hydrosphere & oceanography section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 26 [SSC CGL 2016]

The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called __________.

a) Submarine ridges

b) Abyssal plains

c) Continental shelf

d) Continental rise

Answer: (c)

Continental Shelf is a gentle seaward sloping surface extending from the coasts towards the open sea. In all, about 7.5% of the total area of the oceans is covered by continental shelves.

The shelf is formed by the drowning of a part of a continent with a relative rise in sea level or marine deposition beneath the water.

Question : 27 [PSC (Pre) 2016]

Which of the following pairs of countries are around Aral Sea?

a) Kazakhstan – Russia

b) Azerbaijan - Uzbekistan

c) Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan

d) Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan

Answer: (c)

Question : 28 [SSC GL 2013]

The Sargasso sea is situated in the :

a) Arctic Ocean

b) Indian Ocean

c) Atlantic Ocean

d) Pacific Ocean

Answer: (c)

The Sargasso Sea is a region in the gyre in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. The Sargasso Sea is home to seaweed of the genus Sargassum (origin of its name), which floats en masse on the surface there.

Question : 29 [BPSC (Pre) 2008]

The longest river of South America

a) Ganga

b) Mississippi

c) Nile

d) Amazon

Answer: (d)

Question : 30 [UP-RO 2016]

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:

List I List II
(Rivers) (Flowing into)
A. Lena 1. Persian Gulf
B. Amur 2. Arctic Ocean
C. Tigris 3. Arabian Sea
D. Mahi 4. Pacific Ocean
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 3 2 4

b) 4 1 3 2

c) 2 4 1 3

d) 3 2 4 1

Answer: (c)

  • Lena - Arctic Ocean
  • Amur - Pacific Ocean
  • Tigris - Persian Gulf
  • Mahi - Arabian Sea

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