World Geography - Asia

Question 1

Formerly known as Bombay what is the most populous city in India?

Answer 1

MUMBAI

Question 2

Which country is home to eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains and is bordered by China and India?

Answer 2

NEPAL

Question 3

The shopping mall in which city in the United Arab Emirates is the largest mall in the world by total area?

Answer 3

DUBAI

Question 4

The Forbidden City was a Chinese imperial palace and is located in the centre of which city?

Answer 4

BEIJING

Question 5

Which temple complex which appears on the flag of Cambodia was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II and is the largest religious monument in the world?

Answer 5

ANGKOR WAT

Question 6

The name of which city which since 1997 has been a special administrative region of China means “Fragrant Harbour” in Chinese?

Answer 6

HONG KONG

Question 7

Which is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast?

Answer 7

SAUDI ARABIA

Question 8

Which city is the largest and most populous city in Pakistan and is also the financial and industrial centre of the country?

Answer 8

KARACHI

Question 9

Baghdad is located along which river?

Answer 9

TIGRIS

Question 10

The capital of the ancient kingdom of Nabataea which city in Jordan is known as “a rose-red city half as old as time”?

Answer 10

PETRA

Question 11

In 2009 the government of which country which has the lowest natural highest point in the world at 2.4 m held a cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the threat of global warming?

Answer 11

MALDIVES

Question 12

The world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity the Three Gorges Dam spans which river in China?

Answer 12

YANGTZE

Question 13

Which twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004?

Answer 13

PETRONAS TOWERS

Question 14

Singapore was founded in 1819 by which British statesman as a trading post of the East India Company?

Answer 14

STAMFORD RAFFLES

Question 15

Which Indonesian island is the most populous island on Earth?

Answer 15

JAVA

Question 16

In which country were the Buddhas of Bamiyan two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff which were destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban?

Answer 16

AFGHANISTAN

Question 17

Bridge of No Return which was used for prisoner exchanges crosses the Military Demarcation Line between which two countries?

Answer 17

NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA

Question 18

What is the name of the largest island in the Philippines which is home to Manila and Quezon City?

Answer 18

LUZON

Question 19

Temple of the Tooth is a temple in Sri Lanka which houses the relic of the tooth of the founder of which religion?

Answer 19

BUDDHISM

Question 20

White City refers to a collection of over 5000 buildings built in a unique form of the Bauhaus or International Style in which city in Israel?

Answer 20

TEL AVIV

Question 21

Which building in Tibet was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until 1959?

Answer 21

POTALA PALACE

Question 22

Patong is the main tourist resort on which island the largest in Thailand?

Answer 22

PHUKET

Question 23

Between 1964 and 1973 the U.S. dropped two million tons of bombs on which country making it the most heavily bombed country in history relative to the size of its population?

Answer 23

LAOS

Question 24

What is the third-highest mountain in the world whose name means “The Five Treasures of Snows”?

Answer 24

KANGCHENJUNGA

Question 25

King Fahd Causeway is a series of bridges and causeways connecting Saudi Arabia and which other country?

Answer 25

BAHRAIN

Question 26

What is the national airline of Indonesia which is named after a mystical giant bird of Hinduism and Buddhist mythology?

Answer 26

GARUDA

Question 27

Jhelum Chenab Ravi Sutlej and Beas are the five rivers which give their name to which region of India?

Answer 27

PUNJAB

Question 28

What is Iran’s third most populous city which was the capital of Persia in the 16th century under the Safavid dynasty?

Answer 28

ISFAHAN

Question 29

Prospering from its location on the Silk Road to become one of the greatest cities of Central Asia what is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan?

Answer 29

SAMARKAND

Question 30

Nagasaki is located on which of the four main islands of Japan?

Answer 30

KYUSHU

Question 31

Guangzhou also known by an older English-language name Canton lies on which river?

Answer 31

PEARL RIVER

Question 32

Since the 17th century the official name of which country has been Druk yul (or the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”)?

Answer 32

BHUTAN

Question 33

Which narrow stretch of water lies between the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra?

Answer 33

STRAIT OF MALACCA

Question 34

Stretching for over 4500 km China’s longest border is with which country?

Answer 34

MONGOLIA

Question 35

What is the name of the strait between Honshu and Hokkaido which connects the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 35

TSUGARU STRAIT

Question 36

Which group of over 1200 islands in Indonesia was also the historical core of the Spice Islands?

Answer 36

MOLUCCAS (OR MALUKU)

Question 37

The mountainous region of the Tian Shan covers over 80% of which country?

Answer 37

KYRGYZSTAN

Question 38

Which natural region comprising southern Bangladesh and a part of the Indian state of West Bengal is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world?

Answer 38

SUNDARBANS

Question 39

Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea Brunei is completely surrounded by which state of Malaysia?

Answer 39

SARAWAK

Question 40

One of China’s four direct-controlled municipalities which city in south west China has a population (as of 2015) of 30 million with an urban population of 18 million people?

Answer 40

CHONGQING

Question 41

Which fertile valley in eastern Lebanon is home to many vineyards and wineries?

Answer 41

BEQAA VALLEY

Question 42

Opened in 1994 Kansai International Airport is located on an artificial island in the middle of which Japanese bay?

Answer 42

OSAKA

Question 43

Which railway station in Tokyo which has 36 platforms is the busiest station in the world?

Answer 43

SHINJUKU

Question 44

Ismoil Somoni Peak the highest mountain in Tajikistan was known by what name from 1962 until 1998?

Answer 44

COMMUNISM PEAK

Question 45

What is the name of the narrow strip of territory in Afghanistan that extends to China and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan?

Answer 45

WAKHAN CORRIDOR

Question 46

The Taj Mahal in Agra lies on the south bank of which river?

Answer 46

YAMUNA

Question 47

In 2014 Telangana was separated from which other state to become a new state of India?

Answer 47

ANDHRA PRADESH

Question 48

Designed by Foster & Partners what is the name of the planned city in Abu Dhabi which will rely entirely on solar energy and other renewable energy sources?

Answer 48

MASDAR

Question 49

Which mountain on the island of Borneo is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago?

Answer 49

KINABALU

Question 50

Which glacier in the Karakoram range is the highest battleground on Earth where Pakistan and India have fought intermittently since 1984?

Answer 50

SIACHEN