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The world’s deepest point is in the Mariana trench in Pacific Ocean at a depth of ______ below the sea level.
A) 11044 meters
b) 11034 meters
c) 11024 meters
D) 11014 meters

Answer
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Hint: The Pacific is the largest and deepest of the oceanic divisions of the Earth. It extends from the northern Arctic Ocean to the southern Ocean and is bounded in the west by the continents of Asia and Australia and in the east by America.

Complete answer:
The Marian Trench or Marianas Trench is situated about 200 kilometers east of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth.
 It measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) in length and 69 km (43 mi) in width and is crescent-shaped. At the southern end of a narrow slot-shaped valley on its floor known as the Challenger Deep, the highest known depth is 10,984 meters.
With a depth of 10,902 to 10,929 m by direct measurement from deep-diving submersibles, remotely operated vehicles and benthic landers and slightly more by sonar bathymetry, the Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the seabed hydrosphere of the Planet.
 Some unrepeated measurements, however, position the deepest section at 11,034 meters.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

Note:The highest mountain on Earth is generally said to be Mount Everest, situated in Nepal and Tibet. Everest is also the highest point above the global mean sea level, reaching 29,029 feet at its summit, the average level for the ocean surface from which elevations are measured.
8611m in Karakoram, Pakistan/China. The world's second highest mountain is K2.