SSC MTS EXAM

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: -It’s way too large to be part of Asia, so it’s counted as its own continent. A country is an area under the legal authority of a single government, occupied by the citizens of that country. Since the entire Australian continent is under the control of a single government, Australia is a country as well as a continent.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hawaii is politically part of North America, but geographically it is not part of any continent.