UPSC World Geography – Chapter 12: East and South-East Asia (23 MCQs)

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UPSC World Geography – Chapter 12: East and South-East Asia (23 MCQs) – 23 questions, subject: Geography. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The only landlocked country of South-East Asia is:

Correct Answer: A [Laos]

Explanation:

Laos is bordered by China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and has no sea coast – the only such country in South-East Asia.

2.  

The largest of Japan's four main islands is:

Correct Answer: C [Honshu]

Explanation:

Honshu, home to Tokyo, Osaka and Mount Fuji, is the largest of Japan's four main islands.

3.  

The Wallace Line passes between:

Correct Answer: B [Bali and Lombok]

Explanation:

Wallace's faunal boundary runs through the deep strait between Bali and Lombok and continues between Borneo and Sulawesi.

4.  

Which of the following is the largest recorded volcanic eruption in history?

Correct Answer: A [Tambora, 1815]

Explanation:

Tambora's 1815 eruption on Sumbawa, Indonesia, is the largest in recorded history and caused the 1816 'year without a summer'.

5.  

The lake whose flow reverses with the seasons because of the Mekong is:

Correct Answer: C [Tonle Sap]

Explanation:

The swollen Mekong pushes water up the Tonle Sap river into the lake in the wet season; the flow reverses in the dry season.

6.  

The Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea lies near the:

Correct Answer: B [38th parallel]

Explanation:

The 1953 armistice line and the DMZ run roughly along the 38th parallel, which had divided Korea in 1945.

7.  

The Paracel Islands are disputed mainly between:

Correct Answer: B [China and Vietnam]

Explanation:

China and Vietnam are the main claimants to the Paracel Islands in the northern South China Sea.

8.  

The highest peak of Japan is:

Correct Answer: C [Mount Fuji]

Explanation:

3,776 m.

9.  

The Loess Plateau of China is associated with the:

Correct Answer: C [Huang He]

Explanation:

yellow loess.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The equator passes through Sumatra and Borneo.
2. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world.
3. Brunei lies on the island of Sumatra.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

The equator crosses Sumatra and Borneo and Indonesia is the largest archipelago; Brunei lies on Borneo, so statement 3 is wrong.

11.  

Assertion (A): Most of China's major rivers flow from west to east.

Reason (R): China's relief descends in three steps from the Tibetan Plateau in the west to the plains in the east.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Relief falls from the Tibetan Plateau to the eastern plains, so the main rivers follow the slope eastward; R explains A.

12.  

Which country brought the case that led to the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award?

Correct Answer: A [The Philippines]

Explanation:

The Philippines filed the case against China under UNCLOS in 2013; the tribunal ruled in its favour in July 2016.

13.  

Mongolia shares land borders with:

Correct Answer: D [Russia and China only]

Explanation:

Mongolia is landlocked between Russia to the north and China to the south and borders no other country.

14.  

Which of the following was NOT one of the five founding members of ASEAN?

Correct Answer: D [Vietnam]

Explanation:

joined in 1995.

15.  

The Chao Phraya is the main river of:

Correct Answer: C [Thailand]

Explanation:

The Chao Phraya flows south through Thailand's central plain past Bangkok into the Gulf of Thailand.

16.  

Indonesia's new capital being built on Borneo is named:

Correct Answer: B [Nusantara]

Explanation:

Nusantara is being built in East Kalimantan on Borneo; Jakarta remains the capital until a presidential decree on relocation.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. South China Sea arbitral award
2. Krakatoa eruption
3. Tambora eruption
4. ASEAN founded

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [3-2-4-1]

Explanation:

1815, 1883, 1967, 2016.

18.  

Oyu Tolgoi, a large copper mine, is located in:

Correct Answer: B [Mongolia]

Explanation:

Oyu Tolgoi is a large copper-gold mine in Mongolia's South Gobi, near the Chinese border.

19.  

Which of the following groups of countries are leading exporters of rice in South-East Asia?

Correct Answer: D [Thailand and Vietnam]

Explanation:

Thailand and Vietnam grow wet rice on great river deltas and are among the world's leading rice exporters.

20.  

Pinatubo, which erupted in 1991, is a volcano in:

Correct Answer: D [the Philippines]

Explanation:

Mount Pinatubo, on Luzon in the Philippines, erupted in June 1991, one of the largest eruptions of the twentieth century.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2014

What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from south to north?

1. Bangkok
2. Hanoi
3. Jakarta
4. Singapore

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [3-4-1-2]

Explanation:

Jakarta (about 6°S), Singapore (1°N), Bangkok (14°N), Hanoi (21°N).

22.  
UPSC Prelims 2006

Huangpu River flows through which one of the following cities ?

Correct Answer: C [Shanghai]

Explanation:

the Huangpu divides Shanghai into Puxi and Pudong.

23.  
UPSC Prelims 2006

Other than India and China, which one of the following groups of countries border Myanmar?

Correct Answer: D [Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh]

Explanation:

Myanmar's five neighbours are India, China, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos.

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