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NDA 2019 GAT · General Knowledge · World Geography · medium

The deepest known part of the world's oceans, the Challenger Deep, lies in which trench?

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The deepest known part of the world's oceans, the Challenger Deep, lies in which trench?
  1. A. Tonga Trench
  2. B. Java Trench
  3. C. Mariana Trench
  4. D. Puerto Rico Trench
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Answer: (C) Mariana Trench

The Challenger Deep, at about 11 km depth, lies in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, near Guam. The Tonga Trench is the second deepest, while the Java Trench is the deepest in the Indian Ocean and the Puerto Rico Trench the deepest in the Atlantic.
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