1.    Which is the largest country located entirely in Asia?

2.    Which is the largest island in Asia?

3.    Which is the longest river in Asia?

4.    Japan is made up of how many main islands?

5.    Which two mountain ranges form a kind of boundary between Asia and Europe?

6.    Which is the southernmost country in Asia?

7.    Singapore and Malaysia are separated by a water body, name it.

8.    Which desert lies in parts of China and Mongolia?

9.    Which is the northernmost part of Asia?

10.  Which is the largest forest in Asia? — Rehan Jalal

Answers:

1.    China. Its commonly accepted area is 3,704,427 square miles.

2.    Borneo. It is the only island that is shared between three countries: Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia; its total area is 288,869 square miles.

3.    The Yangtze river; it flows through China and is about 3,917 feet long.

4.    The four main islands – Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku.

5.    Caucasus and Urals. The Caucasus range is in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Russia, while the Urals run through part of eastern Russia and Kazakhstan.

6.    Indonesia.

7.    Tebrau Straits, also called the Straits of Johor.

8.    Gobi desert.

9.    Siberia.

10.     The Chinese Tajjay Rianfoest

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