hydrosphere & oceanography section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 41 [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]

On the basis of area and volume, the largest lake of the world is

a) Michigan Lake

b) Baikal Lake

c) Aral Sea

d) Caspian Sea

Question : 42 [SSC LDEO 2012]

Sea water is saltier than rain water because

a) the air around the sea is saltish

b) sea animals are salt producing

c) rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea

d) sea beds have salt producing mines

Question : 43

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Sunda strait — Java Sea and Indian Ocean

b) Palk strait — Mannar Gulf and Bay of Bengal

c) Davis strait — Baffin Sea and Atlantic Ocean

d) Dover strait — Arctic Sea and N. Atlantic Ocean

Question : 44 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]

The ocean current different from the remaining three is

a) Peruvian

b) South Equatorial

c) Benguela

d) Brazilian

Question : 45

The deepest lake of the world is

a) Tanganyika

b) Nyasa

c) Baikal

d) Crater