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Oceanography - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    Which is the world's largest lake by surface area ?
    1. Lake Superior
    2. Lake Michigan-Huron
    3. Caspian Sea
    4. Black Sea
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  2. Question 2

    The Grand Canyon is located on the :
    1. Colorado River
    2. Tapti River
    3. Rhine River
    4. Niger River
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  3. Question 3

    The sea bed sloping gradually and bordering the continent is known as :
    1. Continental Shelf
    2. Continental Platform
    3. Continental Slope
    4. Coast
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  4. Question 4

    A place where there is constant intermingling of salt water and fresh water is_____
    1. Delta
    2. Bay
    3. Gulf
    4. Estuary
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  5. Question 5

    Which of the following oceans has the shape of the English alphabet S ?
    1. Indian Ocean
    2. Arctic Ocean
    3. Atlantic Ocean
    4. Pacific Ocean
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  6. Question 6

    Which of the following is a landlocked sea ?
    1. Aral Sea
    2. Aral Sea
    3. Timor Sea
    4. Arafura Sea
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  7. Question 7

    Tides in the sea have stored in them :
    1. Gravitational potential energy
    2. Kinetic energy
    3. A combination of all the above three forms of energy
    4. Hydraulic energy
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  8. Question 8

    Echo sounding is the technique applied to ___
    1. Record the density of air in the atmosphere
    2. Measure the depth of the sea
    3. Record earthquake waves
    4. Measure the amplitude of sound waves
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  9. Question 9

    The deepest ocean of the world is :
    1. Arctic Ocean
    2. Indian Oce
    3. Atlantic Ocean
    4. Pacific Ocean
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  10. Question 10

    The deepest surface depression on the earth is :
    1. Tonga-Kermadec Trench
    2. Marina Trench
    3. Kurile Trench
    4. Bentley Subglacial
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  11. Question 11

    E1 Nino is :
    1. Another name of typhoon
    2. Sea storm
    3. Tropical disturbance
    4. A warm ocean current
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  12. Question 12

    Which current is responsible for increasing in the temperature of the western Europe ?
    1. Gulf stream
    2. North Equatorial current
    3. Canary current
    4. Labrador current
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  13. Question 13

    The narrow stretch of water connecting two Seas is called :
    1. Peninsula
    2. Bay
    3. Strait
    4. None of these
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  14. Question 14

    In which of the following is the Great Barrier Reef located ?
    1. Arafura Sea
    2. Solomon Sea
    3. Coral Sea
    4. Bismarck Sea
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  15. Question 15

    Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as :
    1. Tides
    2. Cyclone
    3. Current
    4. Tsunami
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  16. Question 16

    The ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ is associated with :
    1. Thermal power station
    2. Volcanoes and earthquakes
    3. Forest fires
    4. Oil well fires
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  17. Question 17

    Which of the following is not a cold ocean current ?
    1. Humboldt current
    2. Brazil current
    3. Oyashio current
    4. Canary current
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  18. Question 18

    Tsunamis are the waves generated by :
    1. Moon’s pull
    2. High tides of the oceans
    3. Earthquakes beneath the sea
    4. Cyclones
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  19. Question 19

    [UGC (Geog) 2016]
    The term “Swash” refers to—
    1. Sideward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave
    2. Forward movement of sea water up the beach after the breaking of a wave
    3. Backward movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave
    4. Oblique movement of sea water at the beach after the breaking of a wave
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  20. Question 20

    [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1997]
    World’s most saline Ocean/Lake is:
    1. Lake Van
    2. Dead Sea
    3. Caspian Sea
    4. Great Salt Lake
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