THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 28

THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 28

1. Which one of the following can be considered as an initial warning of an approaching Tsunami?
(a) Thundering noise
(b) Squally winds and rainfall
(c) Rapid withdrawal of water away from the beach
(d) Rapid landward movement of water
Ans: (c)

2. Consider the following statements:
1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found.
2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth, 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (d)

3. Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of
Malacca?
(a) Bali
(b) Brunei
(c) Java
(d) Singapore
Ans: (d)
4. The main area of production of icebergs is found in .
(a) the West Coast of Greenland
(b) the East Coast of Japan
(c) the North Coast of Siberia
(d) the West Coast of Africa
Ans: (a)
5. If you travel along the Suez Canal from Port Said to Suez, you will come across several lakes. Which of the following lakes is not on this Canal?
(a) Great Bitter Lake
(b) Little Bitter Lake
(c) Lake Gatun
(d) Lake Timsah
Ans: (c)
6. Which one among the following is not correct regarding Tsunami?
(a) Tsunamis have a very long wavelength
(b) Tsunamis have a slight swell of about twelve inches about the normal sea surface
(c) Tsunamis grow in height when they reach shallower water
(d) Tide also play an important role in the generation of Tsunamis
Ans: (d)
7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the
lists:
Current Feature
A. Kuroshio 1. Warm current in the Atlantic Ocean
B. Peru current 2. Cold current in the Atlantic Ocean
C. Labrador current 3. Warm current in the Pacific Ocean
D. Florida current 4. Cold current in the Pacific Ocean
A B C D
(a) 3 4 2 1
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 1 2 4 3
Ans: (a)
8. The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as
(a) El Nino
(b) Humboldt current
(c) Agulhas current
(d) Canary current
Ans: (b)
9. Which of the following is/are the chief Characteristics of commercial grain farming of the middle latitude grasslands?
1. The size of farms are generally large.
2. Cultivation is highly mechanized.
3. It is a type of extensive farming.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3 only
Ans: (c)

10. The correct descending order of the leading producers of milk is
(a) China, India, Russia, U.S.A.
(b) India, U.S.A., China, Russia
(c) U.S.A., India, China, Russia
(d) India, China, U.S.A., Russia
Ans: (b)