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1. Which is the largest lake in the world in terms of surface area?
A. Caspian Sea
B. Superior lake
C. Victoria lake
D. Great Bear Lake
ANSWER: A.Caspian Sea
SOLUTION :Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world in terms of surface area. It covers an area of 370,886 square kilometers. Basin countries of the Caspian sea are Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake.
2. The world’s largest salty water lake by area is _____.
A. Chilika lake
B. Caspian Sea
C. Michigan lake
D. Victora lake
ANSWER: B.Caspian Sea
SOLUTION:The salty Caspian Sea has the greatest surface area of any lake at 143,200 square miles. It is a landlock water mass between Asia and Europe.
3. Which is the largest fresh water lake in the world in terms of area?
A. Huron lake
B. Victoria lake
C. Michigan lake
D. Superior lake
ANSWER : D.Superior lake
SOLUTION:Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake by surface area, covering approximately 82,100 square kilometers.
4. The world’s largest freshwater lake in terms of volume is ____.
A. Victoria lake
B. Wular lake
C. Baikal lake
D. Tanganyika lake
ANSWER: C.Baikal lake
SOLUTION:Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world’s unfrozen surface freshwater.
5. Which country is known as ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?
A. Poland
B. Finland
C. Thiland
D. Norway
ANSWER: B. Finland
SOLUTION:Finland: Finland is called the “Land of Thousand Lakes”. There are approximately 168,000 lakes and 179,000 islands in Finland. Saimaa, its biggest lake, is Europe’s fourth-largest.
6. Which is the deepest lake in the world?
A. Ladoga lake
B. Ontario lake
C. Baikal lake
D. Caspian lake
ANSWER: C.Baikal lake
SOLUTION: Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world.
7. Which is the highest navigable lake in the world?
A. Titicaca lake
B. Ontario lake
C. Balkhash lake
D. Tanganyika lake
ANSWER: A.Titicaca lake
SOLUTION: Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 metres) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east.
8. In which continent is the longest lake in the world located?
A. Africa continent
B. Europe continent
C. Asia continent
D. North America continent
ANSWER: A.Africa continent
SOLUTION: Lake Victoria is located at the border of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the African continent.
9. In which country is the world’s most saline country located?
A. Russica
B. Turkey
C. Egypt
D. France
ANSWER: B.Turkey
SOLUTION: Lake Van of Turkey has the highest salinity in the world at 330%o. Next is the Dead Sea, Israel (240%o) and the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA (220%o).
10. Which is the world’s longest lake?
A. Michigan
B. Malawi
C. Loadoga
D. Tanganyika
ANSWER: D.Tanganyika
SOLUTION:Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second deepest,