The Lakes and Water Falls

Total Questions: 31

11. The largest fresh water lake in the world is? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1993]

(a) Lake Windermeere
(b) Lake Loch Ness
(c) Lake Baikal
(d) Lake Superior

Correct Answer: (d) Lake Superior

Solution:Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It is also the deepest lake in the United States. Lake Superior lies out on the Canada-United States border. It is the biggest lake in North America. The Canadian province of Ontario is to the north and east, and the U.S. states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan are to the south and west of this lake. It is the largest of the five Great Lakes, and it is connected to Lake Huron by the St. Mary's River.

12. Which of the following is the oldest and deepest lake of the world? [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2015]

(a) Lake Baikal
(b) Lake Huron
(c) Victoria Lake
(d) Lake Winnipeg

Correct Answer: (a) Lake Baikal

Solution:

Lake Baikal is a rift lake located in southern Siberia, Russia.
It is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world, containing 22 to 23% of the world's fresh surface water.
It is the seventh-largest lake in the world by surface area.
Maximum depth: 1,642 m (5,387 ft)
It is the world's oldest (25-30 million years) and deepest lake.
It has a long, crescent shape.
The region to the east of Lake Baikal is referred to as Transbaikalia or as the Trans baikal.
The loosely defined region around the lake itself is sometimes known as Baikalia.
UNESCO declared Lake Baikal a World Heritage Site in 1996.

13. Which of the following is the oldest and deepest lake 800 in the world? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Baikal Lake
(b) Great Bear Lake
(c) Karda Lake
(d) Lincanbur Lake

Correct Answer: (a) Baikal Lake

Solution:

Lake Baikal is a rift lake located in southern Siberia, Russia.
It is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world, containing 22 to 23% of the world's fresh surface water.
It is the seventh-largest lake in the world by surface area.
Maximum depth: 1,642 m (5,387 ft)
It is the world's oldest (25-30 million years) and deepest lake.
It has a long, crescent shape.
The region to the east of Lake Baikal is referred to as Transbaikalia or as the Trans baikal.
The loosely defined region around the lake itself is sometimes known as Baikalia.
UNESCO declared Lake Baikal a World Heritage Site in 1996.

14. Which is the deepest lake of the world? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

(a) Titicaca
(b) Victoria
(c) Baikal
(d) Dead Sea

Correct Answer: (c) Baikal

Solution:The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is a natural lake that is 1642 meter deep. Lake Titicaca is located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. Its depth is 280 meter (919 feet). Lake Victoria is located between Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya. It has a maximum depth of 84 metre and an average depth of 40 metre. The Dead Sea is a salt lake lying on the border Israel, Palestine and Jordan. Its average depth is 120 meter.

15. On the basis of area and volume, the largest lake of the world is: [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

(a) Aral Sea
(b) Caspian Sea
(c) Baikal Lake
(d) Michigan Lake

Correct Answer: (b) Caspian Sea

Solution:Lake is a body of water surrounding basin on land. On the basis of area and volume, the largest lake of the world is Caspian Sea of Eurasia. The sea has a surface area of 371,000 km². It is a saltwater lake. The Volga River and Ural River flow into the sea in the north. The salinity of Kara-Bogaz-Gol lagoon, located in southwards Caspian Sea, is 300-350%. The Van lake of Turkiye is one of highest salinity lake i.e. 330%, Apart from this, Baikal Lake is the deepest lake (1642 mts) in the world. The Aral Sea is a salt water lake located on the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Lake Michigan is one of the five main lakes of North America.

16. Finger Lake Region is located in: [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2008]

(a) Australia
(b) Austria
(c) U.S.A
(d) Britain

Correct Answer: (c) U.S.A

Solution:Finger lakes region refers to a series of small lakes in north west of Network, USA. The Finger Lakes were formed during the Pleistocene Ice Age when glaciers carved deep basins into the Earth's crust, which then filled with water. The lakes are oriented in a north-south direction, giving them their characteristic "finger" shape.

Seneca Lake: The largest of the Finger Lakes.
Cayuga Lake: The second largest and longest of the Finger Lakes.
Keuka Lake: The third largest of the Finger Lakes.
Canandaigua Lake
Skaneateles Lake
Owasco Lake
Otisco Lake

17. Which of the following is called 'Garden of lakes' '? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

(a) Finland
(b) Sweden
(c) New Zealand
(d) Greenland

Correct Answer: (a) Finland

Solution:Finland is a Nordic country located in northern Europe. There are approximately 187888 lakes and 178917 islands in Finland. This is the reason it is known as the garden of lakes, Finland's largest lake Saimaa is Europe's fourth largest lake.

18. Which of the following is called the 'land of one thousand lakes'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

(a) Finland
(b) Sweden
(c) Greenland
(d) U.S.A.

Correct Answer: (a) Finland

Solution:Finland is called the land of one thousand lakes. There are nearly 187888 lakes and 178917 islands in Finland. The largest lake Saimaa is the fourth largest lake in Europe.

19. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Lake	Country
(a) Boiling Lake	Dominica
(b) Five Flower Lake	Mongolia
(c) Red Lagoon	Bolivia
(d) Great Slave Lake	Canada

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correctly matched pairs are as follows:

Lake	Country
Boiling Lake	Dominica
Five Flower Lake	Sichuan, China
Red Lagoon	Bolivia
Great Slave Lake	Canada

Thus option (b) is not correctly matched.

20. Which of the following cities is located on Lake Superior? [U.P.R.O/A.R.O (Mains) 2014]

(a) Chicago
(b) Chicago
(c) Chicago
(d) Duluth

Correct Answer: (d) Duluth

Solution:Duluth is a seaport city in the U.S. It is the second largest city on lake Superior shores after Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada, Chicago is located on Lake Michigan. Buffalo is a city in Newyork on the shore of Lake Erie and Detroit city is at the shore of river Detroit.

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