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

Question : 21 [PCS (Pre) 2003]

Which of the following is cold ocean current?

a) Brazil Current

b) Gulf Stream

c) Peruvian Current (Hamboldt Current)

d) Kuroshio Current

Question : 22 [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]

Which one of the following is the largest in area?

a) Java

b) New Zealand South Island

c) New Zealand North Island

d) New Foundland

Question : 23 [IAS (Pre) 2002]

In the map given below, four islands of Indian Ocean region i.e., (a) Seychelles. (b) Chagos, (c) Mauritius and (d) Socotra are marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Match them and select the correct answer from the code given below. Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

a) 3 1 4 2

b) 1 3 2 4

c) 1 3 4 2

d) 3 1 2 4

Question : 24 [UPPCS (Pre) 1993]

The largest Island of the World is

a) New Guinea

b) Madagascar

c) Borneo

d) Greenland

Question : 25

Which one of the following currents has a warming influence on the neighbouring coast?

a) Oyasio

b) Canaries

c) Benguela

d) Agulhas