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General Knowledge questions & Answers

on Asia
1. Which one is the world’s largest and most the Arctic Ocean. 18. Name the largest economies in Asia:
diverse continent?
10. Asia is subdivided into how many China, Japan, India, Indonesia and South
Asia ; It covers one-third of earth’s surface. countries? Korea.
Asia is most populous continent.
48 countries. 19. How many main financial centers does
2. Where does Asia located? Asia have?
11. How many of them are having part of their
in the northern and eastern hemispheres. land in Europe? four; Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and
Singapore.
3. What percentage of current human two, Russia and Turkey.
population does Asia hosts? 20. How many languages are spoken in
India?
Asia hosts sixty percent (60%) of world’s
current population. 12. Where is The Gobi Desert located? more than 800.

4. What is Eurasia? in Mongolia. 21. How many languages are spoken in

Indonesia?
the combined continental landmass of 13. Which is the longest river in Asian
Europe and Asia. continent? more than 600.

5. How much of the Earth’s total surface area the Yangtze River in China. 22. How many languages are spoken in
does Asia Covers? Philippines?
14. Which is the tallest mountain range in the
Asia covers 8.8% of the Earth’s total surface world? more than 100.
area.
the Himalayas. 23. Who is the first Asian Nobel laureate?
6. Which continent has the largest coastline?
15. Where Are the Himalaya Mountains Rabindranath Tagore.
Asia. Located?

7. Asia is bounded on the east by which between Nepal and China.

Ocean? 24. Who is the first Asian to get a Nobel Prize
16. Which Asian countries are facing extreme in Science?
the Pacific Ocean. risk from climate change?
Sir C. V. Raman.
8. Asia is bounded on the south by which Bangladesh, India,Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Ocean? Thailand and Vietnam. 25. Name 2 women Nobel laureate in Asia
who won Nobel prize for their significant
the Indian Ocean. 17. Which continent has the second largest efforts for democracy and human rights:
nominal GDP of all continents?
9. Asia is bounded on the north by which Mother Teresa of India & Shirin Ebadi of Iran.
Ocean? Asia.
26. Who is the first Muslim woman to receive
Nobel prize?
Shirin Ebadi.
27. What is APEC?
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
28. When was the first APEC Economic
Leaders’ Meeting occurred?
in 1993.
29. How many members do APEC have?
21 Pacific Rim member economies.
30. What is Pacific Rim?
The Pacific Rim are the lands around the rim
of the Pacific Ocean.
31. What does ‘ASEAN’ means?
Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
32. When was ASEAN formed?
8 August 1967.
33. What is SEA Write Award?
The S.E.A. Write Award is a literary award
given to Southeast Asian poets and writers.
34. What is ASAIHL?
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of
Higher Learning.
35. How many people are in Asia?
4.299 billion.
36. which is the most populated country in
Asia?
China [1.351 billion (2012)]
37. which is the second most populated
country in Asia?
India [1.237 billion (2012)]
38. which is the third most populated country
in Asia?
Indonesia [246.9 million (2012)]
39. which is the fourth most populated
country in Asia?
Pakistan [179.2 million (2012)]
40. which is the fifth most populated country
in Asia?
Bangladesh [154.7 million (2012)]
41. Which is the largest city in Asia by
population?
Tokyo.
42. Which is the largest city in Asia by area?
Beijing.
43. How many people are in Tokyo?
13.23 million (Apr 1, 2013)
44. What is SAARC?
South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation.
45. How many nations are member of
SAARC?
8; they are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan,Maldives, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan.
46. What is SAFTA?
South Asian Free Trade Area.
47. What is ICAPP?
International Conference of Asian Political
Parties.
48. Which is the largest enclosed inland
body of water on Earth by area?
The Caspian Sea.
49. Which country is considered as the
largest Economy in Asia?
China.
50. Which is the longest bridges in Asia?
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, China.
51. Which is the tallest building in Asia?
Burj Khalifa, Dubai.
52. The longest Asian rivers is —
Yangtze River, China.
53. The largest shopping mall in Asia is –
New South China Mall, China.
54. The largest stadium in Asia by capacity:
Rungnado May Day Stadium, China.
55. What are the mostly spoken languages in
Asia?
Mandarin, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Malay,
Bengali, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean,
Cantonese, Chinese, Wei Chinese, Thai,
English.