Geography of Asia

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1. Which desert is located between Mongolia and China?

Gobi

Kalahari

Karakum

Kyzylkum

2. Which country is not located on Indochinese Peninsula?

Bhutan

Vietnam

Malaysia

Laos

3. From which country Malaysia gained its independence in 1957?

United Kingdom

France

Portugal

Spain

4. On which Island is the eastern part of Malaysia situated?

Sumatra

New Guinea

Borneo

Java

5. What was the former name of the capital city of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan?

Bishkek

Ashgabat

Astana

Tashkent

6. Which island nation became independent from Malaysia in 1965?

East Timor

Papua New Guinea

Brunei

Singapore

7. On which island is Tokyo located?

Shikoku

Hokkaido

Honshu

Kyushu

8. What is official language in Israel?

Yiddish

Hebrew

English

Arabic

9. Which city is legally the capital of Israel, although many other countries don't recognize it?

Tel Aviv

Haifa

Jerusalem

Nazareth

10. Which lake began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s?

Aral Sea

Caspian Sea

Ladoga

Lake Baikal

11. Which lake in Asia is the deepest lake in the world?

Urmia

Ladoga

Onega

Baikal lake

12. How many emirates do United Arab Emirates consist of?

13. The Dead sea is located on the border of which two countries?

Syria and Lebanon

Israel and Jordan

Jordan and Syria

Lebanon and Israel

14. What is the name of the strait between Asia and North America?

Strait of Magellan

Bass strait

Bering strait

Strait of Hormuz

15. Which is the most sacred river to Hindu people?

Indus

Krishna

Brahmaputra

Ganges

16. What symbols does China have on its flag?

Stars

Sun and moon

Yin and yang

Half moon

17. Which Asian country has the Star of David on its flag?

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Syria

18. Not counting Russia, which of the countries of the former USSR is the largest by area?

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Azerbaijan

Uzbekistan

19. What is official language in Iran?

French

English

Persian

Arabic

20. Which country colonized Indonesia?

France

Netherlands

Spain

United Kingdom

21. Supervolcano Lake Toba erupted 74,000 years ago, nearly causing humans to become extinct. Where is it located?

Japan

Taiwan

Indonesia

Sri Lanka

22. On which island is Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, located?

Sumatra

New Guinea

Borneo

Java

23. Where is Krakatoa volcano that erupted in 1883 located?

China

Indonesia

Philippines

Japan

24. What is the most spoken first language in India?

Bengali

English

Punjabi

Hindi

25. Which Indian city was formerly known as Bombay?

Hyderabad

Mumbai

Delhi

Kolkata

26. Kashmir is a disputed territory, now administered by three countries. Which one is not one of them?

China

India

Pakistan

Afghanistan

27. Which sea borders the country of Georgia?

Caspian Sea

Black Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

28. What are official languages of Cyprus?

Cypriot Arabic and Greek

Turkish and English

Cypriot Arabic and English

Greek and Turkish

29. What river makes most of the Chinese border with Russia?

Lena

Mekong

Amur

Yellow River

30. What is the main city in Tibet?

Kathmandu

Islamabad

Thimphu

Lhasa

31. Mountain Everest is located on the border between which two countries?

China and Nepal

Nepal and India

India and Bangladesh

Bangladesh and China

32. What is China's largest island?

Hainan

Kyushu

Shikoku

Taiwan

33. What is the longest river of Asia?

Indus

Yenisei

Yellow River

Yangtze

34. What is the informal name of the northeasternmost part of China?

Tibet

Manchuria

Punjab

Sikkim

35. What former Portuguese colony was returned to China in 1999?

Taiwan

Macau

Taipei

Hong Kong

36. Which Asian country is also known as Kampuchea?

Cambodia

Vietnam

Laos

Myanmar

37. Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus are sovereign base areas of which country?

Israel

Lebanon

United Kingdom

Turkey

38. Whose former colony is Hong Kong?

Spanish

Portuguese

British

French

39. South Ossetia is a de facto independent state claimed in whole by which country?

Afghanistan

Armenia

Georgia

Russia

40. What is the only country that recognizes Northern Cyprus as independent?

Greece

Russia

Israel

Turkey

41. Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is claimed in whole by which country?

