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Question 11.

The canal joining Baltic Sea to North Sea is:

  1.    Kiel canal
  2.    Suez canal
  3.    Panama canal
  4.    Bass strait
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kiel canal
Question 12.

Dead sea is situated in which one of the following:

  1.    A Rift valley
  2.    An Intermontane Plateau
  3.    Intermontane Plains
  4.    Canyons
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A Rift valley
Question 13.

The largest ocean is:

  1.    Atlantic ocean
  2.    Indian ocean
  3.    Arctic ocean
  4.    Pacific ocean
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Pacific ocean
Question 14.

The busiest and the most important sea route of the world is:

  1.    North Pacific sea route
  2.    North Atlantic sea route
  3.    South Atlantic sea route
  4.    Indian ocean route
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> North Atlantic sea route
Question 15.

Which from the following is a land-locked sea?

  1.    Red sea
  2.    Timor sea
  3.    North sea
  4.    Aral sea
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Aral sea
Question 16. Which of the following statement is not correct?
  1.    Yemen is in Asia
  2.    Nicaragua is in central America
  3.    Falkland Archipelago is located in Indian ocean
  4.    Namibia is located in Africa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Falkland Archipelago is located in Indian ocean
Answer: (c)
Question 17. Sea breeze is formed during
  1.    Seasonal
  2.    Both
  3.    Day time
  4.    Night time
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Day time
Answer: (c)
Sea breezes and all other winds blow from more atmospheric pressure to less atmospheric pressure.
The water heats up and cools down slower than land. During the day, the land is heated up and is less dense than the water while at night, the water is less dense than the land. The denser it is, the more atmospheric pressure there is.
Therefore, sea breezes occur during the day but not at night.
Question 18. The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as
  1.    Canary current
  2.    Agulhas current
  3.    EI Nino
  4.    Humboldt current
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> EI Nino
Answer: (c) El Nino is a cold water current which runs along the coast of Peru and Chile. It is also a climate pattern which occurs every five years.
Question 19. The largest island (after Greenland) of the world is
  1.    New Guinea
  2.    Sumatra
  3.    Borneo
  4.    Malagasy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> New Guinea
Answer: (a)
Question 20. Which of the following is the largest island of Japan?
  1.    Honshu
  2.    Hodouri
  3.    Hokkaido
  4.    Shikoku
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Honshu
Answer: (a)

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