hydrosphere & oceanography section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?

a) Great Barrier Reef

b) Tasman Sea

c) Cook Straits

d) Megallan

Question : 2

Statement I
Tsunami is small in open ocean yet may be over 30 m high when it reaches a coastline.
Statement II
Tsunam is have long wavelength and they travel across the open ocean at high speed. As they approach shore, the wavelength decreases and the wave height increases.

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 : 3

The highest salinity is found in which of the following lakes?

a) Baikal lake

b) Balkash lake

c) Van Lake

d) Dead sea

Question : 4

Which of the following lakes lies entirely in the U.S.A.?

a) Lake Erie

b) Lake Superior

c) Lake Michigan

d) Lake Huron

Question : 5

Gulf stream is

a) A local wind

b) A second name of jet stream

c) A river in the Gulf

d) An ocean current

Question : 6

Which of the following ocean currents does not belong to Indian Ocean?

a) Benguela Current

b) South Indian Ocean Current

c) Agulhas Current

d) Mozambique Current