1. The Red Sea is an example of: ( UPPSC 2017)
a) Volcanic valley
b) Eroded Valley
c) Axial trough
d) U-shaped valley
Answer. c.
The Red Sea is an example of an Axial trough and it is an example of the rift valley.
2. Turkey is located between ( UPSC)
a) the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
b) the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
c) Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean Sea
d) Gulf of Aqaba and the Dead Sea
Answer. b) the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
3. the Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries? ( UPSC 2017)
1. Jordan
2. Iraq
3. Lebanon
4. Syria
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 3, and 4 only
Answer. c)
4. Red Sea is a border of which of the following countries?
1. Egypt
2. Israel
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Sudan
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1,2, and 3 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 1,3, and 4 only
d) 1,2,3,and 4
Answer. c) 1,3, and 4 only
Bordering Countries ( 6) of Red Sea ( Trick: DEESYS)
D: Djibouti
E: Egypt
E: Eriteria
S: Saudi Arabia
Y: Yemen
S: Sudan
5. Which one among the following is a sea without a coastline?
a) Bering Sea
b) Baltic Sea
c) Dead Sea
d) Sargasso Sea
Answer. d) the Sargasso Sea is found within the Atlantic Ocean.
6. Which sea is located between Ukraine and Turkey?
a) Mediterranean sea
b) Black sea
c) Dead Sea
d) Caspian Sea
Answer. b) Black sea
7. Which of the following is not a bordering country of the Black Sea?
a) Bulgaria
b) Georgia
c) Romania
d) Greece
Answer. d) Greece
The trick to remembering the bordering countries of the Black Sea is " TB RURG"
T: Turkey
B: Bulgaria
R: Russia
U : Ukraine
R: Romania
G: Georgia
8. Which sea is located between Israel and Jordan?
a) Mediterranean sea
b) Black sea
c) Dead Sea
d) Caspian Sea
Answer. c) Dead Sea
9. Which of the following countries does not share a border with the Dead Sea?
a) Israel
b) Palestine
c) Jordan
d) Saudi Arabia
Answer. d) Saudi Arabia
Trick to remember the bordering countries of the Dead Sea( Trick: JIP)
J: Jordan
I: Israel
P: Palestine
10. Which of the following is not a Baltic Country?
a) Estonia
b) Denmark
c) Latvia
d) Lithuania
Answer. b) Denmark
There are three Baltic countries. The trick to remembering the name of a Baltic country is "ELL"
E: Estonia
L: Latvia
L: Lithuania
11. Which of the following countries does not share a border with the Baltic Sea?
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Finland
d) Germany
Answer. a) Norway
There are a total 9 bordering countries of the Baltic Sea:
Russia
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Poland
Germany
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
12. Consider the following Sea;
1. Aegean Sea
2. Sea of Marmara
3. Black sea
4. Sea of Azov
Arrange the above-sea from north to south:
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 4,3,2,1
c) 1,2, 4,3
d) 2,1,4,3
Answer. b) 4,3,2,1
13. Which of the following seas is not a landlocked sea?
a) Red Sea
b) Dead Sea
c) Black Sea
d) Aral Sea
Answer. a) Red Sea
14. The Aral Sea is located between which country?
a) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
b) Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
c) Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
d) Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan
Answer. a) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan;
Aral Sea is bordered by two countries Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The trick to remembering the bordering countries of the Aral Sea is " UK".
U: Uzbekistan
K: Kazakhstan
15. The canal joining the Baltic Sea to the North Sea?
a) Neil Canal
b) Keil Canal
c) Panama Canal
d) Suez Canal
Answer. b) Keil Canal
16. Volga River discharges water in which sea?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Caspian Sea
c) Aral Sea
d) Red Sea
Answer. b) Caspian Sea
17. Consider the following countries:
1. Russia
2. Kazakhstan
3. Azerbaijan
4. Turkmenistan
5. Iran
6. Georgia
Which of the above countries does not share a border with the Caspian Sea?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 6 only
c) 5 and 6 only
d) 6 Only
Answer. d) 6 Only
Bordering countries of the Caspian Sea ( Trick: TARIK)
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
Russia
Iran
Kazakhstan
18. The Alboran Sea is located between which countries?
a) Spain and Morocco
b) Turkey and Egypt
c) Egypt and Saudi Arabia
d) Greece and Turkey
Answer. a) Spain and Morocco;
Spain is located in the north of the Alboran Sea, and Morocco is located in the south of the Alboran Sea.
19. Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past due to human activities? ( UPSC 2018)
1. the Aral Sea
2. the 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
Answer. A)
20. Consider the following pairs: ( UPSC 2019)
Sea Bordering country
1. Adriatic Sea: Albania
2. Black Sea: Croatia
3. Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan
4. Mediterranean Sea: Morocco
5. Red Sea:
Syria Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
a) 1, 2, and 4 only
b) 1, 3, and 4 only
c) 2 and 5 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer. b) 1, 3, and 4 only
21. Suez Canal connects?
a) Black sea and Mediterranean sea
b) Caspian sea and Mediterranean sea
c) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
d) Dead Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Answer. c) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
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