Question

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
A) Mecca
B) Cairo
C) Jeddah
D) Riyadh

Answer 1

Answer :

  " Option D - Riyadh " is correct.

  Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

Explaining the options :

  A. Mecca - Mecca (Makkah) is the holiest city in Saudi Arabia as well as the birthplace of Prophet Muhammad. The ancient name referred this city as Bakkah. Every year, millions of Muslims visit this city for Hajj.

  B. Cairo - Cairo is the capital city of Egypt and it is located on the Nile River. It was founded in 969 AD by Fatimid dynasty. This city is the birthplace of many famous Nobel Laureates, like Naguib Mahfouz (in literature), Mohamed ElBaradei (for peace), Dorothy Hodgkin (in Chemistry) and Ahmed Zewail (in Chemistry). This city bears many historic events throughout ages.

  C. Jeddah - Jeddah is a port city in Saudi Arabia and as it is located on the Red Sea, this city serves as a commercial hub. Home to more than 4 million people, Jeddah faces a trouble due to air pollution, especially in summer days.  

  D. Riyadh - Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia. This city is being governed by Royal family and currently Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud is the governor. More than 6 million people resides in Riyadh.

Answer 2

$\sf{\Large {\underline {ANSWER}}}$ :

The correct option is :

D ). The capital of Saudi Arabia is $\tt {RIYADH}$

$\sf{\Large {\underline {About\:Riyadh}}}$ :

⋆ Riyadh is the largest city and administrative capital of Saudi Arabia.

⋆ The name Riyadh was derived from the plural form of Arabic word "$\tt{rawdah}$."

$\sf{\Large{\underline {LOCATION}}}$ : Refer the attached image.

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