Top Question of World Geography
//Islands And Lakes
//Rivers And Water Falls
//Strait,Canals And Passes for
SSC Exam
Islands And Lakes
1. Which one of the following is not a permanent lake ?
1. Ox-bow lake
2. Playa lake
3. Caldera lake
4. Cirque lake
2. The island of Seychelles are located in the
1. Arctic Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Pacific Ocean
3. Diego Garcia is in
1. Arabian Sea
2. Bay of Bengal
3. Indian Ocean
4. Pacific Ocean
4. Which one of the following countries does not border the Caspian Sea ?
1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Kazakhstan
4. Turkmenistan
5. The highest lake above the sea level in the world is
1. Lake Avernus
2. Lake Tanzania
3. Lake Toba
4. Lake Titicaca
6. The world's largest lake is
1. Lake Victoria
2. Lake Superior
3. Caspian Sea
4. Black Sea
7. An oxe-bow lake is a
1. Lake formed behind an offshore bar
2. Lake occupying a volcanic crater
3. Lake formed due to cut off meander
4. Lake occupying a hollow scooped by a glacier
8. The largest lake in Africa is
1. Lake Victoria
2. Lake Malawi
3. Lake Tanganyika
4. Lake Chad
9. Which is the largest fresh water lake in the world ?
1. Lake Tanganyika
2. Lake Superior
3. Lake Baikal
4. Lake Michigan
10. Which of the following is a deepest lake ?
1. Lake Victoria
2. Caspian Sea
3. Lake Superior
4. Lake Baikal
11. Which of the following is the largest irrigation canal of the world ?
1. Panama Canal
2. Sirhind Canal
3. Suez Canal
4. Indira Gandhi Canal
12. Amongst the following which is the largest islands ?
1. England
2. Japan
3. Borneo
4. New Guinea
13. The largest island in the Indian Ocean is
1. Medagaskar
2. Tasmania
3. Sri Lanka
4. Sumatra
14. The equator cuts through which of the following island
1. Medagaskar
2. Tasmania
3. Java
4. Borneo
15. Which of the following is not an island ?
1. Cuba
2. Green land
3. Ireland
4. Sweden
16. The Australian State which is an island is
1. Queensland
2. Java
3. Tasmania
4. New Guinea
17. Which of the following is the largest island
1. Cuba
2. Great Britain
3. Kalatdeitnunat
4. Sri Lanka
18. Where are the Balearic Island located ?
1. Mediterranean Sea
2. Black Sea
3. Baltic Sea
4. North Sea
19. Lesotho is
1. An island in Mediterranean Sea
2. An important Seaport in Tanzania
3. A country completely surrounded by South Africa
4. A mountain peak in Zambia
20. Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe ?
1. Japan
2. West Indies
3. Indonesia
4. Philippines
1. The longest river in Asia is
1. River Indus
2. River Yangtze
3. River Hwang Ho
4. River Gangs
2. The world's longest river is
1. Nile
2. Ganges
3. Amazon
4. Mississippi-Missouri
3. Which of the following is the largest river in the world ?
1. Nile
2. Congo
3. Ganges
4. Amazon
4. Which river crosses the Equator twice ?
1. Amazon
2. Congo
3. Nile
4. Orinoco
5. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched
1. Algeria - Niger
2. Brazil - Amazon
3. Iraq - Tigris
4. Myanmar - Irrawaddy
6. Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has its source of origin in that country itself ?
