GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 178

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 178

1771) Match the following
List I (Oceanic Trench)      List II (Location)
A. Aleutian      1. Indian Ocean
B. Kermadec      2. North Pacific
C. Sunda      3. South Pacific
D. S Sandwich      4. South Atlantic Ocean

Codes are given in A B C D order.
A) 2 4 1 3
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 1 3 2 4
D) 1 4 2 3

Answer: 2 3 1 4
   
1772) Regarding Halocline choose the correct facts given below.
1. It relates to salinity change only
2. Pyncoclines in normally follows halocline.
3. It is a subtype of chemocline
A) Only 1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) All of these

Answer: All of these
   
1773) Which one among the following sequences of water bodies, from lower to higher salinity concentration, is correct?
A) Gulf of California Baltic Sea Red Sea-Arctic Sea
B) Baltic Sea-Arctic Sea Gulf of California-Red Sea
C) Red Sea Gulf of California Arctic Sea Baltic Sea
D) Arctic Sea Gulf of California-Baltic Sea-Red Sea

Answer: Baltic Sea-Arctic Sea Gulf of California-Red Sea
   
1774) Tidal range denotes the
A) rise of sea water and its movement toward the coast
B) fall of sea water and its movement toward the sea
C) rise and fall of sea water due to gravitational forces
D) difference between high and low tide

Answer: difference between high and low tide
   
1775) Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the
A) Earth on the Moon
B) Earth on the Sun
C) Sun and Moon on the Earth
D) Moon on the Earth

Answer: Sun and Moon on the Earth

1776) Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Indian ocean?
A) It can be considered as only half an ocean.
B) Linear deeps are almost absent.
C) The average depth of the Indian ocean is 4000 m.
D) The floor of the Indian ocean has much more irregularities in comparison to the other two, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Answer: The floor of the Indian ocean has much more irregularities in comparison to the other two, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
   
1777) Arrange the major seas of the world in descending order
1. Bering Sea 2. South China Sea 3. East China Sea 4. Red Sea
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 2,1,3,4
B) 1,2,3,4
C) 2,3,1,4
D) 4,3,1,2

Answer: 2,1,3,4
   
1778) Identify the wrong statement
A) RA Daly gave the glacial control theory for origin of coral reefs.
B) The Neritic province and oceanic province are separated by the edge of continental slope.
C) The Benthlic realm is subdivided into littoral and deep-sea zones, which are separated by a depth of 200 m.
D) Corals grow more rapidly on seaward side.

Answer: The Benthlic realm is subdivided into littoral and deep-sea zones, which are separated by a depth of 200 m.
   
1779) The time it takes for the crests (or troughs) of two successive waves to pass a given point is known as the
A) wave period
B) wave celerity
C) wave form
D) wave height

Answer: wave period
   
1780) This item consists of two statements I and II
Statement I The Kuroshio is a warm North flowing ocean current on the West side of the North Pacific Ocean.
Statement II Presence of a number of volcanoes at the bottom of the sea of Japan is responsible for the Kuroshio becoming warm.
Examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to the item using the code given below.
A) Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct: explanation of statement l.
B) Both the statements are individually true but statement ll is not the correct explanation of statement I.
C) Statement I is true but statement II is false.
D) Statement I is false but statement II is true.

Answer: Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct: explanation of statement l.