 - 1. What is the capital city of Papua New Guinea?
A) Wellington
B) Suva
C) Port Moresby
D) Noumea
- 2. Which continent is Papua New Guinea located in?
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) Oceania
D) Asia
- 3. What is the currency of Papua New Guinea?
A) Philippine peso
B) Fijian dollar
C) Samoa tala
D) Papua New Guinean kina
- 4. Who was the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea?
A) Peter O'Neill
B) Julius Chan
C) Mekere Morauta
D) Michael Somare
- 5. What is the Independence Day of Papua New Guinea?
A) July 4
B) April 23
C) September 16
D) January 1
- 6. What is the main religion practiced in Papua New Guinea?
A) Buddhism
B) Islam
C) Hinduism
D) Christianity
- 7. What is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea?
A) Mount Kinabalu
B) Mount Giluwe
C) Mount Hagen
D) Mount Wilhelm
- 8. What is the staple food of Papua New Guinea?
A) Sweet potato
B) Rice
C) Breadfruit
D) Quinoa
- 9. Which sport is popular in Papua New Guinea?
A) Golf
B) Rugby league
C) Cricket
D) Tennis
- 10. Which country does Papua New Guinea share a land border with?
A) Solomon Islands
B) Indonesia
C) Fiji
D) Australia
- 11. What was the status of Papua New Guinea after World War I?
A) It became an independent nation immediately.
B) It was divided between Japan and Australia.
C) It was controlled by Germany.
D) It came under Australian control, although it remained two distinct territories.
- 12. When did Papua New Guinea become independent?
A) 1995
B) 1965
C) 1985
D) 1975
- 13. What type of government system does Papua New Guinea follow?
A) Monarchy without a parliament
B) Communist system
C) Presidential system
D) Westminster system
- 14. How many known spoken languages are there in Papua New Guinea?
A) 500
B) 840
C) 200
D) 1000
- 15. What is the percentage of the population living in urban centers as of 2023?
A) 75%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 14%
- 16. What languages serve as common languages in Papua New Guinea?
A) Spanish and Portuguese
B) French and German
C) Hindi and Mandarin
D) English and Tok Pisin
- 17. When was Christianity adopted as the official state religion of Papua New Guinea?
A) March 2025
B) January 2000
C) June 1995
D) December 2010
- 18. What percentage of the population are subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea?
A) Nearly 40%
B) 10%
C) 60%
D) 25%
- 19. Who named the island 'New Guinea'?
A) British explorer James Cook
B) Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes
C) Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon
D) Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez
- 20. What is the etymological meaning of 'Guinea'?
A) 'Home of elephants'
B) 'Land of gold'
C) 'Of the burnt face' or similar, in reference to dark skin.
D) 'Place of spices'
- 21. What is the main economic activity for nearly 40% of Papua New Guinea's population?
A) Mining
B) Manufacturing
C) Subsistence farming
D) Tourism
- 22. When did the Austronesian-speaking peoples of the Lapita culture reach the Bismarck Archipelago?
A) Around 28,000 years ago
B) By 3,300 years ago
C) 500 BC
D) 10,000 years ago
- 23. Which European power influenced the Sultanate of Tidore in the 16th century?
A) The British
B) The Spanish
C) The Dutch
D) The Portuguese
- 24. What was a common feature of trading networks in maritime areas of New Guinea?
A) Goods moved long distances through local exchanges
B) People frequently relocated along these routes
C) Trade was limited to immediate neighboring villages
D) Language marked political allegiance
- 25. What social structure likely spread in Papua New Guinea due to the introduction of sweet potatoes?
A) Tribal councils
B) Big man social structure
C) Feudal system
D) Chiefdoms
- 26. Which colonial power annexed the western half of New Guinea in 1848?
A) France
B) Netherlands
C) Germany
D) Britain
- 27. In which year did Australia formally begin administering Papua as a territory?
A) 1906
B) 1888
C) 1921
D) 1914
- 28. Which language became established as a de facto official language under British and then Australian governance?
A) Motu
B) Tok Pisin
C) Hiri Motu
D) English
- 29. Who administered German New Guinea after its capture during World War I?
A) Australia
B) Britain
C) Germany
D) United States
- 30. When did Australia begin administering the former German New Guinea as a League of Nations mandate territory?
A) 1918
B) 1946
C) 1935
D) 9 May 1921
- 31. Where was gold discovered in Papua New Guinea during the 1920s?
A) Madang
B) Bulolo
C) Mambare River
D) Port Moresby
- 32. Which campaign marked a turning point in the Pacific War during World War II?
A) The Battle of Milne Bay
B) The Battle of Midway
C) The Kokoda Track campaign
D) The Guadalcanal campaign
- 33. In what year was New Guinea declared a United Nations trust territory under Australian governance?
A) 1964
B) 1951
C) 1949
D) 1946
- 34. When did Papuans become Australian citizens?
A) 1968
B) 1951
C) 1975
D) 1949
- 35. What was the first political party formed in Papua New Guinea?
