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The following question based on Hydrosphere & Oceanography topic of indian geography mcq
(a) Godavari basin
(b) Sundervan delta
(c) Amazon basin
(d) Congo basin
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
The Sunderban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh. The seasonally flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe.
The forest covers 10,000 km2. of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh. It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997.
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Question : 1
The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called __________.
a) Submarine ridges
b) Abyssal plains
c) Continental shelf
d) Continental rise
Answer »Answer: (c)
Continental Shelf is a gentle seaward sloping surface extending from the coasts towards the open sea. In all, about 7.5% of the total area of the oceans is covered by continental shelves.
The shelf is formed by the drowning of a part of a continent with a relative rise in sea level or marine deposition beneath the water.
Question : 2
Which of the following pairs of countries are around Aral Sea?
a) Kazakhstan – Russia
b) Azerbaijan - Uzbekistan
c) Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan
d) Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 3
The Sargasso sea is situated in the :
a) Arctic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Atlantic Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean
Answer »Answer: (c)
The Sargasso Sea is a region in the gyre in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. The Sargasso Sea is home to seaweed of the genus Sargassum (origin of its name), which floats en masse on the surface there.
Question : 4
The great Asian river Mekong does not flow through
a) Laos
b) Combodia
c) China
d) Malaysia
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 5
The cause of producing indirect high tide is
a) Gravitational force of the Earth
b) Centrifugal force of the Earth
c) Gravitational force of the Moon
d) Gravitational force of the Sun
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 6
Turkey is located between
a) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea
b) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea
c) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
d) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Answer »Answer: (d)
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