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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?
Portugal
Spain
United Kingdom
France
4. On which Island is the eastern part of Malaysia situated?
New Guinea
Java
Sumatra
Borneo
5. What was the former name of the capital city of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan?
Tashkent
Bishkek
Ashgabat
Astana
6. Which island nation became independent from Malaysia in 1965?
Brunei
Singapore
East Timor
Papua New Guinea
7. On which island is Tokyo located?
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Hokkaido
8. What is official language in Israel?
Yiddish
Hebrew
Arabic
English
9. Which city is legally the capital of Israel, although many other countries don't recognize it?
Nazareth
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
10. Which lake began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s?
Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal
Aral Sea
Ladoga
11. Which lake in Asia is the deepest lake in the world?
Urmia
Ladoga
Baikal lake
Onega
12. How many emirates do United Arab Emirates consist of?
5
10
15
7
13. The Dead sea is located on the border of which two countries?
Lebanon and Israel
Jordan and Syria
Syria and Lebanon
Israel and Jordan
14. What is the name of the strait between Asia and North America?
Strait of Hormuz
Bass strait
Strait of Magellan
Bering strait
15. Which is the most sacred river to Hindu people?
Krishna
Brahmaputra
Ganges
Indus
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?
Lebanon
Jordan
Israel
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
Arabic
Persian
20. Which country colonized Indonesia?
Netherlands
Spain
United Kingdom
France
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?
Java
Sumatra
New Guinea
Borneo
23. Where is Krakatoa volcano that erupted in 1883 located?
Indonesia
Japan
Philippines
China
24. What is the most spoken first language in India?
Bengali
English
Punjabi
Hindi
25. Which Indian city was formerly known as Bombay?
Mumbai
Kolkata
Delhi
Hyderabad
26. Kashmir is a disputed territory, now administered by three countries. Which one is not one of them?
India
Afghanistan
China
Pakistan
27. Which sea borders the country of Georgia?
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Black Sea
28. What are official languages of Cyprus?
Cypriot Arabic and Greek
Greek and Turkish
Turkish and English
Cypriot Arabic and English
29. What river makes most of the Chinese border with Russia?
Lena
Amur
Mekong
Yellow River
30. What is the main city in Tibet?
Thimphu
Islamabad
Kathmandu
Lhasa
31. Mountain Everest is located on the border between which two countries?
Nepal and India
Bangladesh and China
China and Nepal
India and Bangladesh
32. What is China's largest island?
Hainan
Kyushu
Taiwan
Shikoku
33. What is the longest river of Asia?
Yellow River
Yangtze
Indus
Yenisei
34. What is the informal name of the northeasternmost part of China?
Punjab
Sikkim
Tibet
Manchuria
35. What former Portuguese colony was returned to China in 1999?
Taipei
Hong Kong
Macau
Taiwan
36. Which Asian country is also known as Kampuchea?
Laos
Vietnam
Myanmar
Cambodia
37. Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus are sovereign base areas of which country?
Israel
United Kingdom
Turkey
Lebanon
38. Whose former colony is Hong Kong?
Portuguese
British
Spanish
French
39. South Ossetia is a de facto independent state claimed in whole by which country?
Georgia
Russia
Afghanistan
Armenia
40. What is the only country that recognizes Northern Cyprus as independent?
Israel
Russia
Greece
Turkey
41. Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is claimed in whole by which country?
Georgia
Russia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
42. Whose former colony is Macau?
Portuguese
French
Spanish
British
43. Due to the lack of formal recognition Chinese Taipei is the other name for which country?
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Thailan
Macau
44. Which country controlled Cambodia from 1867 until 1953?
Germany
France
Spain
United Kingdom
45. On which island is the country of Brunei located?
Sumatra
Java
Sulawesi
Borneo
46. What animal is depicted on the flag of Bhutan?
Lion
Elephant
Dragon
Eagle
47. From which country Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971?
China
India
Pakistan
Myanmar
48. Much of Bangladesh lies on the delta of which river?
Ganges
Amur
Indus
Yangtze
49. Bahrain is connected by bridge to which country?
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Qatar
Kuwait
50. Which tall mountain in is a national symbol of Armenia?
Pamir
Ararat
Karakoram
Caucasus
51. On which sea is the capital of Azerbaijan located?
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
52. From which European country Bahrain gained its independence in 1971?
Spain
France
Portugal
United Kingdom
53. In which body of water is Bahrain located?
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Oman
Persian Gulf
54. Which Asian country is composed of 26 atoll islands?
Seychelles
Maldives
East Timor
Indonesia
55. Which country is not located in the Bay of Bengal?
Myanmar
Laos
Bangladesh
India
56. Famous as excellent mountain climbers most Sherpa people live in the eastern regions of which country?
Bhutan
Pakistan
Nepal
Vietnam
57. What sea is located between North Korea and China?
Sea of Okhotsk
Yellow Sea
South China Sea
East China Sea
58. Which African island was once the capital of Oman and the residence of the Omani monarchs?
Comoros
Madagascar
Socotra
Zanzibar
59. What is the name of strait between Iran and Oman?
Malacca Strait
Bab al-Mandab Strait
Dardanelles Strait
Strait of Hormuz
60. Which country has the largest Muslim population in the world?
Indonesia
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
61. Which country was formerly known as East Pakistan?
Tajikistan
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
62. Although Jerusalem is designated as the capital, what is the administrative center of Palestine?
Hebron
Jericho
Jenin
Ramallah
63. Quezon city is the most populous city of which country?
Thailand
Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines
64. What is the only bordering country with Qatar?
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
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?
Thailand
Taiwan
Indonesia
Cambodia
67. What is the second-largest ethnic group in Turkey?
Arabs
Bosniaks
Kurds
Albanians
68. What sea connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea?
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sea of Marmara
Ionian Sea
Sea of Azov
69. What is the name of the peninsula on which most of Turkey is situated?
Levant
Sinai
Anatolia
Maghreb
70. What sea does not exist?
Yellow Sea
Green Sea
Red Sea
White Sea
6 Comments
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Level 78
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 77
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 👍