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Questions : Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?

(a) Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity

(b) Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean

(c) Indian Ocean is half an ocean

(d) Indian Ocean has monsoon drift

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Due to the monsoon drift of Indian ocean, its regular direction of the ocean currents changes twice an year.

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Question : 1

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

List I List II
A. Gulf Stream 1. Pacific Ocean
B. West Wind Drift 2. A slow Eastward movement of water over the zone of Westerly wind
C. Peru Current 3. Indian Ocean
D. West Australian Current 4. Warm current
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 4 3

b) 4 3 1 2

c) 4 2 1 3

d) 1 3 4 2

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Great Slave - Canada Lake

b) Red Lagoon - Bolivia

c) Boiling Lake - Dominica

d) Five Flower - Mangolia Lake

Answer: (d)

Question : 3

The line drawn over a map joining points having similar amounts of salinity is known as

a) Isogone

b) Isohaline

c) Isotherm

d) Isohyet

Answer: (b)

Isohalines are lines that join points of equal Salinity.

Question : 4

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

List I List II
A. Lena 1. Persian Gulf
B. Amur 2. Arctic Ocean
C. Tigris 3. Arabian Sea
D. Mahi 4. Pacific Ocean
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 3 2 4

b) 4 1 3 2

c) 2 4 1 3

d) 3 2 4 1

Answer: (c)

Question : 5

Correct pair is

a) Budapest – Danube

b) Cairo - Congo

c) Paris - Swan

d) Perth - Seine

Answer: (a)

Question : 6

Which of the following is not matched correctly?

a) Agulhas Current - Indian Ocean

b) Gulf Stream - North Atlantic Ocean

c) Brazil Current - South Atlantic Ocean

d) Hamboldt Current - North Pacific Ocean

Answer: (d)

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