hydrosphere & oceanography section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 21 [IAS (Pre) 2017]

Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries?

1. Jordan
2. Iraq
3. Lebanon
4. Syria

a) 1, 3 and 4

b) Only 3 and 4

c) Only 1, 2 and 3

d) Only 2 and 3

Question : 22 [IAS (Pre) 2011]

Between India and East Asia, the navigation time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?

1. Deepening the Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.
2. Opening a new canal between the Gulf of Siam and the Andaman Sea.

a) Neither 1 nor 2

b) Both 1 and 2

c) Only 1

d) Only 2

Question : 23 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]

Sargasso is related to the Ocean, that ocean is

a) Southern Atlantic

b) Southern Pacific

c) Northern Pacific

d) Northern Atlantic

Question : 24 [IAS (Pre) 2013]

On the planet Earth, most of the fresh water exists as ice caps and glaciers. Out of the remaining fresh water, the largest proportion

a) Exists as soil moisture

b) Exists as ground water

c) is found in atmosphere as moisture and clouds

d) is found in fresh water lakes and rivers

Question : 25

Which one of the following is not correctly matched? Islands Ocean

a) Baffin — North Pacific Ocean

b) Tasmaniya — S. Pacific Ocean

c) Greenlands — Arctic Ocean

d) Madagaskar — Indian Ocean