hydrosphere & oceanography section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 41 [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

Which one of the following statements is correct?

a) Greenland belongs to U.S.A.

b) The elevation of Nuuk above the sea level is 3 metre.

c) Greenland is the second largest (area) island in the World

d) Nuuk is a small town of Greenland

Question : 42 [IAS (Pre) 2010]

Consider the following statements.

1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.

a) Neither 1 nor 2

b) Both 1 and 2

c) Only 1

d) Only 2

Question : 43

Which one of the following ocean currents is associated with the ‘EL NINO’ Phenomenon?

a) Kurushio

b) Canaries

c) Humboldt

d) Benguela

Question : 44 [SSC SO 1997]

What is the interval between a high tide and neap tide at a given place?

a) 24 hours

b) 15 hours 30 minutes

c) 12 hours

d) 12 hours 26 minutes

Question : 45 [SSC GL 2013]

The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called:

a) North Atlantic drift

b) West Atlantic drift

c) South Atlantic drift

d) Counter Equatorial drift