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Oceanography - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    What percentage of world’s freshwater is stored as glacial ice?
    1. 10%
    2. 30%
    3. 50%
    4. 70%
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  2. Question 2

    Which one of the following statements regarding water cycle is correct?
    1. Only evaporation of surface water of rivers and oceans is responsible for cloud formation
    2. Rainfall does not contribute in maintenance of underground water table
    3. Transpiration by plants does not contribute to cloud formation
    4. Underground water may also be connected to surface water
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  3. Question 3

    The loss of water vapour by plants after it has been drawn from the soil is called:
    1. Evapotranspiration
    2. Evaporation
    3. Transoevaporation
    4. Transpiration
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  4. Question 4

    Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the four stages of water movement in: a hydrological cycle?
    1. Evaporation-Condensation-Precipitation-Infiltration
    2. Evaporation-Precipitation-Condensation-Infiltration
    3. Condensation-Precipitation-Evaporation-Infiltration
    4. Infiltration-Evaporation-Condensation-Precipitation
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  5. Question 5

    The ocean relief is generally:
    1. More diverse than that of the continent’s
    2. Showing minor variation only
    3. More uniform than that of the continents
    4. Not much of a significance
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  6. Question 6

    Deep sea plains are characterised by which of the following deposits?
    1. Pelagic
    2. Terrigeneous
    3. Gravels
    4. Calcareous
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  7. Question 7

    Submarine canyons are formed due to which of the following?
    1. Subsidence and upliftment
    2. Rifting
    3. Turbidity currents
    4. Ecstasy
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  8. Question 8

    The Pacific ocean covers:
    1. One-fifth of the earth’s area
    2. One-fourth of the earth’s area
    3. One-tenth of the earth’s area
    4. One-third of the earth’s area
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  9. Question 9

    The East Pacific rise is also known as :
    1. Peru Basin
    2. Tonga Trench
    3. Polynesia
    4. Albatross Plateau
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  10. Question 10

    The Wyville Thomson ridge is located between:
    1. Iceland and Scotland
    2. Iceland and Denmark
    3. Greenland and Iceland
    4. Iceland and Kurile
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  11. Question 11

    The Mid Atlantic ridge has a length of about:
    1. 6000 km
    2. 4000 km
    3. 14000 km
    4. 9000 km
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  12. Question 12

    The average depth of Spanish Basin is:
    1. 1000m
    2. 2000m
    3. 4000m
    4. 5000m
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  13. Question 13

    Out of the following which combination is incorrect?
    1. Cocoa Ridge-Pacific Ocean
    2. Walvis Ridge-Atlantic Ocean
    3. Agulhas Basin-Indian Ocean
    4. Telegraph Plateau-Indian Ocean
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  14. Question 14

    Which of the following influence the oceanic salinity ?
    1. Land
    2. Wind
    3. River
    4. Ash from volcanoes
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  15. Question 15

    Which two seas are connected by the Suez canal ?
    1. Red Sea and Arabian Sea
    2. North Sea and Baltic Sea
    3. Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea
    4. Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
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  16. Question 16

    In which of the following the direction of Ocean currents are reversed with season ?
    1. In the Indian Ocean
    2. In the Atlantic Ocea
    3. In the Arctic Ocean
    4. In the Pacific Ocean
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  17. Question 17

    'Kuroshio current' is a Oceanic current and it is available in ?
    1. North Pacific Ocean
    2. South Atlantic Ocean
    3. North Atlantic Ocean
    4. North Indian Ocean
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  18. Question 18

    What is the highest waterfall in the world ?
    1. Browne Fall of New Zealand
    2. Catarata Gocta of Peru
    3. Langfoss of Norway
    4. Angel Falls of Venezuela
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  19. Question 19

    Which one of the following is not the part of North Atlantic Ocean current system ?
    1. Canaries Current
    2. Benguela Current
    3. Gulf Stream
    4. Antilles Current
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  20. Question 20

    Which is the highest lake above the Sea level in the world ?
    1. Lake Saiful-Muluk
    2. Lake Tsomoriri
    3. Lake Panch Pokhari
    4. Lake Titicaca
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