Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Water Bodies and Ocean Currents
Question 1: Kuroshio is a warm ocean current which runs from
a) Philippines to Japan
b) Indonesia to Philippines
c) Japan to China
d) Sri Lanka to Indonesia
Answer: (a)
Question 2: Which of the following lake is the smallest?
a) Tanganyika
b) Issyk-kul
c) Caspian Sea
d) Nyasa
Answer: (d)
Question 3: Which one of the following is not “The Great Lakes”?
a) Superior
b) Victoria
c) Huron
d) Erie
Answer: (b)
Question 4: Tonga Kermadec, the ocean trench is located in
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
Answer: (c)
Question 5: Which one among the following is a cold ocean current?
a) Canary Current
b) Brazil Current
c) Gulf Stream
d) Kuroshio Current
Answer: (a)
Question 6: Which water body has the highest salinity?
a) Lake Van
b) Dead Sea
c) Great Salt Lake
d) Red Sea
Answer: (a)
Question 7: Which one of the following is not a minor relief feature in the ocean?
a) Seamount
b) Ocean deep
c) Gayot
d) Atoll
Answer: (b)
Question 8: Which one of the following is not a warm current?
a) Humboldt Current
b) Gulf Stream
c) North Atlantic Current
d) Alaska Current
Answer: (a)
Question 9: The main area of production of icebergs is found in
a) the west coast of Greenland
b) the east coast of Japan
c) the north coast of Siberia
d) the west coast of Africa
Answer: (a)
Question 10: Which one of the following lakes forms as international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda?
a) Chained
b) Malawi
c) Victoria
d) Zambenzi
Answer: (c)
Question 11: Volcanic eruptions do not occur in the
a) Baltic Sea
b) Black Sea
c) Caribbean Sea
d) Caspian Sea
Answer: (a)
Question 12: Which one among the following is responsible for the expansion of water in the ocean?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Nitrogen dioxide
c) Carbon monoxide
d) Sulphur dioxide
Answer: (a)
Question 13: Falkland Island is the bone of contention between South America and the Britishers. This island is located in
a) North Atlantic Ocean
b) South Atlantic Ocean
c) South Indian Ocean
d) North Pacific Ocean
Answer: (b)
Question 14: The interval between two tides is approximately
a) 4 hours
b) 6 hours
c) 12 hours
d) 24 hours
Answer: (c)
Question 15: Which of the following straits is not in Asia?
a) Malacca Strait
b) Bass Strait
c) Formosa Strait
d) Molucca Strait
Answer: (b)
Question 16: Tsunami is not caused by
a) hurricane
b) earthquake
c) undersea landslides
d) volcanic eruptions
Answer: (a)
Question 17: Which one of the following countries does not border the Caspian Sea?
a) Armenia
b) Azerbaijan
c) Kazakhstan
d) Turkmenistan
Answer: (a)
Question 18: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Gulf of Aqaba : Jordan
b) Gulf of Aden : Yemen
c) Ligurian Sea : Greece
d) Cardigan Bay : UK
Answer: (c)
Question 19: Where are the Balearic Islands located?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Black Sea
c) Baltic Sea
d) North Sea
Answer: (a)
Question 20: Which one of the following separates North and South Islands of New Zealand?
a) Foveaux Strait
b) Bass Strait
c) Cook Strait
d) Torres Strait
Answer: (c)
Question 21: Tropical cyclone of Philippines is termed as
a) Typhoon
b) Willy Willy
c) Hurricane
d) Baguio
Answer: (d)
Question 22: What are the Westerlies?
a) Permanent winds
b) Seasonal winds
c) Local winds
d) Variable winds
Answer: (a)
Question 23: El Nino current appears along the coast of
a) Brazil
b) Peru
c) Alaska
d) Western Australia
Answer: (b)
Question 24: Kiel Canal connects
a) Baltic Sea and North Sea
b) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
c) Caribbean Sea and Pacific Sea
d) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Answer: (a)
Question 25: The current produced by upwelling of cold water of the coast of Chile and Peru is known as
a) El Nino
b) Humboldt Current
c) Agulhas Current
d) Canary Current
Answer: (b)
Question 26: Which waterway separates India from Sri Lanka?
