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Hydrosphere MCQ Questions and answers with easy explanations. Geography section provides you all type of mcq questions on Hydrosphere with explanations. Hydrosphere MCQ is important for exams like IBPS, SCC, UPSC, NEET etc. Page-9 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Hydrosphere .
81
The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Peru Current, also called Humboldt Current, cold-water current of the southeast Pacific Ocean, with a width of about 900 km (550 mi). The cold flow is intensified by upwelling of deep water caused by the combined effects of the drag of surface winds of the Southeast Trades and the Earth’s rotation.
82
The important fishing areas called Grand Bank and Georges Bank located in the waters of which one of the following?
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Answer: Option D
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There are five major fishing grounds of world. It includes Grand Bank and the Georges Bank area of the Northwest Atlantic.
83
Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Nicaragua, the poorest country in mainland South America, announced that it will break ground on a new canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
84
An artificial navigation channel is called
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Answer: Option A
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Canals are artificial waterways constructed for irrigation, drainage, river overflows, water supplies, communications, and navigation, or in connection with power generation from hydroelectric dams. Indira Gandhi Canal is the largest canal in India.
85
Which is the biggest Gulf of the World?
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Answer: Option A
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The Gulf of Mexico, bordered by the United States, Mexico, and the island nation of Cuba, is the worlds largest gulf. It has a coastline of about 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles). The Gulf of Mexico is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, between Cuba and the U.S. state of Florida.
86
The highest lake above the sea level in the world is ________
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Answer: Option D
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The highest commercially navigable lake is Lake Titicaca, which lies in the Altiplano at a height of 3,810 m (12,500 ft) above sea level on the Andean border between Peru and Bolivia.
87
The longest inland waterways in the world is ________
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Answer: Option A
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Mississippi River, the longest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles (3.1 million square km), or about one-eighth of the entire continent.
88
The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is ________
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Answer: Option C
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The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence in U.S.A. The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system, the other half of the midcontinental inland waterway, is connected to the Mississippi–Ohio via Chicago by canals and the Illinois River.
89
The largest island in the Indian Ocean is ________
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Answer: Option A
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Madagascar is the largest island with an area of about 226,658 square miles. Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean 250 miles off the eastern coast of Africa across the Mozambique Channel, just south of the equator.
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The World's largest shipping canal is ________
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Answer: Option A
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Longest Canal in World is Suez Canal. The Suez Canal, located in Egypt, is a 101 mile (163 km) long canal.