Hydrosphere & Oceanography Section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1 [UPPCS 2008]

Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?River Country

a) Rhone - Spain

b) Rhine - Germany

c) Dnieper - Ukraine

d) Po - Italy

Answer: (a)

Question : 2 [SSC DEO 2008]

The coastal part of water bodies of the oceans which is structurally part of the mainland of the continents is called

a) continental slope

b) continental shelf

c) isthumus

d) oceanic ridge

Answer: (b)

The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the shelf break). The sea floor below the break is the continental slope.

Question : 3 [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]

Which of the following ocean currents does not belong to Indian Ocean?

a) Benguela Current

b) South Indian Ocean Current

c) Agulhas Current

d) Mozambique Current

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Gulf stream is

a) A local wind

b) A second name of jet stream

c) A river in the Gulf

d) An ocean current

Answer: (d)

The Gulf stream is a warm ocean current that originated from the eastern coast of North America.

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates at the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Question : 5 [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]

Which of the following lakes lies entirely in the U.S.A.?

a) Lake Erie

b) Lake Superior

c) Lake Michigan

d) Lake Huron

Answer: (c)

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