UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2025

Consider the following water bodies: I. Lake Tanganyika II. Lake Tonlé Sap III. Patos Lagoon. Through how many of them does the equator pass?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All the three
  4. None

Answer

Correct Answer

None

Explanation

Lake Tanganyika lies in East Africa south of the equator, Lake Tonlé Sap is in Cambodia in the Northern Hemisphere, and Patos Lagoon is in southern Brazil, also away from the equator. The equator does not pass through any of these three water bodies.

Topics: equator, geography, water bodies