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The following question based on Hydrosphere & Oceanography topic of indian geography mcq
- On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
- Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.
(a) Neither 1 nor 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) Only 1
(d) Only 2
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
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Question : 1
Which one of the following ocean currents is associated with the ‘EL NINO’ Phenomenon?
a) Kurushio
b) Canaries
c) Humboldt
d) Benguela
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 2
What is the interval between a high tide and neap tide at a given place?
a) 24 hours
b) 15 hours 30 minutes
c) 12 hours
d) 12 hours 26 minutes
Answer »Answer: (d)
Tide clocks are popular clocks used amongst surfers, sailors, and anyone else who is concerned with the tidal cycle.
They run on a 12 hour and 25 or 26-minute cycle, which is the time it takes for the high tide to ebb and flows back to high tide again.
Question : 3
The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called:
a) North Atlantic drift
b) West Atlantic drift
c) South Atlantic drift
d) Counter Equatorial drift
Answer »Answer: (c)
The eastward continuation of the Brazil Current is called the South Atlantic Drift. It is also known as the West Wind Drift because it forms at 400 South latitude due to the impact of the Westerlies. The eastward movement is due to the Earth’s rotation.
Question : 4
Which one of the following statements is correct?
a) Greenland belongs to U.S.A.
b) The elevation of Nuuk above the sea level is 3 metre.
c) Greenland is the second largest (area) island in the World
d) Nuuk is a small town of Greenland
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 5
Which one of the following ocean currents does not occur in the Atlantic Ocean?
a) Canary current
b) Peru current
c) Gulf stream
d) Brazil current
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Humboldt Current, also known as the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north-westward along the west coast of South America from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru.
It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator and can extend 1,000 kilometres offshore.
Question : 6
‘Great Barrier Reef’ is
a) A range of the Rocky Mountains
b) Wall of China
c) A coral reef near Australia
d) A watershed in Rajasthan
Answer »Answer: (c)
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