Australia Geography Quiz - Questions and Answers

1. What is Australia’s tallest mountain?

a) Mount Kosciuszko

b) Mount Ossa

c) Mount Bogong

d) Mount Zeil

2. In which Australian state is the Cape York Peninsula located?

a) Western Australia

b) Victoria

c) Queensland

d) New South Wales

3. How many time zones does Australia have?

a) one

b) two

c) three

d) four

4. What is the only state of Australia not to have a land border with any other?

A) Queensland

B) Tasmania

C) South Australia

D) Western Australia

5. What is the longest river in Australia?

a) Murray River

b) Mackenzie River

c) St. Lawrence River

d) Nelson River

6. Which of these is the most populous city in Australia?

A) Auckland

B) Canberra

C) Perth

D) Sydney

7. What two climate types cover most of Australia?

A) hot desert and hot semi-arid desert

B) rainforest and monsoon

C) humid subtropical and oceanic

D) warm-summer and hot-summer Mediterranean

8. Which is the largest Australian state by land area?

A) Tasmania

B) New South Wales

C) Victoria

D) Western Australia

9. Which is the only island state of Australia?

A) Bali

B) Sumatra

C) Tasmania

D) New Caledonia

Answers:

1 - A

2 - C

3 - C

4 - B

5 - A

6 - D

7- A

8 - D

9 - C