The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as
A. El Nino
B. Humboldt current
C. Agulhas current
D. Canary current
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The important fishing areas called Grand Bank and Georges Bank located in the waters of which one of the following?
A. North Pacific
B. South Pacific
C. South-west Atlantic
D. North-west Atlantic
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Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
A. Colombia
B. Costa Rica
C. Guatemala
D. Nicaragua
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An artificial navigation channel is called
A. Canal
B. Greenhouse effect
C. Flord
D. Caprock
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Which is the biggest Gulf of the World?
A. Gulf of Mexico
B. Gulf of Persia
C. Bay of Bengal
D. Hudson bay
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The highest lake above the sea level in the world is ________
A. Lake Avernus
B. Lake Tanzania
C. Lake Toba
D. Lake Titicaca
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The longest inland waterways in the world is ________
A. Mississippi river system
B. The Great Lakes
C. St. Lawrence
D. River Rhine
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The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is ________
A. R. Rhine in Germany
B. R. Ganga in India
C. The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence in U.SA
D. R. Lena and Lake Baikal in Russia
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The largest island in the Indian Ocean is ________
A. Madagascar
B. Maldives
C. Sri Lanka
D. Sumatra
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The World's largest shipping canal is ________
A. Suez in Egypt
B. Panama in America
C. Kiel in Germany
D. Gota in Sweden
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Which of the following is called 'Herring Pond'?
A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Black Sea
C. Dead Sea
D. Pacific Ocean
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The largest lake in Africa is ________
A. Lake Victoria
B. Lake Malawi
C. Lake Tanganyika
D. Lake Chad
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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?
A. Great Bitter Lake
B. Little Bitter Lake
C. Lake Gatun
D. Lake Timsah
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A broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel during floods is called
A. Delta
B. Levee
C. Flood Plain
D. Dune
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Which of the following are true of the Pacific Ocean?
I. It is the largest of all water bodies
II. It is roughly triangular in shape
III. The average depth is about 7300 m
IV. Nearly 20,000 islands dot this vast ocean
A. I, II and III
B. I and III
C. II and III
D. I, II, III and IV
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The world's largest lake is ________
A. Lake Victoria
B. Lake Superior
C. Caspian Sea
D. Black Sea
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Which is the largest sea in the world?
A. Caspian Sea
B. South China Sea
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. North Sea
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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
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In which one of the following is Malta located?
A. Baltic Sea
B. Mediterranean Sea
C. Black Sea
D. North Sea
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The equator cuts through which of the following islands ________
A. Madagascar
B. Tasmania
C. Java
D. Borneo
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