Georgia

Russia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

42. Whose former colony is Macau?

Spanish

French

British

Portuguese

43. Due to the lack of formal recognition Chinese Taipei is the other name for which country?

Macau

Thailan

Taiwan

Hong Kong

44. Which country controlled Cambodia from 1867 until 1953?

France

United Kingdom

Germany

Spain

45. On which island is the country of Brunei located?

Sulawesi

Java

Borneo

Sumatra

46. What animal is depicted on the flag of Bhutan?

Elephant

Eagle

Lion

Dragon

47. From which country Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971?

Myanmar

China

Pakistan

India

48. Much of Bangladesh lies on the delta of which river?

Amur

Yangtze

Ganges

Indus

49. Bahrain is connected by bridge to which country?

Kuwait

Qatar

UAE

Saudi Arabia

50. Which tall mountain in is a national symbol of Armenia?

Pamir

Caucasus

Ararat

Karakoram

51. On which sea is the capital of Azerbaijan located?

Mediterranean Sea

Caspian Sea

Red Sea

Black Sea

52. From which European country Bahrain gained its independence in 1971?

Spain

Portugal

France

United Kingdom

53. In which body of water is Bahrain located?

Persian Gulf

Gulf of Aden

Red Sea

Gulf of Oman

54. Which Asian country is composed of 26 atoll islands?

Seychelles

Indonesia

East Timor

Maldives

55. Which country is not located in the Bay of Bengal?

Myanmar

Laos

India

Bangladesh

56. Famous as excellent mountain climbers most Sherpa people live in the eastern regions of which country?

Bhutan

Vietnam

Nepal

Pakistan

57. What sea is located between North Korea and China?

South China Sea

East China Sea

Sea of Okhotsk

Yellow Sea

58. Which African island was once the capital of Oman and the residence of the Omani monarchs?

Madagascar

Zanzibar

Socotra

Comoros

59. What is the name of strait between Iran and Oman?

Malacca Strait

Strait of Hormuz

Dardanelles Strait

Bab al-Mandab Strait

60. Which country has the largest Muslim population in the world?

Indonesia

Pakistan

Iran

Saudi Arabia

61. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?

Tajikistan

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Afghanistan

62. Although Jerusalem is designated as the capital, what is the administrative center of Palestine?

Ramallah

Jericho

Hebron

Jenin

63. Quezon city is the most populous city of which country?

Indonesia

Philippines

Vietnam

Thailand

64. What is the only bordering country with Qatar?

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia

Iraq

65. Two territories are commonly referred to as Palestine today. Which one is not one of them?

Golan Heights

Gaza Strip

West Bank

66. Phuket is the largest island and the major tourst center in which country?

Thailand

Taiwan

Cambodia

Indonesia

67. What is the second-largest ethnic group in Turkey?

Albanians

Kurds

Arabs

Bosniaks

68. What sea connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea?

Ionian Sea

Tyrrhenian Sea

Sea of Azov

Sea of Marmara

69. What is the name of the peninsula on which most of Turkey is situated?

Levant

Maghreb

Sinai

Anatolia

70. What sea does not exist?

Yellow Sea

Green Sea

Red Sea

White Sea

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6 Comments

Level 82

Feb 26, 2021

Tokyo is located on the island honshu not hoshu.

Level 54

Feb 27, 2021

Thanks for that. My mistake.

Level 85

Feb 26, 2021

The Caucasus also divides Europe and Asia, so you'll probably want to change that question.

Level 54

Feb 27, 2021

Thanks, you are right. I didn't think about Caucasus.

Level 62

Nov 29, 2023

Good work. The Muslim population of Pakistan has just about caught up with that of Indonesia (both around 240 million), so you might have to change that one, given the spiralling population of Pakistan!

Level 54

Nov 29, 2023

Thanks, I changed that. Good job 👍