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94 MCQs on General Knowledge — Baltic States sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers (2026). Below are the top 94 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: Three
The Baltic States are three: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Correct Answer: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
The three Baltic States are Estonia in the north, Latvia in the middle and Lithuania in the south.
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Correct Answer: Baltic Sea
All three Baltic States lie on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic States, across the Gulf of Finland from Finland.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania is the southernmost Baltic State, bordering Poland and Belarus.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia lies between Estonia to its north and Lithuania to its south.
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Correct Answer: Tallinn
Tallinn, on the Gulf of Finland, is the capital of Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Riga
Riga, on the Daugava River, is the capital of Latvia.
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Correct Answer: Vilnius
Vilnius, on the Neris River, is the capital of Lithuania.
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Correct Answer: Vilnius
By city-proper population Vilnius is now the largest Baltic capital (about 619,000 in 2026, against about 589,000 for Riga).
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia's coastline, counting its more than 2,200 islands, is about 3,794 km, far longer than Latvia's roughly 500 km or Lithuania's roughly 90 km.
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Correct Answer: Estonia and Latvia
Estonia and Latvia share land borders with mainland Russia.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania is the only Baltic State that borders Poland, on its south-western frontier.
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Correct Answer: European Union (EU)
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all members of the European Union.
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Correct Answer: 2004
All three Baltic States joined the European Union on 1 May 2004.
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Correct Answer: NATO
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all members of NATO.
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Correct Answer: 2004
All three Baltic States joined NATO on 29 March 2004.
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Correct Answer: Euro (€)
All three Baltic States now use the euro, having replaced the kroon, lats and litas.
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Correct Answer: 2015
Lithuania adopted the euro on 1 January 2015, the last of the three to do so.
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Correct Answer: 2014
Latvia adopted the euro on 1 January 2014.
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Correct Answer: 2011
Estonia adopted the euro on 1 January 2011, the first of the three.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania, with about 2.9 million people, has the largest population of the three, ahead of Latvia (about 1.9 million) and Estonia (about 1.4 million).
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia, with about 1.4 million people, has the smallest population of the three.
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Correct Answer: Estonian
Estonian, a Finno-Ugric language, is the official language of Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Latvian
Latvian, a Baltic Indo-European language, is the official language of Latvia.
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Correct Answer: Lithuanian
Lithuanian, a Baltic Indo-European language, is the official language of Lithuania.
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Correct Answer: Estonian
Estonian belongs to the Finno-Ugric family, related to Finnish, while Latvian and Lithuanian are Indo-European.
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Correct Answer: Latvian & Lithuanian
Latvian and Lithuanian are the two surviving Baltic languages of the Indo-European family; Estonian is Finno-Ugric.
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Correct Answer: Soviet Union (USSR)
The three Baltic States regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, after being annexed by it in 1940.
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Correct Answer: 1991
The Baltic States regained independence in 1991 as the Soviet Union dissolved; 1918 was their first independence.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania declared the restoration of independence first, on 11 March 1990.
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Correct Answer: Riga
Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava on the Gulf of Riga, is Latvia's major port city.
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Correct Answer: Riga
Riga stands on the Daugava (Western Dvina) River near its mouth on the Gulf of Riga.
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Correct Answer: Vilnius
Vilnius stands on the Neris River, at its confluence with the Vilnia.
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Correct Answer: Tallinn
Tallinn stands on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, opposite Helsinki.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia, across the Gulf of Finland from Finland, is the closest Baltic State to Finland.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
The Curonian Spit, a UNESCO-listed sand peninsula, runs along Lithuania's Baltic coast from Klaipėda.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Saaremaa, the largest Estonian island, lies off Estonia's west coast in the Baltic Sea.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia has the highest GDP per capita of the three Baltic States.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia is internationally known for its digital government, including e-residency and online public services.
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Correct Answer: E-Residency
Estonia's e-Residency programme lets non-residents access Estonian digital business services.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia was the first country to offer internet voting nationwide, from 2005.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Riga is the largest city in Latvia, and its capital.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Vilnius is the capital and largest city of Lithuania.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania has about 6,000 lakes, more than Latvia (over 3,000) or Estonia (about 1,500).
