Canals of the World – MCQs

1. Which is the longest artificial waterway in the world?
  • Suez Canal
  •  Grand Canal (China)
  • Panama Canal
  • Erie Canal
2. Which is the longest artificial waterway in the world?
  • Mediterranean and Black Sea
  •  Mediterranean and Red Sea
  • Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
  • Arabian and Caspian Sea
3.Which canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
  • Suez Canal
  •  Panama Canal
  • Kiel Canal
  • Corinth Canal
4. The Panama Canal is located in which country?
  • Costa Rica
  •  Panama
  • Colombia
  • Nicaragua
5.Which canal is called the “Lifeline of Egypt”?
  • Panama Canal
  •  Suez Canal
  • Erie Canal
  • Welland Canal
6. The Erie Canal connects which two American cities?
  • New York and Chicago
  • Buffalo and Albany
  • Boston and Philadelphia
  • Washington and Baltimore
7. Which canal significantly reduced the Europe-Asia shipping distance?
  • Panama Canal
  • Suez Canal
  • Kiel Canal
  • Corinth Canal
8. The Kiel Canal connects which two seas?
  • North and Mediterranean
  • North and Baltic
  • Black and Caspian
  • Red and Arabian
9. Which canal bypasses Niagara Falls?
  • Erie Canal
  • Welland Canal
  • Panama Canal
  • Suez Canal
10. The Corinth Canal cuts through which country?
  • Italy
  • Greece
  • Turkey
  • Croatia
11. Which canal is the busiest artificial shipping route?
  • Panama Canal
  • Suez Canal
  • Kiel Canal
  • Grand Canal
12.The White Sea-Baltic Canal is in which country?
  • Sweden
  • Russia
  • Finland
  • Norway
13. Which canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with Saronic Gulf?
  • Kiel Canal
  • Corinth Canal
  • Suez Canal
  • Panama Canal
14. The Manchester Ship Canal connects Manchester to which river?
  • Thames
  • Mersey
  • Severn
  • Trent
15. Which canal system is called “America’s Great Loop”?
  • Erie Canal
  • Intracoastal Waterway
  • Panama Canal
  • St. Lawrence Seaway
16. The Göta Canal runs through which Scandinavian country?
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Finland
17. Which canal was built by France but later controlled by USA?
  • Suez Canal
  • Panama Canal
  • Kiel Canal
  • Corinth Canal
18. The Volga-Don Canal connects which two rivers?
  • Volga and Dnieper
  • Volga and Don
  • Don and Dnieper
  • Volga and Ural
19. Which is the world’s northernmost sea-level canal?
  • Kiel Canal
  • White Sea-Baltic Canal
  • Suez Canal
  • Panama Canal
20. The All-American Canal provides water to which US state?
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
21. Which waterway connects Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean?
  • Erie Canal
  • St. Lawrence Seaway
  • Panama Canal
  • Intracoastal Waterway
22. The Rideau Canal is in which country?
  • USA
  • Canada
  • France
  • UK
23. Which canal was built to avoid Cape of Good Hope route?
  • Panama Canal
  • Suez Canal
  • Kiel Canal
  • Corinth Canal
24.Which canal connects Moskva River to Volga River?
  • Volga-Don Canal
  • Moscow Canal
  • White Sea-Baltic Canal
  • Volga-Baltic Waterway
25. The Houston Ship Channel connects to which gulf?
  • Gulf of California
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Gulf of Panama
  • Gulf of Tehuantepec
26. The Albert Canal connects which Belgian cities?
  • Brussels and Antwerp
  • Liège and Antwerp
  • Ghent and Bruges
  • Namur and Charleroi
27. Which is the highest navigable canal globally?
  • Panama Canal
  •  Indus River Canal System (Pakistan)
  • Suez Canal
  • Grand Canal