Geography Test - 8

The correct answer is The North Atlantic Ocean.

Key Points 

• The Northern Atlantic Sea Route covers one-fourth of the world's foreign trade.
• It is the busiest sea route in the world and popularly known as the Big Trunk Route and is located in the North Atlantic Ocean connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the Suez Canal had been constructed in 1869.

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• The Mediterranean – Indian ocean
  • The Indian Ocean is artificially connected to the Mediterranean Sea without ship lock through the Suez Canal, which is accessible via the Red Sea.
• The South Atlantic Ocean  
  • ​The South Atlantic is considered the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies below the Equatorial Counter Current.
  • It makes up the waters and seas south of the equator, from the coast of Brazil and the Gulf of Guinea to the Antarctic continent.
  • As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south.
• The North Pacific Ocean 
  • The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
  • The great extent of the Pacific Ocean from north to south determines the diversity of its climates, which vary from equatorial to subarctic in the north and to Antarctic in the south.
  • The North Pacific Ocean is distinguished by several unique characteristics, most notably for being host to the lowest surface salinities in a major ocean basin, and the oldest deep waters in the world's oceans.
• The map of The North Atlantic Ocean -

The correct answer is the USA.

Key Points

• The USA is a top export destination for India with 18.4% of total export.
• UAE is on second on the list with 6.6% of total export.
• China is third on the list with 5.9% of total export.

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• With $112.3 billion in trade, the United States was India's most important trading partner in 2021.
• The United States is followed by China. Trade between India and China totalled $110.4 billion.

The correct answer is the USA.

Key Points

• There are 2,225,032 kilometres of pipeline in the United States which is the largest in the world.
• The USA has the greatest number of oil pipelines in the world.
• There are 185 operational oil pipelines in the USA.
• The USA has also the greatest number of gas pipelines in the world.
• Russia comes in second with a pipeline length of 259,913 kilometres.
• Canada comes in third with a pipeline length of 100,000 kilometres.

The correct answer is Silchar and Porbandar.

• The East-West corridor of the Golden Quadrilateral connects Silchar and Porbandar cities in India.
• The North-South–East-West Corridor is the largest highway project(ongoing) in India.
  • The project is managed by the National highways authority of India(NHAI).
  • The project consists of building 7300 kilometers of four/six-lane expressways connecting Indian cities like Srinagar, Kanyakumari, Kochi, Porbandar, and Silchar.
• The North-South corridor of the golden quadrilateral is 4,000 kilometers in length and connecting Srinagar to Kanyakumari/Kochi.
  • National Highways 44 is associated with the North-South corridor
• The East-West corridor of the golden quadrilateral is 3,300 kilometers in length and connecting Silchar and Porbandar.
  • National Highways 27 is associated with the East-West corridor.
• Silchar is a city in Assam.
• Porbandar is a city in Gujarat.

The correct answer is Vancouver to St. John’s City

Key Points

• The Trans-Canadian Highway connect Vancouver in British Columbia(west coast) to St. John’s City in Newfoundland (east coast) of Canada.
• The Trans-Canadian Highway cover distance of 7,821 km.
• It passes through all 10 provinces of Canada.

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The Alaskan Highway connect Edmonton (Canada) to Anchorage (Alaska).​

• The Alaskan Highway cover distance of 2232 km.
•  During World War II, the highway was built to connect the US mainland and Alaska via Canada.
• The highway was completed in 1942.

The Trans-Continental Stuart Highway connects Darwin and Melbourne (Australia).

• The Trans-Continental Stuart Highway cover a distance of 14,500 km.
• The Trans-Continental Stuart Highway is the longest national highway in the world.

The correct answer is The Panama Canal

Key Points

 The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean sea) in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west.

• The United States built it between Panama City and Colon across the Panama Isthmus.
• The length of the Canal is about 72 km.
• It cuts the distance between New York and San Francisco by 13000 km by sea.
• This canal is important for the economies of Latin America.

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• The Suez Canal connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
  • ​It had been constructed in 1869.
  • The Suez Canal separates Asia from the African continent.
• Soo Canal connects Lake Superior to Lake Huron.
• Kiel Canal connects the Baltic Sea with the North Sea.

The correct answer is The Rhine Waterways

Key Points

The Rhine Waterways is extended from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Basel (Switzerland).

• The Rhine Waterway is the busiest waterway on the planet.
• It can be navigated for 700 kilometres.
• It connects the North Atlantic Sea Route with the industrial centres of Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.​

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• The Mississippi Waterways connects the interior part of the U.S.A. with the Gulf of Mexico.
  • ​The Mississippi Waterway is the world's longest inland waterway.
• ​The Volga Waterway connect the Volga River with the Baltic Sea.
  • ​It has an 11,200-kilometer navigable river.
• ​The Danube Waterway extended from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, it runs through much of Central and Southeastern Europe.
  • It is navigable for 2,415 kilometres.
• National Waterway 1 or the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system is the longest waterway in India.
  • It extends from Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) to Haldia (West Bengal).

The correct answer is Trans-African Railway.

Key Points

• Trans-African Railway is not a Trans-Continental railway.
• A Trans-Continental railway is a train line that runs across a continent and connects terminals on opposing sides of the ocean or continent.
  • They were built to permit extended journeys in multiple directions for commercial and political reasons.
• Trans–Siberian Railway runs from St. Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast in the east passing through Moscow, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk.
  • ​Its total length is 9332 km.
• ​Trans–Canadian Railway runs from Halifax in the east to Vancouver on the Pacific Coast passing through Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Calgary.
  • ​​Its total length is 7050 km.
• ​The Australian Trans-Continental Railway runs from Perth on the west coast to Sydney on the east coast. passing through Kalgoorlie, Broken Hill and Port Augusta.
  • Its total length is 1693 km.

The correct answer is Climate.

Key Points

• Climate is not a reason for limited air services between 10-35 latitudes in the Southern hemisphere.
•  Due to a sparser population, limited landmass, and economic development, aviation services in the Southern Hemisphere are limited between 10 and 35 degrees latitude.
• Sparser population - The population density of the Southern Hemisphere is very less. The Southern Hemisphere's population is 800 million people, accounting for approximately 10-12 per cent of the world's population of 7.3 billion.
• Limited landmass - The Southern Hemisphere consists of 32% of the total landmass of the earth.
• Economic development - The poorer countries are primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere.

The correct answer is Russia.

Key Points

• Aryabhatt India's first satellite was launched on 19 April 1975 with the help of Russia.
• It was launched from Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan Oblast, a Russian rocket launch and development site.
• The launch vehicle used to launch Aryabhatt is Kosmos-3M.​

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