World Geography | Islands

World Geography | Islands

1. The largest Island of the World is

Borneo
Greenland
Madagascar
New Guinea

2. The largest island (after Greenland) of the world is

Borneo
Malagasy
Sumatra
New Guinea

3. Which of the following islands are known as 'Sheep Islands'?

Canary Islands
Madeira Islands
Faroe Islands
Wellington Islands

4. Which one of the following is the largest in area?

New Zealand North Island
New Foundland
New Zealand South Island
Java

5. Which one of the following statements is correct?

Greenland is the second largest (area) island in the World
Nuuk is a small town of Greenland
The elevation of Nuuk above the sea level is 3 metre.
Greenland belongs to U.S.A.

6. Which one among the following Eastern islands is divided into three countries?

Borneo
Celebes
New Guinea
Timor

7. Kalimantan is a part of which of the following islands?

Honshu
Borneo
Cuba
Madagascar (Malagasy)

8. Madagascar is the largest island in

Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Red Sea

9. Which one of the following islands is located in the South Indian Ocean?

Chagos
Maldives
Mauritius
Seychelles

10. Which of the following islands of the Pacific Ocean belongs to Melanesia groups of islands.

Soloman island
Gilbert island
Society island
Marshall island

11. Diego Garcia is situated in

Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

12. The distance from Aceh in the far North-West to Torres Strait in the East is 5000 miles, almost equal to the distance London and Baghadad. The archipelago has 14,000 islands, some mere equatorial rocks, others some of the largest in the world. This description best fits

West Indies
Japan
Philippines
Indonesia

13. Which of the following statement is not correct?

Falkland Archipelago is located in Indian ocean
Namibia is located in Africa
Nicaragua is in central America
Yemen is in Asia

14. Fiji Island is located in

Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea

15. Which of the following is the largest island of Japan?

Hokkaido
Shikoku
Hodouri
Honshu

16. When was Macau island transferred to China?

1990
1992
1997
1999

17. Where are the the Balearic islands located?

Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
North Sea

18. On which river is the world's largest river island?

Nile
Amazon
Brahmaputra
Sindh

19. Which of the following is an island continent?

Africa
New Zealand
Greenland
Australia

20. Grenada is located in

Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea