hydrosphere & oceanography section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 31

What is true about Lake Superior ?

a) This lake has been created through fluvial erosion

b) It is the deepest lake of the world

c) It is a lake wholly within US

d) It is a the largest freshwater lake of the world

Answer: (d)

Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world. Its lies in between Canada and USA.

Question : 32

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List I (Ocean current) A. Guinea current B. Oyashio current C. Canaries current D. Kuroshio current List II (Location in Map) Code :

a) A-4; B-1; C-3; D-2

b) A-2; B-1; C-3; D-4

c) A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2

d) A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4

Answer: (d)

A- 2, B- 3, C- 1, D- 4 The Guinea Current is a slow warm water current that flows to the east along the Guinea coast of West Africa. Oyashio Current is a cold subarctic ocean current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean. The Canary Current is a wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre. The Kuroshio is a north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean.

Question : 33 [IAS (Pre) 1999]

Which of the following pair of oceanic currents is shown in the given map?

a) Benguela and Guinea

b) Agulhas and Guinea

c) Benguela and Falkland

d) Canary and Hamboldt

Answer: (a)

Question : 34 [PSC (Pre) 2018]

The waterfall ‘Victoria’ is associated with the river

a) Zambezi

b) St. Lawrence

c) Amazon

d) Missouri

Answer: (a)

Question : 35 [NDA 2011-I]

What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenger Deep?

a) They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean

b) They all are trenches in the India Ocean

c) They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean

d) They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively

Answer: (d)

They are the deepest points of the Atlantic, India and Pacific Ocean respectively. Milwaukee Deep is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Java Trench is located in the northeastern Indian Ocean. The Challenger Deep is located in the Pacific Ocean.

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