hydrosphere & oceanography section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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Questions : The largest reservoir of freshwater is :

(a) Lakes

(b) Ponds

(c) Glaciers

(d) Ground Water

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

The largest water reservoir is the ocean, containing 97.3% of all water on Earth. Only 2.8 % of all the water on Planet Earth is freshwater.

Three-quarters of all fresh water on Earth is frozen in glacier ice. So glacier ice is the second-largest reservoir of water on Earth and the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth!

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Question : 1

The highest amount of salinity is found in

a) Dead Sea

b) Mediterranean Sea

c) Pacific Ocean

d) Indian Ocean

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I List II
(River) (Country)
A. Potomac 1. England
B. Nile 2. USA
C. Tigris 3. Iraq
D. Thames 4. Sudan
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 4 2 1

b) 2 4 3 1

c) 1 3 4 2

d) 2 4 1 3

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Which of the following is not related to Asia?

a) Tigris

b) Niger

c) Lop Nor

d) Amur

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

Which one of the following islands is located in the South Indian Ocean?

a) Seychelles

b) Mauritius

c) Chagos

d) Maldives

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called

a) Water cycle

b) Wave

c) Tide

d) Ocean current

Answer: (c)

The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called a tide. The tides are caused due to strong gravitational pull exerted by the sun and the moon on the earth’s surface.

Question : 6

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I List II
(City) (River)
A. Khartoum 1. Zaire
B. Brazzaville 2. Nile
C. Rotterdam 3. Seine
D. Paris 4. Rhine
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 4 1 2

b) 4 3 2 1

c) 2 1 4 3

d) 1 2 3 4

Answer: (c)

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