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1. The highest lake above the sea level in the world is ________
Lake Avernus
Lake Tanzania
Lake Toba
Lake Titicaca
2. The longest inland waterways in the world is ________
Mississippi river system
The Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
River Rhine
3. The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is ________
R. Rhine in Germany
R. Ganga in India
The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence in U.SA
R. Lena and Lake Baikal in Russia
4. The largest island in the Indian Ocean is ________
Madagascar
Maldives
Sri Lanka
Sumatra
5. The World s largest shipping canal is ________
Suez in Egypt
Panama in America
Kiel in Germany
Gota in Sweden
6. Which of the following is called �Herring Pond ?
Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea
Dead Sea
Pacific Ocean
7. The largest lake in Africa is ________
Lake Victoria
. Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Chad
8. If you travel along the Suez Canal from Port Said to Suez you will come across several lakes. Which of the following lakes is not on this Canal?
Great Bitter Lake
Little Bitter Lake
Lake Gatun
Lake Timsah
9. A broad low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel during floods is called
Delta
Levee
Flood Plain
Dune
10. Which is the largest sea in the world?
Caspian Sea
South China Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
11. The fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean the world s greatest fishing regions lie between the ________
Bering Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
The North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
The East China Sea and the Bering Sea
The Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea
12. In which one of the following is Malta located?
Baltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
North Sea
13. The equator cuts through which of the following islands ________
Madagascar
Tasmania
Java
Borneo
14. Which of the following sea is landlocked?
Red Sea
Timor Sea
Northern Sea
Aral Sea
15. Erosion of soil by a river mainly depends upon ________
Its depth
Its length
Its speed at which it flows
Its width
16. The Canals in Western Europe are mainly used for ________
Irrigation
Inland navigation
Ship building
Trade
17. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is Dendritic
Dendritic
Trellis
Rectangular
Radial
18. Mongla port is located in
Srilanka
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
19. Which one among the following rivers is the longest?
Amazon
Amur
Congo
Volga
20. Along the coasts salinity is
Lowered
Increased
Stable
Unaffected
21. Which of the following lake is known as Honeymoon Lake?
Nyasa
Chad
Titicaca
Toba
22. Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has its source of origin in that country itself?
Ravi
Jhelum
Chenab
None of these
23. What percentage of World s fresh water is stored in the form of glacier ice
0.5
0.1
1.7
0.3
24. Sea water is saltier than rain water because ________
Sea animals are salt producing
The air around the sea is saltish
River wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
Sea beds have salt producing mines
25. The Ocean currents transfer heat from ________
One sea or ocean to another
One coast to another
The surface of the sea to greater depths
Lower to higher latitudes
26. The main area of production of icebergs is found in .
The West Coast of Greenland
The East Coast of Japan
The North Coast of Siberia
The West Coast of Africa
27. The highest waterfall of the world is ________
Niagara Falls
Boyoma Falls
Salto Angel Falls
Khone Falls
28. A stretch of sea water partly or fully separated by a narrow strip from the main sea is called
Bay
Isthmus
Lagoon
Strait
29. The World s longest river is ________
Nile
Ganges
Amazon
Mississippi � Missouri
30. The longest river of Europe is
Rhine
Rhone
Danube
Volga
31. Which one of the following pairs of ocean currents meet each other near Newfound land?
Canaries and Labrador
Gulf stream and Labrador
Gulfstream and Canaries
Kuroshio and Kurile
32. Niagara Falls are in ________
Australia
U.K.
South Africa
U.S.
33. The biggest island at the tip of South America is the
Falkland Island
Long Island
Tierra Del Fuego Island
Azores Island
34. Which is the largest reservoir of sweet water?
Underground Water
Pond
Lakes
Glacier
35. Which of the following group of people changes their house types according to seasons? Eskimos
Pygmies
Bantus
Kirghiz
Eskimos
36. What is the narrow strip which connects two water bodies or Sea or Ocean?
Gulf
Strait
Peninsula
Isthmus
37. The stagnated water in the surface of lake is known as
Epilimnion
Metalmnion
Thermocline
Hypolimnion
38. Which of the following is the largest river in the world?
Nile
Congo
Ganges
Amazon
39. Which of the following features are formed by the river in its upper course? 1. Gorge 2. Canyon 3. Meander
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
1 2 and 3
40. The Caspian Sea the largest inland sea or lake in the world is located ________
Wholly in the Continent of Europe
Wholly in the Continent of Asia
Partly in Europe and partly in Asia
Partly in Africa and partly in Asia
41. Given below are names of four oceans smallest to the biggest in terms of area is: 1. Atlantic 2. Arctic 3. Indian 4. Pacific 1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
4 1 3 2
3 4 1 2
2 3 1 4
42. Which of the following river crosses Tropic of Capricorn twice?
Vaal River
Limpopo River
Niger River
Zambezi River
43. Which if the following river crosses the Equator twice.
Congo
Amazon
Niger
Nile
44. Which river crosses the Equator twice?
Amazon
Congo
Nile
Orinoco
45. Coral reefs are formed by ________
Volcanic rocks
Marine sediments
Chlorine material precipitated from sea water
Tiny colonial marine animals which construct limestone skeleton material
46. Which of the following separates Asia and North America?
Bass Strait
Dover Strait
Bering Strait
Cook Strait
47. The direction of ocean currents is reversed with season ________ 147.
In the Pacific Ocean
In the Atlantic Ocean
In the Indian Ocean
In the Mediterranean Sea
48. Tokyo the capital of Japan is situated in the island of
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
49. Which is the largest island of the Philippines?
Mindanao
Palawan
Luzon
Negnos
50. _______ islands are the cross roads of the Pacific.
Fiji
Falkland
Windward
Hawaiian
51. Which one of the following countries does not border the Caspian sea?
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
52. Consider the following statements: 1. Falkland Islands are situated in Pacific Ocean 2. Red Sea separates Sudan from Egypt. 3. England Norway Denmark surround North Sea. Which of these statements is/are correct?
2 only
1 and 3
2 and 3
3 only
53. The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries ?
Australia
Cuba
Ghana
Philippines
54. The full name of OTEC
Offshore Thermal Energy Conservation
Ocean Terminal Energy Conservation
Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
55. The melting down of glacier is normal event regarding the rising sea level. Most of the glaciers are found in
Green Land
South Pole
Himalaya
North Pole
56. The largest ocean is
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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