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Geography of Asia

Test your knowledge about 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
Laos
Malaysia
3. From which country Malaysia gained its independence in 1957?
France
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
4. On which Island is the eastern part of Malaysia situated?
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
New Guinea
5. What was the former name of the capital city of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan?
Ashgabat
Astana
Bishkek
Tashkent
6. Which island nation became independent from Malaysia in 1965?
Brunei
Singapore
East Timor
Papua New Guinea
7. On which island is Tokyo located?
Shikoku
Kyushu
Hokkaido
Honshu
8. What is official language in Israel?
Arabic
Yiddish
English
Hebrew
9. Which city is legally the capital of Israel, although many other countries don't recognize it?
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Haifa
10. Which lake began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s?
Ladoga
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea
Lake Baikal
11. Which lake in Asia is the deepest lake in the world?
Ladoga
Baikal lake
Onega
Urmia
12. How many emirates do United Arab Emirates consist of?
7
15
10
5
13. The Dead sea is located on the border of which two countries?
Israel and Jordan
Lebanon and Israel
Syria and Lebanon
Jordan and Syria
14. What is the name of the strait between Asia and North America?
Bass strait
Strait of Magellan
Bering strait
Strait of Hormuz
15. Which is the most sacred river to Hindu people?
Krishna
Indus
Ganges
Brahmaputra
16. What symbols does China have on its flag?
Half moon
Sun and moon
Yin and yang
Stars
17. Which Asian country has the Star of David on its flag?
Lebanon
Syria
Israel
Jordan
18. Not counting Russia, which of the countries of the former USSR is the largest by area?
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
19. What is official language in Iran?
Arabic
English
Persian
French
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
Indonesia
Taiwan
Sri Lanka
22. On which island is Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, located?
Borneo
New Guinea
Java
Sumatra
23. Where is Krakatoa volcano that erupted in 1883 located?
Japan
Indonesia
Philippines
China
24. What is the most spoken first language in India?
Bengali
Punjabi
Hindi
English
25. Which Indian city was formerly known as Bombay?
Hyderabad
Kolkata
Mumbai
Delhi
26. Kashmir is a disputed territory, now administered by three countries. Which one is not one of them?
China
Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
27. Which sea borders the country of Georgia?
Red Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
28. What are official languages of Cyprus?
Cypriot Arabic and English
Cypriot Arabic and Greek
Greek and Turkish
Turkish and English
29. What river makes most of the Chinese border with Russia?
Yellow River
Lena
Mekong
Amur
30. What is the main city in Tibet?
Kathmandu
Lhasa
Islamabad
Thimphu
31. Mountain Everest is located on the border between which two countries?
Bangladesh and China
Nepal and India
India and Bangladesh
China and Nepal
32. What is China's largest island?
Kyushu
Shikoku
Taiwan
Hainan
33. What is the longest river of Asia?
Yenisei
Yellow River
Indus
Yangtze
34. What is the informal name of the northeasternmost part of China?
Sikkim
Tibet
Manchuria
Punjab
35. What former Portuguese colony was returned to China in 1999?
Taipei
Macau
Hong Kong
Taiwan
36. Which Asian country is also known as Kampuchea?
Myanmar
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
37. Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus are sovereign base areas of which country?
Turkey
Lebanon
Israel
United Kingdom
38. Whose former colony is Hong Kong?
British
Portuguese
Spanish
French
39. South Ossetia is a de facto independent state claimed in whole by which country?
Russia
Georgia
Armenia
Afghanistan
40. What is the only country that recognizes Northern Cyprus as independent?
Greece
Israel
Russia
Turkey
41. Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is claimed in whole by which country?
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Russia
Georgia
42. Whose former colony is Macau?
French
Portuguese
British
Spanish
43. Due to the lack of formal recognition Chinese Taipei is the other name for which country?
Thailan
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
44. Which country controlled Cambodia from 1867 until 1953?
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Spain
45. On which island is the country of Brunei located?
Sumatra
Borneo
Java
Sulawesi
46. What animal is depicted on the flag of Bhutan?
Dragon
Eagle
Lion
Elephant
47. From which country Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971?
Myanmar
India
China
Pakistan
48. Much of Bangladesh lies on the delta of which river?
Yangtze
Ganges
Indus
Amur
49. Bahrain is connected by bridge to which country?
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Qatar
50. Which tall mountain in is a national symbol of Armenia?
Ararat
Karakoram
Pamir
Caucasus
51. On which sea is the capital of Azerbaijan located?
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
52. From which European country Bahrain gained its independence in 1971?
United Kingdom
Portugal
Spain
France
53. In which body of water is Bahrain located?
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
54. Which Asian country is composed of 26 atoll islands?
Seychelles
Maldives
Indonesia
East Timor
55. Which country is not located in the Bay of Bengal?
India
Bangladesh
Laos
Myanmar
56. Famous as excellent mountain climbers most Sherpa people live in the eastern regions of which country?
Vietnam
Pakistan
Bhutan
Nepal
57. What sea is located between North Korea and China?
South China Sea
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
58. Which African island was once the capital of Oman and the residence of the Omani monarchs?
Zanzibar
Socotra
Comoros
Madagascar
59. What is the name of strait between Iran and Oman?
Malacca Strait
Bab al-Mandab Strait
Strait of Hormuz
Dardanelles Strait
60. Which country has the largest Muslim population in the world?
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Iran
Pakistan
61. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
Bhutan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Bangladesh
62. Although Jerusalem is designated as the capital, what is the administrative center of Palestine?
Jericho
Ramallah
Hebron
Jenin
63. Quezon city is the most populous city of which country?
Thailand
Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines
64. What is the only bordering country with Qatar?
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
65. Two territories are commonly referred to as Palestine today. Which one is not one of them?
Golan Heights
West Bank
Gaza Strip
66. Phuket is the largest island and the major tourst center in which country?
Taiwan
Thailand
Indonesia
Cambodia
67. What is the second-largest ethnic group in Turkey?
Bosniaks
Kurds
Albanians
Arabs
68. What sea connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea?
Sea of Marmara
Ionian Sea
Sea of Azov
Tyrrhenian Sea
69. What is the name of the peninsula on which most of Turkey is situated?
Anatolia
Sinai
Levant
Maghreb
70. What sea does not exist?
White Sea
Green Sea
Yellow Sea
Red Sea
6 Comments
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Level 79
Feb 26, 2021
Tokyo is located on the island honshu not hoshu.
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Level 53
Feb 27, 2021
Thanks for that. My mistake.
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Level 80
Feb 26, 2021
The Caucasus also divides Europe and Asia, so you'll probably want to change that question.
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Level 53
Feb 27, 2021
Thanks, you are right. I didn't think about Caucasus.
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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!
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Level 53
Nov 29, 2023
Thanks, I changed that. Good job 👍
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