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Questions : 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

The correct answers to the above question in:

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.

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Question : 1

Which of the following river flows through rift valley?

a) Rhine

b) Volga

c) Amazon

d) Indus

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

Which one of the following international waterways is not operated through lock-system?

a) Panama Canal

b) Denube River

c) Suez Canal

d) Rhine River

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

The Blue Nile river originates from

a) Lake Albert

b) Lake Edward

c) Lake Victoria

d) Lake Tana

Answer: (d)

The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia with the white Nile, the river becomes one of the two major tributaries of the Nile.

Question : 4

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 : 5

Average salinity of water of Arabian Sea is

a) 55 ppt

b) 45 ppt

c) 25 ppt

d) 35 ppt

Answer: (d)

Question : 6

Which one of the following is different from others?

a) Falkland current

b) Oyashio current

c) Canary current

d) Mozambique current

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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