SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Australia is both a ____ and a ____
A
Continent/Country
B
County/Peninsula
C
State/City
D
City/State
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Australia is known as a country and a continent. It lies between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is a part of Oceania but technically Oceania is not a continent. Geographers consider it a continent not an island because of its size.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first one goes like this: The Australian continent consists of three sovereign countries which are Australia (the country) itself, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. It also encompasses portions of the island of New Guinea which are under the jurisdiction of Indonesia, namely Papua and West Papua.

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