Q. Consider the following statements:
1.Sepik River is the longest river in Papua New Guinea.
2.Papua New Guinea is a landlocked country.
3.Papua New Guinea is located in Southeast Asia.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation –
Statement 1 is correct. The Sepik River is the longest river in Papua New Guinea, with a length of around 1,126 kilometers.
Statements 2 and 3 are incorrect. Papua New Guinea is not a landlocked country. It has coastlines along the Pacific Ocean, Bismarck Sea, Coral Sea, and other water bodies. Papua New Guinea is part of the Oceania region.
Source: AIR
