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

Question : 36 [UPPCS (Pre) 2015]

Which one of the following denotes water salinity gradient?

a) Chemocline

b) Pycnocline

c) Thermocline

d) Halocline

Question : 37

Consider the map given below. The river shown on the map is

a) Salween

b) Chao Phraya

c) Irrawaddy

d) Mekong

Question : 38 [IAS (Pre) 1999]

In which one of the following positions given in the figure seatide would have maximum height?

a) M4

b) M3

c) M1

d) M2

Question : 39 [BPSC (Pre) 1996]

The greatest delta of the world is formed by

a) Huang-Hoe

b) Yangtze-Kyang

c) Ganga and Brahmaputra

d) Missisippi-Missouri

Question : 40 [NDA/NA 2014-II]

Movements of tides are mostly determined by

a) revolution of the Earth

b) rotation of the Earth

c) albedo effect

d) wind velocity