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Questions : Which one of the following is different from others?

(a) Falkland current

(b) Oyashio current

(c) Canary current

(d) Mozambique current

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Mozambique current is different from the others. The Mozambique Current is an ocean current in the Indian Ocean, usually defined as warm surface waters flowing south along the African east coast in the Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and the island of Madagascar.

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Question : 1

Average salinity of water of Arabian Sea is

a) 55 ppt

b) 45 ppt

c) 25 ppt

d) 35 ppt

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Which one of the following is not a cold ocean current?

a) Ganaries

b) Kuroshio

c) California

d) Oyashio

Answer: (b)

The Kuroshio is a north-flowing warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. It is similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic, transporting warm, tropical water northward towards the polar region and is part of the North Pacific ocean gyre.

Question : 3

The exceptionally high and low tides that occur at the time of the new moon or the full moon when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth are approximately aligned is called

a) Diurnal

b) Neap

c) Spring

d) Fall

Answer: (c)

Spring tides occur when the sun and moon are directly in line with the earth and their gravitational pulls reinforce each other, consequently a great flood or rush as of emotion.

Question : 4

Which of the following capitals is not situated on the banks of Daunbe river?

a) Vienna

b) Rome

c) Belgrade

d) Budapest

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

Through which one of the following straits does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France?

a) Strait of Gibraltar

b) Strait of Dover

c) Davis Strait

d) Denmark Strait

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

The Kiel canal connects

a) Baltic sea and North sea

b) Red sea and Mediterranean sea

c) Caribbean sea and Pacific Ocean

d) Bering sea and Chukchi sea

Answer: (a)

The Kiel canal connects Baltic sea and North sea. The Kiel Canal, known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal until 1948, is a 98-kilometre long canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau

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