Straits Quiz

Question 1. Strait of Hormuz lies between________.

(A) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

(B) Arabian Sea and Red Sea

(C) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

(D) Black Sea and Marmara Sea

Question 2.The strait which separates Asia from North America is_______.

(A) Strait of Malacca

(B) Strait of Gibraltar

(C) Palk Strait

(D) Bering Strait

Question 3. Malacca Strait facilitates movement from_______.

(A) Mediterranean Sea to Black Sea

(B) Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean

(C) Red Sea to Mediterranean Sea

(D) Indian Ocean to China Sea

Question 4. Which Strait separates Europe from Africa? 

(A) Bering

(B) Dover

(C) Gibraltar

(D) Bosphorus

Question 5. The strait connecting the Arctic and Pacific Ocean is_______.

(A) Malacca

(B) Dover

(C) Torres

(D) Bering

Question 6.Ten Degree Channel separates_______.

(A) Lakshadweep from Maldives

(B) India from Sri Lanka

(C) Andaman from Myanmar

(D) Andaman from Nicobar Islands

Question 7.Through which one of the following straits does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France?

(A) Strait of Gibraltar

(B) Strait of Dover

(C) Denmark Strait

(D) Davis Strait

Question 8.Strait of Dover connects________.

(A) Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea

(B) English Channel and the North Sea

(C) Bay of Biscay and the English Channel

(D) Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia

Question 9.The Palk Bay lies between________.

(A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(B) Lakshadweep and Maldives Islands

(C) Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal

(D) Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat

Question 10.Persian Gulf does not form border with________.

(A) Oman

(B) Kuwait

(C) Iraq

(D) Bahrain

Question 11.Which of the following is not coastline country of Persian Gulf?

(A) United Arab Emirates

(B) Qatar

(C) Oman

(D) Kuwait

Question 12. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(A) Gulf of Tonkin – Vietnam

(B) Gulf of – Canada Carpentaria

(C) Baffin bay – Argentina

(D) Gulf of Bothnia – France

Question 13.Which strait connects Red Sea and Indian Ocean?

(A) Malacca

(B) Bosphorus

(C) Hormuz

(D) Bab-el-Mandeb

Question 14. Between India and East Asia, the navigation time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?

•  Deepening the Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.
•  Opening a new canal between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 15. Match the following.