{"id":2838,"date":"2026-04-22T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:08:15","slug":"consider-the-following-water-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/consider-the-following-water-bodies","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following water bodies:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lake Tanganyika\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake Tonl\u00e9 Sap\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patos Lagoon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through how many of them does the equator pass?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Only one\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All the three\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>None\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) None<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lake Tanganyika\u00a0is located in central Africa<\/strong>. It is one of the\u00a0<strong>deepest and oldest freshwater lakes in the world<\/strong>. Geographically,\u00a0<strong>it lies entirely\u00a0south of the Equator.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lake Tonle Sap is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Cambodia.<\/strong>\u00a0It is located in the central plains of Cambodia and lies at a latitude of approximately\u00a0<strong>13\u00b0 north of the Equator.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Patos Lagoon, known locally as Lagoa dos Patos, is a large coastal lagoon in the southern part of Brazil.<\/strong>\u00a0It is one of the largest lagoons in South America. 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