Islands & Peninsulas - 20 Solved MCQs
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Islands & Peninsulas — 20 Solved MCQs
A clean, exam-ready walkthrough of the landforms question every PPSC, FPSC and NTS paper loves to ask — with the correct option marked and a one-line reason behind every answer.
Water shapes more competitive-exam questions than almost any other geography topic — and islands and peninsulas is a recurring favourite. Below are all 20 questions from the PPSC Branch Officer (BPS-17) 2016 paper, rewritten and re-checked so every answer is accurate — including one option that was corrected after fact-checking against current data. Tap any question to reveal the right answer and a quick explanation.
Islands & Peninsulas — Solved MCQs
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1The Iberian Peninsula is part of which continent?▼
Home to Spain and Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula sits in Europe's extreme southwest, cut off from the rest of the continent by the Pyrenees mountain range.
2Diego Garcia island lies in which body of water?▼
A coral atoll of the Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia sits in the middle of the Indian Ocean, roughly halfway between Africa and Indonesia.
3What best defines a "peninsula"?▼
A peninsula is almost entirely encircled by water yet still attached to a bigger landmass on one side — think of the Arabian or Iberian Peninsulas.
4Which is the largest peninsula in the world?▼
At around 3.2 million square kilometres, the Arabian Peninsula is the world's biggest, framed by the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
5Which is the world's largest island?▼
Greenland stretches over 2.1 million square kilometres and is largely buried under a giant ice sheet — the biggest island anywhere on the planet.
6Where is New Guinea Island located?▼
New Guinea sits in the southwestern Pacific, just north of Australia, and is split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
7Which is the second largest island in the world?▼
Right after Greenland comes New Guinea, covering close to 785,000 square kilometres.
8Which is the third largest island in the world?▼
Borneo, at roughly 748,000 square kilometres, ranks third worldwide, right behind Greenland and New Guinea. Baffin Island is actually the fifth largest.
✱ Correction: the original answer key wrongly marked "Baffin" for this question.
9The Falkland Islands are disputed between which two countries?▼
Also known as the Islas Malvinas, this is a long-running sovereignty dispute between the United Kingdom and Argentina.
10Java Island is located in which ocean?▼
Indonesia's most populous island, Java lies along the Indian Ocean, just south of Sumatra and Borneo.
11Sumatra Island belongs to which country?▼
Sumatra is one of Indonesia's core islands, separated from Java by the Sunda Strait.
12Honshu Island is part of which country?▼
Honshu is Japan's biggest and most populated island, home to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto.
13Which is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?▼
Off Africa's southeastern coast, Madagascar is both the largest island in the Indian Ocean and the fourth largest in the world.
14Which is the second largest island associated with the Atlantic Ocean?▼
Greenland usually tops the Atlantic-linked list, with Baffin Island — which drains into the Atlantic through Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea — coming in second.
15Great Britain lies in which ocean?▼
Great Britain sits in the North Atlantic, just off mainland Europe's northwestern edge.
16Cuba is an island in which body of water?▼
Cuba is the Caribbean Sea's largest island, positioned just south of the United States and east of Mexico.
17Roughly how many islands make up the West Indies?▼
Stretching from Florida down to Venezuela, the West Indies is usually described as roughly 1,200 islands, islets and cays.
18How many islands does Indonesia have?▼
Indonesia is traditionally counted as roughly 13,000 islands, though newer satellite surveys push the figure closer to 17,000.
19Which is the largest archipelago in the world?▼
Made up of thousands of islands scattered across Southeast Asia, Indonesia holds the title of the world's largest archipelago.
20Manora Island is controlled by which country?▼
Manora sits at the mouth of Karachi Harbour and is one of the city's best-known coastal landmarks.
🌍 Quick Recap — Landform Rankings to Memorize
Largest IslandGreenland
Largest PeninsulaArabian Peninsula
Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia
Largest Island — Indian OceanMadagascar
Largest Island — CaribbeanCuba
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