The Canals

Total Questions: 13

1. Suez Canal Connects - [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999 U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992 38th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (c) Red sea with Mediterranean Sea
Solution:The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway located in Isthmus of Suez of Egypt. It was 193.30 km long. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was made operational in 1869.

Tewfik port (Suez port) is located to the south of Suez Canal and Port Said is located to its north. It is the largest artificial and navigational canal in the world. Suez Canal reduced the maritime distance between Europe and India by 7,000 km.

2. The port pair located at both ends of the Suez Canal is: [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (d) Port Said & Suez
Solution:The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway located in Isthmus of Suez of Egypt. It was 193.30 km long. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was made operational in 1869.

Tewfik port (Suez port) is located to the south of Suez Canal and Port Said is located to its north. It is the largest artificial and navigational canal in the world. Suez Canal reduced the maritime distance between Europe and India by 7,000 km.

3. Assertion (A): The distance between India and the western countries was shortened by the construction of the Suez Canal. [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

Reason (R) : The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

Select correct answer by using codes given below.

Correct Answer: (a) (A) and (R) both are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Solution:The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway located in Isthmus of Suez of Egypt. It was 193.30 km long. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was made operational in 1869.

Tewfik port (Suez port) is located to the south of Suez Canal and Port Said is located to its north. It is the largest artificial and navigational canal in the world. Suez Canal reduced the maritime distance between Europe and India by 7,000 km.

4. Which of the following is the largest navigation canal in the world? [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

Correct Answer: (d) Suez Canal
Solution:The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway located in Isthmus of Suez of Egypt. It was 193.30 km long. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was made operational in 1869.

Tewfik port (Suez port) is located to the south of Suez Canal and Port Said is located to its north. It is the largest artificial and navigational canal in the world. Suez Canal reduced the maritime distance between Europe and India by 7,000 km.

5. How much the maritime distance between India and Europe was reduced after the construction of the Suez Canal? [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (b) 7,000 km.
Solution:The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway located in Isthmus of Suez of Egypt. It was 193.30 km long. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It was made operational in 1869.

Tewfik port (Suez port) is located to the south of Suez Canal and Port Said is located to its north. It is the largest artificial and navigational canal in the world. Suez Canal reduced the maritime distance between Europe and India by 7,000 km.

6. One will NOT have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Bombay to- [I.A.S. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (b) Suez
Solution:One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to Suez because the Suez port is located at the southern end of the Suez Canal. Thus, correct option will be option (b).

7. Panama Canal Connects [43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (b) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
Solution:The Panama Canal is a major ship canal of Central America. It was constructed by cutting across the Isthmus of Panama. It connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This canal has significantly reduced the distance between San Francisco (on the western coast) and Newyork (on the eastern coast).

8. Soo Canal connects - [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]

Correct Answer: (d) Superior & Huron
Solution:The Soo Canal is located in the St. Marys River, which connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron. It bypasses the rapids of the St. Marys River, allowing ships to navigate between the two lakes.

The Soo Canal is crucial for the movement of goods and resources, particularly iron ore, coal, and grain, between the upper Great Lakes and the lower Great Lakes.

9. Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (d) Nicaragua
Solution:On October 4, 2006, President Enrique Bolanos officially announced that Nicaragua intended to proceed with a project to construct waterway linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It is proclaimed that the project would cost an estimated US$18 billion and would take approximately 12 years to complete.

10. Kiel Canal connects: [R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (a) North Sea-Baltic Sea
Solution:The Kiel Canal connects the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. Located in Germany, Kiel Canal is one of the busiest artificial waterway of the world.