A) Highlands Liberation Front
B) Pangu Pati
C) Papua Besena
D) Bougainville Liberation Front
- 36. Which company began mining exploration in Bougainville in 1964?
A) Rio Tinto
B) Newcrest Mining
C) Glencore
D) BHP
- 37. Who visited Papua New Guinea in 1969 and made self-rule an election issue?
A) Malcolm Fraser
B) Robert Menzies
C) Gough Whitlam
D) Paul Keating
- 38. When was self-governance instituted by the Whitlam government?
A) Early 1974
B) Late 1973
C) Mid-1975
D) Late 1976
- 39. Which territory declared its own independence shortly before Papua New Guinea's scheduled independence?
A) West New Britain
B) Morobe Province
C) Bougainville
D) East New Britain
- 40. In what year did Bougainville declare its independence from Papua New Guinea?
A) 1997
B) 2001
C) 2015
D) 1989
- 41. How many provinces does Papua New Guinea have?
A) Twenty-two
B) Fifteen
C) Thirty
D) Ten
- 42. Which region in Papua New Guinea is the smallest by size and population?
A) East Sepik
B) Bougainville
C) Manus
D) Morobe
- 43. What percentage of children had no vaccines in 2016 in Papua New Guinea?
A) 50%
B) 10%
C) 35%
D) 24%
- 44. What voting system is used in Papua New Guinea's elections?
A) Proportional Representation
B) Limited Preferential Vote (LPV)
C) Single Transferable Vote
D) First-Past-The-Post
- 45. How do regional politics in Papua New Guinea generally manifest outside of Bougainville?
A) As centralist
B) As federalist
C) As autonomist rather than separatist
D) As fully separatist
- 46. What type of land tenure is recognized by PNG law for indigenous peoples' traditional lands?
A) Private ownership
B) Customary land title
C) Freehold title
D) State lease
- 47. When was the Sorcery Act, which allowed sorcery as a defense for murder, repealed in Papua New Guinea?
A) 1999
B) 2005
C) 2018
D) 2013
- 48. What is the primary reason for difficulty in measuring economic growth in PNG?
A) High inflation rates
B) Currency instability
C) Lack of data
D) Resource-dependent economy distorting GDP
- 49. What is the primary administrative division in Papua New Guinea?
A) Local-Level Government areas
B) Districts
C) Provinces
D) Regions
- 50. What percentage of the population lived within eight hours of a government service center in Papua New Guinea?
A) Over four-fifths
B) Half
C) One-third
D) Two-thirds
- 51. What percentage of women were in polygynous relationships as of the data provided?
A) 18%
B) 30%
C) 25%
D) 10%
- 52. Which type of plant species is more similar to those of East Asia than Australasia in Papua New Guinea?
A) Animal species
B) Orchid species
C) Plant species
D) Fern species
- 53. Which river is navigable for about half of its length?
A) Fly River
B) Sepik River
C) Purari River
D) Markham River
- 54. What was the under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 births in Papua New Guinea?
A) 69
B) 100
C) 50
D) 80
- 55. What traditional currency is still used in parts of East New Britain Province?
A) Copper rods
B) Seashells
C) Cowrie shells
D) Gold coins
- 56. Which biogeographical area is Papua New Guinea part of?
A) Malesia
B) Australasia
C) Neotropics
D) Indomalaya
- 57. What was the estimated population of Papua New Guinea according to a UN report in December 2022?
A) 17 million
B) 9.5 million
C) 11.8 million
D) 8.95 million
- 58. What is a common practice among communities in the highlands during elections?
A) Abstaining from voting
B) Random selection
C) Voting for multiple candidates equally
D) Bloc voting
- 59. Which river system extends across the north of the mainland?
A) Markham River
B) Purari River
C) Fly River
D) Sepik-Ramu
- 60. Which denomination has the largest presence in Papua New Guinea?
A) The Seventh-day Adventist Church
B) The Catholic Church
C) Pentecostal denominations
D) The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
- 61. What was the result of the 2019 Bougainville independence referendum?
A) Voters rejected independence by a large margin
B) The referendum was postponed
C) The vote resulted in a tie
D) Voters overwhelmingly voted for independence (98.31%)
- 62. What is the name of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Papua New Guinea?
A) Sepik River Basin
B) Madang Cultural Site
C) Kuk Early Agricultural Site
D) Bougainville Peace Park
- 63. What was the dependency ratio in urban areas of Papua New Guinea in the late 2010s?
A) 83%
B) 50%
C) 70%
D) 64%
- 64. What percentage of known living species does Papua New Guinea contain?
A) Nearly 20%
B) Approximately 5%
C) About 15%
D) Around 10%
- 65. What is the most efficient and reliable means of transportation in PNG due to its terrain?
A) Domestic shipping
B) Road transport
C) Railways
D) Air travel
- 66. What percentage of PNG's electricity supply comes from renewable energy sources?
A) Two-thirds
B) One-third
C) Quarter
D) Half
- 67. What classification does the International Monetary Fund give to Papua New Guinea's economy?
