Static Quiz 29 August 2022 (Geography)

Solution: B
Justification: A ship going from Chennai to Kochi goes around Sri Lanka rather than crossing through the Palk Strait, that divides India and Sri Lanka. The shallow waters and reefs of the strait make it difficult for large ships to pass through, although fishing boats and small craft carrying coastal trade have navigated the strait for centuries. Large ships must travel around Sri Lanka. Construction of a shipping canal through the strait was first proposed to the British government of India in 1860, and a number of commissions have studied the proposal up to the present day. The most recent study of the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, as it is now called, was an environmental impact assessment and a technical feasibility study commissioned by the Tamil Nadu government in 2004.

Solution: C
Justification: Statement 1: Pacific is the largest, Atlantic is second largest. Statement 2: It connects the South America to North America (Panama Canal), Africa to Europe and Europe to Asia (through Gibraltar Strait connecting Mediterranean Sea). Statement 3: The coastline of Atlantic Ocean is highly indented. This irregular and indented coastline provides ideal location for natural harbours and ports that favours commerce related activities.

Solution: B
Justification: The central government is promoting Nagpur in Maharashtra as the tiger capital. As per an official statement, Maharashtra has done exceptionally well in the growth of tigers- which has prompted the government to promote Nagpur, which is the central most city of the country. Maharashtra has a tiger population of 169 according to latest census. Nagpur and its nearby reserves in Maharashtra have 148 of these. In addition, the city was close to many tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh like Kanha, Pench, and Satpuda. There are many notified tiger parks and reserves in its close proximity. It is promoted as the tiger capital of the world given the city’s closeness with several tiger reserves and its infrastructure that can support a large tourist industry

Solution: C
Justification: An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. They are an important part of the shipping industry because there are many industrial ports located in estuaries due its depth of water and connection with open sea. As against estuaries, deltas are not preferred for coastal shipping because deltas do not offer the depth of water required for shipping and may not offer the required connection to the open sea.

Solution: A
Justification: It is a “high grassland lake”, located in the Himalayas stretching out from India to China. One-third of water body is in Indian control while the rest of the 90 km is under Chinese control.
Option A: An endorheic basin is a closed drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but converges instead into lakes or swamps, permanent or seasonal, that equilibrate through evaporation. Such a basin may also be referred to as a closed or terminal basin or as an internal drainage system. The lake is in the process of being identified under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland of international importance. This will be the first trans-boundary wetland in South Asia under the convention.