hydrosphere & oceanography section 7 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 26 [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]

Which Strait separates Europe from Africa?

a) Bering

b) Dover

c) Bosphorus

d) Gibraltar

Question : 27 [MPPCS (Pre) 1999]

Diego Garcia is situated in

a) Atlantic Ocean

b) Arctic Ocean

c) Indian Ocean

d) Pacific Ocean

Question : 28 [NDA/NA 2016-I]

Statement I:
There is high salinity in Red Sea.
Statement II:
Rate of evaporation is high in Red Sea.
Code:

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 : 29 [UPPCS (Pre) 1994]

Datum line

a) is an imaginary line which passes through zero degree meridian

b) International date line

c) is a horizontal line to the sea level from where heights and depths are measured

d) is the mean of primary and secondary data

Question : 30 [SSC CGL 2016]

“Great Barrier Reef”, the world’s largest Coral reef is located in

a) Indonesia

b) Philippines

c) Caribbean Islands

d) Australia