A) Advanced
B) Developing
C) Emerging
D) Underdeveloped
- 68. In urban areas, what percentage of houses were connected to electricity in 2016?
A) 55%
B) 30%
C) 80%
D) 75%
- 69. What was the median age of marriage in Papua New Guinea as per the data provided?
A) 25
B) 18
C) 22
D) 20
- 70. What type of climate does Papua New Guinea generally have?
A) Desert
B) Continental
C) Tropical
D) Temperate
- 71. Which area of Papua New Guinea is geologically stable?
A) Bougainville
B) Papuan Peninsula
C) Southwestern lowlands
D) New Britain
- 72. Which sector employs the most people in Papua New Guinea?
A) Oil and Gas
B) Mining
C) Agriculture
D) Forestry
- 73. Which bird is a joint symbol of national identity in Papua New Guinea?
A) The cassowary
B) The emu
C) The cockatoo
D) The bird-of-paradise
- 74. What is the largest mine in Papua New Guinea?
A) Ok Tedi Mine
B) Copper mine on Bougainville
C) Porgera Gold Mine
D) Lihir Island gold mine
- 75. When did LNG exports begin in Papua New Guinea?
A) 2020
B) 2010
C) 2014
D) 2005
- 76. As of 2018, what percentage of PNG's GDP was made up by natural resource extraction?
A) 40%
B) 28%
C) 15%
D) 50%
- 77. Who replaced Peter O'Neill as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea in May 2019?
A) Julius Chan
B) Michael Somare
C) James Marape
D) Peter Yama
- 78. What was the maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births in Papua New Guinea in 2008?
A) 270
B) 300
C) 250
D) 340
- 79. What percentage of Papua New Guinea's land area is covered by mountains?
A) 60%
B) 50%
C) At least 72%
D) 85%
- 80. Which sea lies to the west of the Torres Strait?
A) Solomon Sea
B) Gulf of Papua
C) Coral Sea
D) Arafura Sea
- 81. Which language is the most widely spoken indigenous language in Papua New Guinea?
A) Hiri Motu
B) Melpa
C) Tok Pisin
D) Enga
- 82. How many vascular plant species are thought to exist in Papua New Guinea?
A) About 20,000
B) Perhaps 30,000
C) Around 50,000
D) Approximately 10,000
- 83. According to the 2011 census, what percentage of Papua New Guineans identified as Christian?
A) 85.4%
B) 65.9%
C) 95.6%
D) 75.2%
- 84. Who is the monarch of Papua New Guinea?
A) Elizabeth II
B) Victoria
C) Charles III
D) William IV
- 85. Which of the following regions is not part of Papua New Guinea's biodiverse areas?
A) Mountainous areas
B) Alpine plant communities
C) Coastal regions
D) Different groups of islands
- 86. What was the literacy rate in Papua New Guinea as of 2015?
A) 55%
B) 70%
C) 63.4%
D) 50%
- 87. How many public universities are there in Papua New Guinea?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Eight
D) Six
- 88. Which region is the most populated in Papua New Guinea?
A) The southern region
B) The Highlands
C) The Islands Region
D) The northern mainland
- 89. What is the average maximum temperature in coastal areas of Papua New Guinea?
A) 18 °C (64 °F)
B) Around 32 °C (90 °F)
C) 23 °C (73 °F)
D) 26 °C (79 °F)
- 90. What was a significant economic development in Papua New Guinea starting in 2014?
A) The discovery of new oil reserves
B) Liquefied natural gas exports began.
C) Closure of the Ok Tedi Mine
D) Introduction of a new currency
- 91. How many international ports does Papua New Guinea have?
A) 30
B) 10
C) 22
D) 15
- 92. In which year did Papua New Guinea become a founding member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group?
A) 1990
B) 1988
C) 1987
D) 1986
- 93. What is the estimated number of insect species in Papua New Guinea?
A) 100,000
B) 50,000
C) 150,000
D) 200,000
- 94. What is the term used to describe party hopping in Papua New Guinea?
A) "Shuffle" politics
B) "Swing" politics
C) "Yo-yo" politics
D) "Flip-flop" politics
- 95. How are political parties in Papua New Guinea generally characterized?
A) They have long-lasting stability and structure
B) They are strongly ideologically differentiated
C) They focus on national issues over local representation
D) They reflect alliances between members rather than ideological differences
- 96. What is the largest lake in Papua New Guinea by area?
A) Lake Telefomin
B) Lake Tondano
C) Lake Kutubu
D) Lake Murray
- 97. As of 2016, what was the total fertility rate in Papua New Guinea?
A) 3.5
B) 4.4
C) 5.0
D) 2.8
- 98. Which province adopted Tok Pisin as its official language in 1976?
A) Port Moresby
B) Enga Province
C) East New Britain Province
D) Hiri Motu-dominated capital
- 99. How many doctors were there per 10,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023?
A) 1.5
B) 0.61
C) 2.0
D) 0.25
- 100. Which international organization has Papua New Guinea applied for full membership status?
A) African Union
B) ASEAN
C) EU
D) NAFTA
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