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KERALA PSC / WORLD GEOGRAPHY / ASIA / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Asia,
one of the seven continents, is the world’s largest continent
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The
continent of Asia is situated entirely in the northern hemisphere except some of
the islands of Indonesia
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To
the north of it lies, the Arctic Ocean to the east lies the Pacific Ocean, to
the South the Indian Ocean and to the West lies the Mediterranean Sea
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It
contains 48 countries with two of them (Russia and Turkey) having part of their
land in Europe
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Some
of the major languages of Asia are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi and Russian
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The
various religions practiced in Asia are Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism,
Christianity, Taoism, Zoro astrianism and Shintoism
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A
few largest cities of Asia are Seoul, Mumbai, Jakarta, Tokyo and Shanghai
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Lake
Baikal, the deepest lake of the world is located in Siberia
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Pamir
Plateau is a meeting place of several ranges which form the Pamir knot
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Pamir
plateau is also known as the “Roof of the World” because it is the highest
plateau in the world
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Mt.Everest
(Highest peak of the world) and K2 (second highest peak of the world) belong to
the Himalayas and the Karakoram ranges respectively.
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Mawsynram
in Meghalaya (India) is the wettest place in the world
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Verkhoyansk
in north-east Siberia is the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere recording
a mean January temperature of -45ºC.
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China
is one of the oldest civilizations of the world
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The
Great wall of China, one of the seven wonders of the world is the only man made
structure visible from outer space
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China
is the most populous and third largest country of the world lies in the east of
Asia
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Shanghai,
the premier port of China on the Yangtze Kiang river handles bulk of foreign
trade
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The
three Gorges Dam in China is the World’s largest hydro power project
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Taiwan
formerly known as Formosa, includes the Island of Taiwan, two offshore Islands –
Quemoy and Matsu.
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Hong
Kong is a special administrative region of China
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The
four main islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku ad Kyushu
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Nagoya
(Japan) is known as the Detroit of Japan
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The
Japanese Imperial family is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world
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Indonesia
is the most populous country of South East Asia and the biggest Islamic nation
of the World
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Indonesia
is the largest archipelago in the world, comprising of the island of Sumatra, Java,
Borneo, Bali, the lesser Sunda Islands group. Sulawesi, Timor and the western
half of the island of New Guinea is many smaller group of islands
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Singapore
is the smallest country of South East Asia
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Armenia
became the first nation to declare Christianity as its state religion in 301 AD
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Philippines
has the most number of Christians in Asia
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Kazakhstan
is the largest landlocked country in the world
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Laos
is the only land locked country of South East Asia
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Vientiane
the capital of Laos is situated on the bank of Mekong river
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Penang
Island (Malaysia) is known as Singapore of the future
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Myanmar
(Burma) is famous for its beautiful Buddhist temples called Pagodas
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Myanmar
is known as the Land of Mountains and Rivers
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Angkorwat
in Cambodia is the largest religions temple in the world
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Asia’s
first Nobel laureate is Rabindranath Tagore. He won the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1913
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Thailand
is the only South East Asian Country, which was never colonized
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Thailand
is known as the rice bowl of south East Asia and Land of White
Elephants
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Bangkok
is situated on the bank of Chao Phraya river.
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Phuket
Island, the tourist resort of Thailand, is also known for tin mines
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Turkey
is known as The Sick man of the Europe
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Lebanon
is known as Switzerland of Middle East
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Beirut
the capital of Lebanon is known as the Paris of Lebanon, lies at the
cross roads of Asia, Europe and Africa.
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Israel
is the centre for diamond cutting and polishing, next to Belgium in the world
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Israel’s
collective farming is called Kibbutizm
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Jerusalem
known as the Holy City, is a place of Pilgrimage for Jews, Muslims and
Christians
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Baikonur,
the largest and oldest operational space center in the world is in Kazakhstan
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Kyrgyzstan
is known as the Switzerland of Central Asia
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Jordan
is known as the Land of Seven Hills
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Jordan
has the shortest coastline in the world, only 20kms
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Tehran,
the capital of Iran is the most populated city of West Asia
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Largest
country of West Asia: Saudi Arabia
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Tibet
Plateau is the largest plateau in the world
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Sri
Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait
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Japan
is called Nippon in Japanese, which means land of the rising sun
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Gobi
desert situated to the southeast of Mongolians plateau and extends into China
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Bangladesh
is known as Land of Rivers and Distributaries
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Pakistan
is known as Country of Canals
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Mangla
Dam, located on the Jhelum river is the largest in Pakistan
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Bhutan
is known as the Land of Thunder Dragon
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Sri
Lanka is linked to India by Adam’s Bridge
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The
smallest country in Asia in both area and population is the Maldives
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Mongolia
is called the “Land of The Blue Sky”
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The
oldest capital city in the world is Damascus.
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