ANSWER: A.Asia
SOLUTION :Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometers, about 30% of Earth’s total land area and 8% of Earth’s total surface area.

ANSWER: D.Australia
SOLUTION:Australia is the smallest continent on Earth, with a land area of about 3 million square miles (7.7 million square kilometers). This is closer in size to Greenland than South America.

ANSWER : C.Australia and Europe
SOLUTION:The smallest continent by surface area after Australia is Europe. Although Europe contains only 7% of world’s land, it has a population more than twice that of South America, according to National Geographic.

ANSWER: A.Africa
SOLUTION:Africa has the highest number of countries among continents. Africa comprises 54 countries.

ANSWER: B.Asia
SOLUTION:Asia is the largest continent in the world with a land area of approximately 44 million square kilometres. The continent covers 33% of the land surface of the world. It is also worth noting that Asia almost wholly lies in the Northern Hemisphere.

ANSWER: A.Antarctica
SOLUTION: Antarctica is the highest continent on Earth: average elevation is 8,200ft (2500m). The elevation at the South Pole is 9,300ft (2835m). The highest point on the icecap is in Australian Antarctic Territory at 13,451ft (4100m), at 82° 20’S, 56° 30’E.

ANSWER: B.Africa
SOLUTION: Africa, the second-largest continent, covers an area more than three times that of the United States. From north to south, Africa stretches about 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles). It is connected to Asia by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt.

ANSWER: A.Eratosthenes
SOLUTION: Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek scholar is called the ‘father of geography. He was the first one to use the word geography and he also had a small-scale notion of the planet that helped him to determine the circumference of the earth.

ANSWER: A.South America
SOLUTION: South America is the fourth-largest continent and extends from the sunny beaches of the Caribbean Sea to the frigid waters near the Antarctic Circle. South America’s southernmost islands, called Tierra del Fuego, are less than 1,120 kilometers (700 miles) from Antarctica.

ANSWER: B.Antarctica
SOLUTION:About 70% of the world’s freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 metres (200 ft). Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).