THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 04

THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 04

1. Consider the following countries:
1. Algeria
2. Morocco
3. Mauritania
Which of these borders is/are the Mediterranean Sea?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (b)

2. Which one of the following pairs of straits and the countries they separate is wrongly matched?
(a) Gibraltar Strait - Spain and Morocco
(b) Bering Strait - Sumatra and Malaysia
(c) Magellan Strait - Chile and Tiera del Fuego
(d) Bass Strait - Australia and Tasmania
Ans: (b)
3. The great Asian river Mekong does not run through:
(a) China
(b) Malaysia
(c) Cambodia
(d) Laos
Ans: (b)
4. Match the following:
Sea Country
A. Black Sea 1. Bulgaria
B. Red Sea 2. China
C. .Yellow Sea 3. Eritrea
D. Caspian Sea 4. Kazakhstan
A B C D
(a) 1 4 2 3
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 2 4 1 3
Ans: (c)
5. Which of the following is not an important condition for growth of coral?
(a) Wave-free salt water
(b) Clean salt water
(c) Warm seas
(d) Plenty of sunlight
Ans: (a)

6. Maximum amount of herring fish is obtained from:
(a) The North Sea around the Netherlands
(b) The coastal areas from Alaska to California
(c) The Sea of Japan
(d) The Gulf of Mexico
Ans: (a)

7. Which one of the following countries does not border Mediterranean Sea? [NDA 2004]
(a) Malta
(b) Libya
(c) Italy
(d) Bulgaria
Ans: (d)

8. The direction of ocean currents is reversed with season:
(a) in the Pacific Ocean
(b) in the Atlantic Ocean
(c) in the Indian Ocean
(d) in the Mediterranean Sea
Ans: (c)

9. Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?
(a) Indian Ocean is ‘half an ocean’
(b) Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
(c) Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
(d) Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity
Ans: (b)
10. The world's highest waterfall is in :
(a) Brazil
(b) U. S.A.
(c) Venezuela
(d) Zambia
Ans: (c)