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia has the highest forest cover of the three, with forests on more than half its land.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania's Baltic coast is famous for amber, washed up along the Curonian Spit and the Palanga shore.
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Correct Answer: Northern Europe
The Baltic States are classified as Northern Europe by the United Nations geoscheme.
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Correct Answer: Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea lies between the Baltic States and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast on its west.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia's west coast, facing the Swedish island of Gotland across the Baltic, is the closest Baltic shore to Sweden.
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Correct Answer: Russian Empire
Before the First World War the Baltic lands were part of the Russian Empire; the three states declared independence in 1918.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania, at about 65,300 km², is the largest Baltic State, just ahead of Latvia (about 64,600 km²).
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia, at about 45,200 km², is the smallest Baltic State.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania is by far the most densely populated Baltic State, at about 45 people per km², against about 30-31 in Latvia and Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Roman Catholicism
Lithuania is predominantly Roman Catholic, unlike Lutheran Latvia and largely secular Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Lutheran Christianity
Latvia's historically largest church is the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia.
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Correct Answer: Largely secular
Estonia is one of the least religious countries in the world; most Estonians declare no religion, with Lutheranism the largest affiliation.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania has five UNESCO World Heritage sites, against three in Latvia and two in Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
The Hill of Crosses, near Šiauliai, is a Lithuanian pilgrimage site covered with thousands of crosses.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Tallinn's medieval Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site (inscribed 1997).
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Riga is famous for its Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) architecture, a UNESCO-listed part of its historic centre.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia has the highest life expectancy of the three, at about 79 years, ahead of Lithuania and Latvia.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia, home of Skype and a dense startup scene, leads the Baltics in tech startups per capita.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Timber and wood products are Latvia's leading export group.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania, with the port of Klaipėda and its east-west transit corridors, is the Baltics' major logistics hub.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Klaipėda, on the Baltic coast at the Curonian Lagoon outlet, is Lithuania's only major seaport.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Muuga, near Tallinn, is Estonia's largest cargo port.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Ventspils, on Latvia's west coast, is one of Latvia's main Baltic ports.
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Correct Answer: All three
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are all parliamentary republics.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania was the first of the three to declare independence in 1918.
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Correct Answer: All three
All three Baltic States joined the Schengen Area in December 2007.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia's Song and Dance Celebration, held every five years in Riga, is its famous folk-song festival.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia has the highest urban share of the three, at about 71% in World Bank 2024 figures, against about 69% for Lithuania.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the south-east.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
The Nemunas (Neman) is Lithuania's largest river, flowing through Kaunas to the Curonian Lagoon.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Lake Peipus (Peipsi), Europe's fourth-largest lake, lies on Estonia's eastern border.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania joined the eurozone last, on 1 January 2015, after Estonia (2011) and Latvia (2014).
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia ranks as the most digitally advanced Baltic State, with near-universal online public services.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia's timber industry is its largest export earner, with wood and wood products topping its export list.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia scores best of the three on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, and is the least corrupt in perception.
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Correct Answer: Lithuanian
Lithuanian is conventionally described as the oldest living Indo-European language, preserving archaic features lost elsewhere.
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Correct Answer: Vilnius
Vilnius, at about 401 km², covers a larger municipal area than Riga (about 304 km²) or Tallinn (about 159 km²).
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia ranks highest of the three on the UN Human Development Index.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia has more than 2,200 islands and islets, far more than Latvia or Lithuania.
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Correct Answer: Lithuania
Lithuania marks the Restoration of Independence on 11 March, the date of its 1990 declaration.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Latvia marks Independence Day on 18 November, the date of its 1918 proclamation.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia marks Independence Day on 24 February, the date of its 1918 declaration.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
Estonia has the highest internet penetration of the three, at over 90% of the population.
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Correct Answer: All three
All three Baltic States were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940 under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact's secret protocol.
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Correct Answer: Latvia
Riga Black Balsam is a traditional Latvian herbal liqueur made in Riga since 1752.
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Correct Answer: Estonia
NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Correct Answer: Baltic Region
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are collectively known as the Baltic States or the Baltic Region.
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