Practice Hydrosphere oceanography - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) When was Macau island transferred to China?
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Q-2) Persian Gulf does not form border with
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Q-3) Which one of the following is the largest in area?
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Q-4) The great Asian river Mekong does not flow through
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Q-5) Which one is not a depositional land form developed by the running water?
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River deposits sediments in different parts of their courses and form various landform known as depositional.
Q-6) The ocean which touches the Asian and American shores is
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The Pacific Ocean extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.
This largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined.
Q-7) Which of the following is an island continent?
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Q-8) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List I
List II
(River)
(Type of Delta)
A. Nile
1. Estuarine
B. Mississippi
2. Arcuate
C. Ganga
3. Bird foot
D. Tiber
4. Cuspate
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (River) | (Type of Delta) |
| A. Nile | 1. Estuarine |
| B. Mississippi | 2. Arcuate |
| C. Ganga | 3. Bird foot |
| D. Tiber | 4. Cuspate |
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- Nile - Arcuate
- Mississippi - Bird foot
- Ganga - Estuarine
- Tiber - Cuspate
Q-9) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Oceanic Trench)
(Location)
A. Aleutian
1. Indian Ocean
B. Kermadec
2. North Pacific
C. Sunda
3. South Pacific
D. S. Sandwich
4. South Atlantic Ocean
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (Oceanic Trench) | (Location) |
| A. Aleutian | 1. Indian Ocean |
| B. Kermadec | 2. North Pacific |
| C. Sunda | 3. South Pacific |
| D. S. Sandwich | 4. South Atlantic Ocean |
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Q-10) Which of the following lakes lies entirely in the U.S.A.?
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Q-11) Which of the following is not correctly matched?
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Q-12) Which of the following is the oldest and deepest lake of the world?
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Q-13) Maximum thickness of sediments is found over
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Q-14) Diego Garcia is situated in
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Q-15) Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?River Country
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Q-16) Agulhas current flows in
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Q-17) The deepest surface depression on the earth is
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The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world’s oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands.
The trench is about 2,550 kilometres long but has an average width of only 69 kilometres. It reaches a maximum known depth of 10.994 km at the Challenger Deep.
Q-18) Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?
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Q-19) Largest river of the world in terms of drainage area, is
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Q-20) Kiel Canal connects
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