NTS: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS: FAMOUS STRAITS OF THE WORLD

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS FOR PPSC, SPSC, FPSC TESTS AND OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMS OF CSS, ISSB, PMS, PAF, ARMY, NAVY AND POLICE

FAMOUS STRAITS

• Palk Strait separates India from Sri Lanaka.

• Babul Mandab strait separates Arabia from Africa.

• Babel-Mandab strait leads into the Red Sea.

• Red sea is b/w Arabia and Africa.

• Davis Strait separates Greenland from Baffin Island.

• The Davis Strait lies between Canada and Greenland

• Messina strait separates Italy from Sicily.

• Johor strait separates Malaysia from Singapore.

• Bass Strait separates Australia from Tasmania.

• Florida Strait separates Cuba from Florida. It joins Atlantic Ocean with Gulf of Mexico.

• Dover strait separates England from France.

• Gibraltar Strait separates Spain and Africa and joins Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean.

• Torres Strait separates Australia and Papua New Guinea

• Bering Strait separates Asia from Africa and joins the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

• Bosporus Strait connects Black Sea with the Sea of Marmora.

• Dardanelles strait (Turkey) joins Marmora sea with Aegean Sea.

• Malacca (Indonesia) strait separates Sumatra from Malay Peninsula. It is longest strait in the world.

• Mozambique strait is the broadest strait in the world. It is b/w Mozambique and Madagascar.

• Sunda strait separates Sumatra from Java Island.

• 40% of world oil passes through... Strait of Hormuz

• The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is Strait of Hormuz