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Questions : The narrow stretch of water connecting two Seas is called

(a) Strait

(b) Isthamus

(c) Bay

(d) Peninsula

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water.

It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two landmasses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example, because it is too shallow, or because it contains an un-navigable reef or archipelago.

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Question : 1

Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

a) Israel

b) Lebanon

c) Syria

d) Jordan

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

In which sea the river ‘Don’ flows in?

a) Baltic sea

b) Sea of Azov

c) Caspian sea

d) Black sea

Answer: (b)

The Don (Russian river) rises in the town of Novomoskovsk and flows over 1800 Km distance into Sea of Azov.

Question : 3

Which one of the following Oceanic currents is not associated with the Pacific Ocean?

a) Humboldt

b) California

c) Canaries

d) Kuroshio

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

River Volga falls into

a) Mediterranean Sea

b) Black Sea

c) Red Sea

d) Caspian Sea

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

The ocean which touches the Asian and American shores is

a) Pacific

b) Antarctic

c) Atlantic

d) Indian

Answer: (a)

The Pacific Ocean extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.

This largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined.

Question : 6

Which of the following is the correct order of current of the South Atlantic Ocean from Equator and back?

  1. Benguela
  2. Brazil
  3. South Atlantic Drift
  4. South Equatorial
Codes:

a) 3, 2, 4, 1

b) 4, 2, 3, 1

c) 1, 4, 2, 3

d) 3, 2, 1, 4

Answer: (b)

The correct order is South Equatorial ? Brazil ? South Atlantic Drift ?Benguela

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