THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 05

THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 05

1. One will NOT have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Bombay to:
(a) Alexandria
(b) Suez
(c) Port Said
(d) Benghazi
Ans: (b)

2. With reference to Ocean currents consider the following statements:
1. West Australian current is a warm current.
2. North East Monsoon Drift flows in the Indian Ocean during winter season.
3. Equatorial counter current does not flow in the Indian Ocean during winter season.
4. Kuroshic current in the Pacific Ocean is like Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 2 and 4
Ans: (d)
3. Match the following:
Lakes Characteristics
A. Caspian Sea 1. Lake bordered by big cities
B. Baikal lake 2. World's biggest lake
C. Michigan lake 3. Lake below sea level
D. Dead Sea 4. World's deepest lake
A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 1 4 2 3
Ans: (c)
4. The oceanic current named as 'Kuroshio, Kurile and Alaskan' are located in
(a) North Atlantic Ocean
(b) South Atlantic Ocean
(c) North Pacific Ocean
(d) North Indian Ocean
Ans: (c)

5. Which one of the following seas is without a coastline?
(a) White sea
(b) Sargasso sea
(c) Sea of Okhotsk
(d) Tasman sea
Ans: (b)
6. Which one of the following cities is associated with the river Mekong ?
(a) Hong Kong
(b) Phnom-Penh
(c) Shanghai
(d) Yangon
Ans: (b)
7. A ship met with an accident at 30ºC and 35ºN. The ship was sailing in the:
(a) Baltic Sea
(b) Black Sea
(c) Mediterranean Sea
(d) Red Sea
Ans: (c)

8. The Grand Banks are famous fishing grounds in the _____ region.
(a) North-West Pacific
(b) South-East Pacific
(c) North-West Atlantic
(d) North-East Atlantic
Ans: (c)

9. When water freezes in the polar seas the salts:
(a) form a layer on top
(b) remain in the subsurface water that does not freeze
(c) sink to the bottom
(d) partly freeze and partly sink to the bottom
Ans: (b)
10. Which of the following features are formed by the river in its upper course?
1. Gorge
2. Canyon
3. Meander
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (a)