The Suez Canal connects which two water bodies?
- A.The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
- B.The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
- C.The North Sea and the Baltic Sea
- D.The Black Sea and the Aegean Sea
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. The Suez Canal was cut across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt and opened in 1869. It runs about 193 km from Port Said on the Mediterranean in the north to Suez on the Red Sea in the south, and because the two seas stand at nearly the same level it needs no locks. By linking them it removed the need to sail round Africa and shortened the voyage between western Europe and India by thousands of kilometres. Egypt nationalised the canal in 1956. B describes the Panama Canal of 1914. C describes the Kiel Canal of Germany. D describes the Turkish Straits, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, which are natural channels and not a canal at all.
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Practice Questions
View allThe southernmost port in India is located in the state of:
- A.Andhra Pradesh
- B.Tamil Nadu
- C.Kerala
- D.Telangana
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- A.Trans-Canadian Railway
- B.Trans-Siberian Railway
- C.Union and Pacific Railway
- D.Australian Trans-Continental Railway
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Read the full explanation →The eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway is
- A.Irkutsk
- B.Khabarovsk
- C.Vladivostok
- D.Novosibirsk
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Read the full explanation →Which of the following canals is a lock canal?
- A.Suez Canal
- B.Panama Canal
- C.Kiel Canal
- D.Soo Canal
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Read the full explanation →The Northern Atlantic Sea Route is also known as the
- A.Spice Route
- B.Big Trunk Route
- C.Silk Route
- D.Cape Route
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The Northern Atlantic Sea Route links the north-eastern seaboard of North America with the industrial countries of western Europe, and because the two most developed manufacturing regions of the world face each other across this stretch of ocean it carries more traffic than any other sea route.
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