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The following question based on Hydrosphere & Oceanography topic of indian geography mcq
(a) A warm current in the Pacific Ocean
(b) A warm current in the Atlantic Ocean
(c) A cold current in the Atlantic Ocean
(d) A cold current in the Pacific Ocean
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
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Question : 1
How much of world’s surface is covered by water?
a) 25%
b) 80%
c) 55%
d) 70%
Answer »Answer: (d)
Water makes up 70.8% of the Earth’s surface, while the other 29% consists of continents and islands. To break the numbers down, 96.5% of all the Earth’s water is contained within the oceans as salt water, while the remaining 3.5% is freshwater lakes and frozen water locked up in glaciers and the polar ice caps.
Question : 2
Consider the following statements :
- The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean.
- The Falkland current is a warm current that flows along the Chile coast of the South Pacific Ocean.
a) Neither 1 nor 2
b) Both 1 and 2
c) Only 1
d) Only 2
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Falkand current is a cold current. It flows along the Argentina’s coast in South Atlantic Ocean.
Question : 3
The Agulhas Current flows in
a) Southern Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Agulhas Current is current of the southwestern Indian Ocean. It flows down the east coast of Africa from 27°S to 40°S.
Question : 4
Consider the following statements regarding the Tidal hypothesis:
- It is a monistic hypothesis.
- It was propounded by the British scientist James Jeans.
- It holds filament responsible for the origin of the solar system.
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1 and 3 only
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Jeans-Jeffreys tidal hypothesis, championed by James Jeans and Harold Jeffreys, explained the origin of the solar system as a result of a close encounter between the Sun and a second star.
However, it differed significantly from the other major catastrophic hypothesis of the 20th century, the Chamberlin-Moulton planetesimal hypothesis.
Question : 5
The place where China has started construction of a dam on Brahmaputra River in Nov. 2010 is
a) Gyangze
b) Zhuang
c) Chingdu
d) Zangmu
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 6
Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?
a) Peru current
b) Benguela current
c) East Australian current
d) West Australian current
Answer »Answer: (c)
East Australian current is a warm ocean current that moves warm water from the tropical Coral Sea, where it splits from the South Equatorial Current, down the east coast of Australia.
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