hydrosphere & oceanography section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

a) 2 3 1 4

b) 1 4 2 3

c) 2 4 3 1

d) 4 2 1 3

Question : 2

Which of the following is the second deepest and the longest lake of the world?

a) Great Bear Lake

b) Superior Lake

c) Tanganyika Lake

d) Baikal Lake

Question : 3

Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?

a) Benguela current

b) Peru current

c) Labrador current

d) Kuroshio current

Question : 4

Datum line

a) is an imaginary line which passes through zero degree meridian

b) International date line

c) is a horizontal line to the sea level from where heights and depths are measured

d) is the mean of primary and secondary data

Question : 5

Statement I:
There is high salinity in Red Sea.
Statement II:
Rate of evaporation is high in Red Sea.
Code:

a) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

b) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

c) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.

d) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.

Question : 6

Diego Garcia is situated in

a) Atlantic Ocean

b) Arctic Ocean

c) Indian Ocean

d) Pacific Ocean