1. Ravi
2. Jhelum
3. Chenab
4. None of these
7. Which river has the largest drainage basin ?
1. Nile
2. Mississippi
3. Congo
4. Amazon
8. Which set of two rivers from the world's largest delta before their waters flow into the respective sea ?
1. Rhine - Seine
2. Nile - Euphrates
3. Ganges - Brahmaputra
4. Danube - Thames
9. Which of the following cities is incorrectly matched to the river on which it is situated ?
1. Budapest - River Danube
2. Baghdad - River Tigris
3. Amsterdam - River Amsel
4. Alexandria - River Niger
10. On the bank of which river is New York situated :
1. River Colorado
2. River Hudson
3. River Mississippi
4. River Amazon
11. Of the following which capital city is not situated on the banks of the river Danube ?
1. Vienna
2. Rome
3. Budapest
4. Belgrade
12. The great Asian river Mekong does not run through
1. China
2. Malaysia
3. Cambodia
4. Laos
13. Victoria Falls in Africa are located on
1. River Niger
2. River Congo
3. River Zambezi
4. River Nile
14. The highest waterfall of the world is
1. Niagara Falls
2. Boyoma Falls
3. Salto Angles Falls
4. Khone Falls
15. The world's highest waterfall is in
1. Brazil
2. USA
3. Venezuela
4. Zambia
16. Niagara Falls are in
1. Australia
2. UK
3. South Africa
4. USA
17. The great Asian river Mekong does not run through
1. Amazon
2. Nile
3. Mississippi
4. Danube
18. Asia has large areas of inland drainage. Why is it so ?
1. Rainfall is seasonal and scanty
2. There is a number of inter-mountain plateaus
3. River channels are obstructed by lava flows
4. It is a very large continent
19. Match the following
River ocean
A. Murray river 1. Arabian sea
B. Congo river 2. Indian ocean
C. Nile river 3. Mediterranean sea
D. India 4. Atlantic ocean
Code : A. B. C. D.
1. 4 2 1 3
2. 2 4 3 1
3. 2 4 1 3
4. 2 3 4 1
20. Match the following
River Towns
A. Amazon 1. Naimey
B. Nile 2. Kinshasa
C. Niger 3. Manaus
D. Congo 4. Rio de Janeiro
5. Khartoum
A. B. C. D.
1. 3 5 1 2
2. 3 1 5 2
3. 4 2 3 5
4. 4 5 1 3
1. Which strait separates Australia and Tasmania ?
1. Bering Strait
2. Bass Strait
3. Palm Strait
4. Dover Strait
2. The canal which links Atlantic ocean with pacific ocean is :
1. Suez
2. Malacca
3. Panama
4. Gibraltar
3. Which one of the following is not a line of demarcation between two countries ?
1. Radcliffe line
2. Mac Mohan line
3. International Date line
4. Durand line
4. Asia and North America are separated by :
1. Bering Strait
2. Strait of Dover
3. Bass Strait
4. Cook Strait
5. The Panama Canal links
1. Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea
2. Atlantic Ocean with Indian Ocean
3. Indian Ocean with Mediterranean
4. Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean
6. The Strait which separates Africa and Europe is :
1. Hook Strait
2. Strait of Gibraltar
3. Palm Strait
4. Bering Strait
7. Suez Canal joins
1. Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
2. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
3. Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
4. Red Sea and Arabian Sea
8. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with the
1. Caspian Sea
2. Persian Gulf
3. Red Sea
4. Black Sea
9. Which of the following pairs of straits and the countries they separate is wrongly matched ?
1. Gibraltar strait - Spain and Morocco
2. Bering strait- Sumatra and Malaysia
3. Magellan strait - Chile and Tiers del Fuego
4. Bass strait - Australia and Tasmania
10. The boundary line between India and China is called
1. Mac Mohan line
2. Red line
3. Radcliffe line
4. Durand line
11. Adam's bridge connects
1. Amman and Damascus
2. Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar
3. Israel and Jerusalem
4. Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
12. The 38th parallel separates
1. North Korea and South Korea
2. East Germany and west Germany
3. China and Tibet
4. Asia and Europe
13. Durand line is the border common to which two countries
1. India and China
2. China and Afghanistan
3. India and Tibet
4. Pakistan and Afghanistan
14. 17th parallel separates
1. North and South America
2. North and South Korea
3. North and South Vietnam
4. North and South Yemen
15. Which strait connects Red Sea and Indian Ocean ?
1. Bab-el-Mandeb
2. Hormuz
3. Bosporus
4. Malacca
16. What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenger Deep ?
1. They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean
2. They are the deepest points of the Atlantic , Indian and Pacific Ocean respectively
3. They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean
4. They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean
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