hydrosphere & oceanography section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?

a) Benguela current

b) Peru current

c) Labrador current

d) Kuroshio current

Question : 3

The largest part of our hydrosphere is

a) Antarctica ocean

b) Pacific ocean

c) Atlantic ocean

d) Indian ocean

Question : 4

“Great Barrier Reef”, the world’s largest Coral reef is located in

a) Indonesia

b) Philippines

c) Caribbean Islands

d) Australia

Question : 5

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 : 6

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.