Question

The Peninsula, directly east of India is ______.
A- Arabian Peninsula
B- Indo-China Peninsula
C- Italian Peninsula
D- Iberia Peninsula

Answer 1

Hint
Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam compose this peninsula. The native flora and fauna of all the above countries are included. The overlapping area of Malesia encompasses the countries of Maritime Southeast Asia and straddles the regions of Indomalaya and Australasia.

Complete answer:
The continental part of Southeast Asia is mainland Southeast Asia (or the Indochinese Peninsula). It is situated east of the Indian subcontinent and south of China, bordered to the west by the Indian Ocean and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. It includes the countries of Malaysia Peninsular, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam.

The Indochinese peninsula is projected correctly from the Asian continent southward. It includes several mountain ranges ranging from the northern Tibetan Plateau, interspersed with lowlands mostly drained by three major river systems running north-south: the Irrawaddy (serving Myanmar), the Chao Phraya (in Thailand), and the Mekong (flowing through Northeastern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). The Malay Peninsula, on which Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia are situated, is built to the south; the latter is regarded as part of Mainland Southeast Asia or as part of Maritime Southeast Asia separately.

Therefore the correct answer is B

Note
In the early nineteenth century, the term Indochina was coined. It stresses the cultural impact of Indian civilization and Chinese civilization on the region. The term was later adopted as the name of the French Indochina (currently Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos) colony.