a) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
b) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

The Correct Answer is: a) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
Explanation: - The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
• The connection to the ocean is within the south through the Bab-el Mandeb strait and therefore the Gulf of Aden.
• To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and thereafter the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).
The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift which is a small portion of the Great Rift Valley.
• The salinity of the Red Sea is greater than the world average, approximately 4 %. (Hence statement 1 is true)
• This is due to several factors:
• There is a lack of significant rivers or streams draining into the ocean.
• There is a limited connection with the Indian Ocean, which has lower water salinity.
• The high rate of evaporation and very little precipitation. Hence statement 2 is the true and correct explanation of statement 1.

The Correct Answer is: b) 1, 2 and 5
Explanation: - The Red Sea is a semi-enclosed tropical basin, bounded by northeastern Africa, to the west, and the Arabian peninsula, to the east.
• The elongated and narrow-shaped basin extends between the Mediterranean Sea, to the north-west, and the Indian Ocean, to the south-east.
• At the northern end, it separates into the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez, which is connected to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal.
• It is surrounded by Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea in the West and Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the East.

The Correct Answer is: c) Lake Michigan
Explanation: -Lake Michigan is the only one of the Great Lakes that is entirely within the United States; the others form a water boundary between the United States and Canada.
• The lakes are divided among the jurisdictions of the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
• The province of Ontario does not border Lake Michigan, and the state of Michigan does not border Lake Ontario.