The Lakes and Water Falls

Total Questions: 31

21. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O (Mains) 2014]

(a) Titicaca Lake - Bolivia - Peru
(b) Lake Urmia - Iran
(c) Lake Raindeer - Russia
(d) Lake Athabaska - Canada

Correct Answer: (c) Lake Raindeer - Russia

Solution:The correctly matched pairs of lakes and their countries are as follows:

Lake	Country
Titicaca Lake	Bolivia-Peru
Lake Urmia	Iran
Lake Reindeer	Canada
Lake Athabasca	Canada

22. Which is the highest waterfall of the world? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Niagara
(b) Salto Angel
(c) Ribbon
(d) Tugela

Correct Answer: (b) Salto Angel

Solution:The highest waterfall of the world is Salto Angel also know as 'Angel Fall' which is 979 meters high. It is located at Rio Churun which is tributary of Rio Carrao in Canaima National Park of Venezuela. Rio Carrao is tributary of Rio Orinoco. Tugela Falls is located at Tugela River in South Africa. It is 948 meter high.

Ribbon Fall is located in Yosemite National Park in California at Ribbon Creek river. It is 491 meter high.

Niagara Falls is located at the international border between Canada and the United States on the banks of Niagara river. It has a height of 51 meter.

23. Which of the following waterfalls is located in Venezuela? [U.P.P.S.C. (R.I.) 2014]

(a) Victoria Falls
(b) Angel Falls
(c) Alfred Creek Falls
(d) Tugela Falls

Correct Answer: (b) Angel Falls

Ribbon Fall is located in Yosemite National Park in California at Ribbon Creek river. It is 491 meter high.

Niagara Falls is located at the international border between Canada and the United States on the banks of Niagara river. It has a height of 51 meter.

24. The waterfall 'Victoria' is associated with the river:

(a) Amazon
(b) Missouri
(c) St. Lawrence
(d) Zambezi

Correct Answer: (d) Zambezi

Solution:The waterfall 'Victoria' is associated with the River Zambezi located at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe in Southern- central Africa. The waterfall 'Victoria' was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1989.

25. With reference to 'Lake Victoria in Africa', which of the following statements is/are correct? [U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2021]

(1) The lake is surrounded by four countries.

(2) It is situated in the African rift valleye.

Select the correct answer using the code given

Code:

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (b) Only 2

Solution:Lake Victoria is located between Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Its area is 69930 square kilometers and the average depth is 40 meters (maximum depth 84 meters). Lake Victoria is located in the rift valley. The white Nile River originates from this lake.

26. Consider the following statements: [69th B.P.S.C. (Pre), 2023]

1. Lake Victoria is the third largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area,

2. It is one of the great lakes of Africa.

3. It is bordered by four countries Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya.

4. The only outflow from Lake Victoria is the Nile River, which exits the lake near Jinja, Uganda.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 3

Correct Answer: (d) 1 and 3

Solution:Lake Victoria is one of the greatest lake in African continent. Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, Lake Victoria is bordered by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Significantly, lake Victoria is included in Great Lakes Region. The African Great lakes are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift. They include Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Lake Turkana, Lake Albert, Lake Kivu and Lake Edward. Hence, Option 1 and 3 are incorrect.

27. Which of the following lakes is a world heritage site? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2014]

(a) Red Lagoon of Bolivia
(b) Boiling Lake of Dominica
(c) Five Flower Lake of China
(d) Plitvice Lake of Croatia

Correct Answer: (d) Plitvice Lake of Croatia

Solution:Plitvice Lake National Park was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979. The beauty of the National Park lies in its sixteen lakes, interconnected by a series of waterfalls, and set in deep woodland populated by rare bird species.

28. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P. RO/ARO (Mains) 2017]

(a) Baikal-Russian Federation
(b) Malawi-Asia
(c) Caspian Sea - Asia - Europe
(d) Tanganyika Africa

Correct Answer: (b) Malawi-Asia

Solution:Lake Malawi is also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozam bique is an African great lake located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.

Lake Baikal is a rift lake in Russia located in Southern Siberia. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.

Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake based on surface area and volume. It is bounded by Kazakhastan to the Northeast, Russia to the Northwest, Azerbaijan to the South-West, Iran to the South and Turkmenistan to the Southeast.

Tanganyika Lake is the second oldest freshwater lake in the world, the third largest based on volume and second deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal. It is the world's longest freshwater lake.

29. Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/ dried up in the recent past due to human activities? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2018]

1. Aral Sea

2. Black Sea

3. Lake Baikal

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2 only
(d) 1 and 3

Correct Answer: (a) 1 only

Solution:Due to human activities, the Aral Sea has become very nar- row or almost dried up. The satellite picture of the Aral Sea by NASA has been displayed in the year 2014, comparing it with the situation in the year 1989. There has also been some contraction in the Black Sea and Lake Baikal, but it is very less compared to the Aral Sea. Here the question uses adjectival terminology like very compacted/dry, which is true only in the context of The Aral Sea.

30. Which one of the following (Lake Country) is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

(a) Maracaibo - Venezuela
(b) Onega Canada
(c) Michigan United State of America
(d) Baikal - Russia

Correct Answer: (b) Onega Canada

Solution:Lake Maracaibo is a lagoon in northwestern Venezuela, the largest lake in South America and one of the oldest on Earth, formed 36 million years ago in the Andes Mountains. Lake Onega is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic Sea, and is the second-largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga, slightly smaller than Lebanon.

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third-largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron.

Lake Baikal is an ancient, massive lake in the mountainous Russian region of Siberia, north of the Mongolian border.

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