hydrosphere & oceanography section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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Questions : Read the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. Corals are mainly found in the tropical oceans.
  2. Corals need clean sediment-free water.
  3. Corals are mainly found in deeper parts of the ocean.
  4. Rainwater promotes the growth of corals.
Codes:

(a) 2 and 4

(b) 3 and 4

(c) 1 and 2

(d) 2 and 3

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Corals are mainly found in the tropical oceans. Corals need clean sediment-free water. A coral polyp has a sack-like body and an opening encircled by stinging tentacles called cnidae.

The coral polyp uses calcium carbonate from seawater to build itself a hard skeleton and it is this limestone skeleton that protects the soft coral polyp.

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Question : 1

Kalimantan is a part of which of the following islands?

a) Madagascar (Malagasy)

b) Cuba

c) Honshu

d) Borneo

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

a) Gulf of Tonkin – Vietnam

b) Gulf of - Canada Carpentaria

c) Gulf of Bothnia - France

d) Baffin bay - Argentina

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Sidney – Seine

b) Berlin - Spree

c) Khartoum - Nile

d) New York - Hudson

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

The correct sequence of the Great Lakes of the USA from East to West is

a) Erie - Huron - Michigan - Ontario – Superior

b) Ontario - Erie - Huron - Michigan - Superior

c) Huron - Michigan - Ontario - Superior - Erie

d) Superior - Ontario - Erie - Michigan - Huron

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

The Ocean with the largest surface area is

a) Pacific Ocean

b) Indian Ocean

c) Arctic Ocean

d) Atlantic Ocean

Answer: (a)

At 165.25 million square kilometres in area, the Pacific Ocean is the largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere.

It 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.

Question : 6

Itaipu Dam built on the river Parana is one of the largest dams in the world. Which of the following two countries have it as a joint project?

a) Colombia and Paraguay

b) Brazil and Paraguay

c) Brazil and Peru

d) Paraguay and Ecuador

Answer: (b)

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