Canals Quiz

Question 1. Which of the following is the largest navigation canal of the world?

(A) Suez Canal

(B) Soo Canal

(C) Panama Canal

(D)  Kiel Canal

Question 2. One will not have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Bombay to________.

(A) Benghazi

(B) Port Said

(C) Suez

(D) Alexandria

Question 3. Suez Canal connects________.

(A) Black Sea with Red Sea

(B) Red Sea with Mediterranean Sea

(C) Mediterranean Sea with Caspian Sea

(D) None of the above

Question 4. The port pair located at both ends of the Suez Canal is_______.

(A) Port Said and Suez

(B) Cairo and Port Said

(C) Suez and Cairo

(D) Cario and Alexandria

Question 5. Panama Canal connects_________.

(A) Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean

(B) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

(C) Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

(D) North America and South America

Question 6. Soo Canal connects________.

(A) Superior and Huron

(B) Superior and Michigan

(C) Bengal and Tripura

(D) Turan and Ontario

Question 7. Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

(A) Nicaragua

(B) Guatemala

(C) Costa Rica

(D) Colombia

Question 8. Kiel Canal connects________.

(A) North Sea – Black Sea

(B) Baltic Sea – Red Sea

(C) Black Sea – Red Sea

(D) North Sea – Baltic Sea

Question 9. Which of the following canal is used as an inland waterway in Southern Germany? 

(A) White sea Canal

(B) Ludwings Canal

(C) Sault – Sainte Marie Canal

(D) Volga – Don Canal

Question 10. Which one of the following international waterways is not operated through lock-system?

(A) Panama Canal

(B) Denube River

(C) Rhine River

(D) Suez Canal

Question 11.

• Assertion (A): The distance between India and the Western countries was shortened by the construction of the Suez Canal.
• Reason (R): The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

Select correct answer by using codes given below.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)