Nested SELECT quiz
bbc
| name |
region |
area |
population |
gdp |
| Afghanistan |
South Asia |
652225 |
26000000 |
|
| Albania |
Europe |
28728 |
3200000 |
6656000000 |
| Algeria |
Middle East |
2400000 |
32900000 |
75012000000 |
| Andorra |
Europe |
468 |
64000 |
|
| Bangladesh |
South Asia |
143998 |
152600000 |
67144000000 |
| United Kingdom |
Europe |
242514 |
59600000 |
2022824000000 |
| ... |
Select the code that shows the name, region and population of the smallest country in each region
SELECT region, name, FROM bbc x WHERE population <= ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE y.region=x.region AND population>0)
SELECT region, name, population FROM bbc WHERE population <= ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE population>0)
SELECT region, name, population FROM bbc x WHERE population <= ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE y.region=x.region AND population>0)
SELECT region, name, population FROM bbc x WHERE population = ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE y.region=x.region AND population>0)
SELECT region, name, population FROM bbc x WHERE population <= ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE y.region=x.region AND population<0)
Select the code that shows the countries belonging to regions with all populations over 50000
SELECT name,region,population FROM bbc x WHERE 50000 < ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE population>0)
SELECT name,region,population FROM bbc x WHERE 50000 < ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE x.region=y.region AND y.population>0)
SELECT name,region,population FROM bbc x WHERE 50000 = ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE x.region=y.region AND y.population>0)
SELECT name,region,population FROM bbc x WHERE 50000 > ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE x.region=y.region AND y.population>0)
SELECT name,region,population FROM bbc x WHERE 500000 < ALL (SELECT population FROM bbc y WHERE x.region=y.region AND y.population>0)
Select the code that shows the countries with a less than a third of the population of the countries around it
SELECT name, region FROM bbc x
WHERE population < ALL (SELECT population/3 FROM bbc y WHERE y.region = x.region AND y.name != x.name)
SELECT name, region FROM bbc x
WHERE population = ALL (SELECT population/3 FROM bbc y WHERE y.region = x.region AND y.name != x.name)
SELECT name, region FROM bbc x
WHERE population > ALL (SELECT population/3 FROM bbc y WHERE y.region = x.region AND y.name != x.name)
SELECT name, region FROM bbc x WHERE population < ALL (SELECT population*3 FROM bbc y WHERE y.region = x.region AND y.name != x.name)
SELECT name, region FROM bbc x WHERE population < ALL (SELECT population/3 FROM bbc y WHERE y.name != x.name)
Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population >
(SELECT population
FROM bbc
WHERE name='United Kingdom')
AND region IN
(SELECT region
FROM bbc
WHERE name = 'United Kingdom')
Table-A| Andorra |
| Albania |
| Austria |
| Bulgaria |
Table-B| France | Europe |
| Germany | Europe |
| Russia | Europe |
| Turkey | Europe |
Table-C| France |
| Germany |
| Andorra |
| Albania |
Table-D| France |
| Germany |
| Russia |
| Turkey |
Table-E| France |
| Germany |
| Russia |
| Turkey |
| Brazil |
| United States of USA |
| Canada |
Select the code that would show the countries with a greater GDP than any country in Africa (some countries may have NULL gdp values).
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE gdp > ALL (SELECT MAX(gdp) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa' AND gdp=0)
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE gdp > (SELECT MAX(gdp) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE gdp > ALL (SELECT MIN(gdp) FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE gdp > ALL (SELECT gdp FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE gdp > ALL (SELECT gdp FROM bbc WHERE region = 'Africa' AND gdp<>NULL)
Select the code that shows the countries with population smaller than Russia but bigger than Denmark
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population < (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Denmark')
AND population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Russia')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population < (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Russia')
AND population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Denmark')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population = (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Russia')
AND population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Denmark')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Russia')
AND population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Denmark')
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population < (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Russia'
AND population > (SELECT population FROM bbc WHERE name='Denmark')
>Select the result that would be obtained from the following code:
SELECT name FROM bbc
WHERE population > ALL
(SELECT MAX(population)
FROM bbc
WHERE region = 'Europe')
AND region = 'South Asia'Table-A| Afghanistan |
| Bhutan |
| Nepal |
| Sri Lanka |
| The Maldives |
Table-B| Bangladesh |
| India |
| Pakistan |
Table-D| Brazil |
| Bangladesh |
| China |
| India |
Table-E| France |
| Germany |
| Russia |
| Trukey |
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