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Ocean And Seas

Total Questions : 405 | Page 5 of 41 pages

Question 41. Where is the ocean current called the ‘Gulf Stream’ found?

South Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Atlantic Ocean
Answer: (c)

Question 42. The Red Sea is an example of a

residual structure
lava structure
folded structure
faulted structure

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> faulted structure
Answer: (d)

Question 43. The Palk Bay lies between

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Lakshadweep and Maldives Islands
Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat
Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal
Answer: (d)

Question 44. Where is Great Salt lake located?

Turkey
India
Iran
U.S.A.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> U.S.A.
Answer: (d)

Question 45. Which of the following is correctly matched?

Lahore - Satluj river
Kiev - Don river
Hamburg - Elbe river
Belgrade - Seine river

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Hamburg - Elbe river
Answer: (c)

Question 46. The Aswan High Dam is located in

Nigeria
Zaire
Sudan
Egypt

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Egypt
Answer: (d)

Question 47. Arrange the following features formed by rivers in its course starting from upstream:

Meanders

Falls

Delta

Oxbow Lake

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1 – 4 – 2 – 3
1 – 2 – 3 – 4
2 – 1 – 3 – 4
2 – 1 – 4 – 3

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 2 – 1 – 4 – 3
Answer: (d)
Falls are possible only when a river is losing height suddenly. Next comes meanders. When a river reaches flatter land, flow is slowed down and meanders are formed through erosion of the river banks and deposition on the inside of bends.
Oxbow lake is formed when a wide meander is cut off from the main river, creating a free-standing body of water. Delta is formed at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir.

Question 48. The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in the regions where

continental shelf is undulating
warm and cold oceanic currents meet
warm and cold atmospheric currents meet
rivers drain out large amounts of freshwater into the sea

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> warm and cold oceanic currents meet
Answer: (b) The mixing of warm and cold current in the region where planktons are found, is food for fishes. The temperature is just right for them to survive. The temperature is just right for the growth of firsh food called planktons.

Question 49. Which one among the following rivers is the longest?