Miscellaneous (World Geography) Part-2

Total Questions: 50

31. Which one of the following is the deepest oceanic trench? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Mariana
Solution:Mariana Trench is located in the western Pacific Ocean, the Marina Trench is considered to be the deepest part of the Earth's surface. In fact, it is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench that is known as the deepest point.

Appears as a crescent-shaped scar, the trench measures around 2,550 km long, 69 km wide on average and has a maximum depth of 10.91 km at the Challenger Deep. At the same time, some other efforts measured the deepest portion at 11.034 km.

The deep holes in the Mariana trench were formed due to the collision of converging plates of the oceanic lithosphere.

32. In which one of the following oceans Diamantina Trench is situated? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2006]

Correct Answer: (c) Indian Ocean
Solution:Diamantina Trench is in the Indian Ocean. It is located about 1125 km south-west from the Perth Basin. It is also known as diamantina fracture zone.

33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below : [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

List - I 

(Ocean)

List - II 

( Deepest Point)

A. Pacific Ocean1. Java Trench
B. Atlantic Ocean2. Eurasian Basin
C. Indian Ocean3. Mariana Trench
D. Arctic Ocean4. Puerto Rico Trench

 

CodeABCD
(a)4312
(b)3412
(c)3421
(d)2431

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:
(Ocean)(Deepest Point )
 Pacific OceanMariana Trench
Atlantic OceanPuerto Rico Trench
 Indian OceanJava (Sunda) Trench
Arctic OceanEurasian Basin

34. Sunda trench lies parallel to the island of - [67ᵗʰ B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above.
Solution:Sunda Trench is a deep submarine depression in the eastern Indian Ocean that extends some 2,000 miles (3,200 km) in a northwest-southeast arc along the southwestern and southern Indonesian archipelago.

It is located about 190 miles (305 km) off the southwestern coasts of the islands of Sumatra and Java, stretching eastward south of the western Lesser Sunda Islands.

35. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists. [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2022]

List - I

(Ocean)

List - II

(Maximum Deepest Point)

A. Pacific1. Sunda Trench
B. Atlantic2. Puerto Rico Trench
C. Indian3. Mariana Trench
D. Arctic4. Molloy deep

 

CodeABCD
(a)2343
(b)3412
(c)3124
(d)1234

 

Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:
OceanMaximum Deepest Point
PacificMariana Trench
ArcticMolloy deep
IndianSunda Trench
AtlanticPuerto Rico Trench

36. Formation of delta is affected by : [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

Correct Answer: (d) Deep sea
Solution:Conditions which are favourable for the formation of the Deltas are as follows : The river must carry a large amount of sediments. The slope and speed of the river must not be strong enough to remove the sediments deposited by the river.

The slope of the sea floor or lake at the river mouth must be gentle or flat. The Large size and volume of the river. Presence of shallow adjoining sea or continental shelf. Thus, A river delta is a landform that forms at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, lake, or reservoir.

Deltas form with the deposition of sediments carried by a river. Over long periods, this deposition builds the characteristic geographic pattern of a river delta. Thus option (d) is the most probable answer.

37. The greatest delta of the world is formed by : [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (a) Ganga and Brahmaputra
Solution:The greatest delta in the world is the Ganges Delta. The Ganges Delta is a river delta in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. It is known as Ganges–Brahmaputra-meghna Delta or Sunderban Delta also. The Ganges Delta has the shape of a triangle and is considered to be an “arcuate” delta (arc-shaped). It covers approx. 105641 sq. km.

38. At the mouth of which of the following rivers the 'bird's foot' type delta is formed? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (d) Mississippi
Solution:The Mississippi River forms a 'bird's foot' type delta at the Gulf of Mexico, while river Nile forms an Arcuate delta.

39. Grand Canyon is- [43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

Correct Answer: (a) a gorge
Solution:The Grand Canyon is a gorge carved by the Colorado River in the State of Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 446/447 km, long, average width 6.4 to 29 km. and attains a depth of over 1.8 km.

40. Chisapani Gorge is located in- [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Nepal
Solution:Chisapani Gorge is located in Nepal and formed by the Karnali river. Karnali river is the longest river of Nepal which is 507 km long. It forms various gorges because of its swift flow.