernard Tschumi

Q18: In what year did the Australian National Gallery open?

A    1980

B    1982

C    1986

D    1990

Q19: Who was the first Australian to win the Booker Prize?

A    Thomas Keneally

B    Richard Flanagan

C    Daniel Johns

D    None of these.

Q20: Which animal is depicted in the flag of Tasmania

A    red lion

B    piping shrike

C    tiger

D    Kangaroo

Q21: Piping shrike is depicted in the flag of

A    Western Australia

B    Queensland

C    South Australia

D    Northern Territory