Top 250+ Solved The Water World, Facts and Countries MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Great Barrier Reef is: [CDS 1992]
a. conglomeration of corals in Australian waters
b. Mountains range in Utah, U.S.A.
c. Salt hills of Afghanistan
d. Sub-Oceanic mountain in South China Sea
Q. Which of the following cities is incorrectly matched to the river on which it is situated?
a. Budapest - River Danube
b. Baghad - River Tigris
c. Amsterdam - River Amsel
d. Alexandria - River Niger
Q. On the bank of which river is New York situated?
a. River Colorado
b. River Hudson
c. River Mississippi
d. River Amazon
Q. Which one the following condition is not favourable for the formation of delta? [IAS 2003]
a. Active vertical and lateral erosion in the lower course of the rivers
b. Coast should be preferably tideless
c. Sea adjoining the delta should be shallow
d. There should be no strong current running at right angles to the river mouths
Q. The largest fish exporting region in the world is:
a. The South - East Asian Region
b. The North - West Pacific Region
c. The North - East Pacific Region
d. The North - East Atlantic Region
Q. Which of the following countries is included in the North-West Pacific fishing grounds?
a. Norway
b. Canada
c. Netherlands
d. Japan
Q. The fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean, the world's greatest fishing regions, lie between the :
a. Bering Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
b. the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
c. the East China Sea and the Bering Sea
d. the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea
Q. Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in:
a. Antarctic region
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. Southern Atlantic Ocean
Q. The World's major commercial fishing grounds are located in the:
a. cool waters of the northern hemisphere in comparatively higher latitudes
b. equatorial water
c. temperate waters of tropical seas
d. warm water of seas in southern hemisphere
Q. Which of the following is the largest irrigation canal in the world? [Asstt Grade 1993]
a. Panama Canal
b. Sirhind Canal
c. Suez Canal
d. Indira Gandhi Canal
Q. Of the following the busiest oceanic trade route is:
a. Cape route
b. North Atlantic route
c. Panama canal
d. Suez canal
Q. The Atlantic Ocean routes are busier than the Pacific Ocean routes because Atlantic Ocean:
a. Routes are shorter
b. Routes are not so dangerous
c. is surrounded on both sides by industrialised nations
d. has better shipping facilities
Q. Which is the correct sequence of the given American cities from West to East? [Asstt Comm PF 2002]
a. Salt Lake City - Pittsburgh - San Francisco - Boston
b. San Francisco - Salt Lake City Pittsburgh - Boston
c. Salt Lake City - San Francisco - Boston - Pittsburgh
d. San Pittsburgh - Salt Lake City – Boston