a) Eight Degree Channel
b) Palk Strait
c) Ten Degree Channel
d) Andaman Sea
Answer: (b)
Question 27: Which one of the following country is not situated in the region between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea?
a) Armenia
b) Azerbaijan
c) Georgia
d) Ukraine
Answer: (d)
Question 28: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Kuroshio : Warm Ocean Current
b) Labrador : Warm Ocean Current
c) Benguela : Cold Ocean Current
d) Oyashio : Cold Ocean Current
Answer: (b)
Question 29: In which Ocean is the Cromwell Current found?
a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
Answer: (a)
Question 30: What is Gulf Stream?
a) A cold Current in the Atlantic Ocean
b) A cold Current in the Pacific Ocean
c) A warm Current in the Atlantic Ocean
d) A warm Current in the Pacific Ocean
Answer: (c)
Question 31: Which one of the following seas/gulfs are connected by the Suez Canal?
a) Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
b) Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Oman
d) Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea
Answer: (a)
Question 32: Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?
a) Cook Strait
b) Megallan
c) Tasman Sea
d) Great Barrier Reef
Answer: (c)
Question 33: In which one of the following oceans Diamantine Trench situated?
a) Pacific Ocean
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
Answer: (c)
Question 34: Through which one of the following Straits, does a tunnel connect the UK and France?
a) Davis Strait
b) Denmark Strait
c) Strait of Dover
d) Strait of Gibraltar
Answer: (c)
Question 35: Which one of the following groups of oceanic water currents meet near New Found Land Island of Canada?
a) Gulf Stream and Labrador
b) Kuroshio and Kurile
c) Agulhas and Mozambique
d) Brazilian and Falkland
Answer: (a)
Question 36: Willy Willy is the tropical cyclone occurring in
a) China Sea
b) Caribbean Sea
c) Coast of North-West Australia
d) Gulf of Mexico
Answer: (c)
Question 37: Which one of the following does the ‘West Wind Drift’ belongs to?
a) Tidal occurrence
b) Wind System
c) Wave Phenomenon
d) Ocean Current
Answer: (d)
Question 38: Tsunamis are produced by
a) shrinking of the Earth’s crust
b) cyclones
c) submarine earthquakes
d) tides
Answer: (c)
Question 39: Which one of the following is not a cause of generation of ocean currents?
a) Planetary winds
b) Variations in ocean water temperature
c) Revolution of the Earth
d) Shape and configuration of the coastlines
Answer: (c)
Question 40: Oozes are associated with
a) Volcanic deposits
b) Terrigenous deposits
c) Pelagic deposits
d) Coral reefs
Answer: (c)
Question 41: Coral Reefs are formed by
a) Volcanic rocks
b) marine sediments
c) chlorine material precipitated from sea water
d) tiny colonial marine animals which construct limestone skeletal material
Answer: (d)
Question 42: Which one of the following sequences in the increasing order of salinity concentration in their water is correct?
a) Gulf of California-Baltic Sea-Red Sea-Arctic Ocean
b) Baltic Sea-Arctic Ocean-Gulf of California-Red Sea
c) Red Sea-Gulf of California-Baltic Sea-Arctic Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean-Red Sea-Gulf of California-Baltic Sea
Answer: (b)
Question 43: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Angel : Venezuela
b) Utigord : Norway
c) Ribbon : USA
d) Kalambo : USA
Answer: (d)
Question 44: Maximum temperature of the ocean is always at their surface because
a) they directly receive the heat from the Sun
b) they directly receive the heat through the ocean currents
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 45: The Suez Canal, the Panama Canal and the Straits of Dardamelles because they
a) are strategic waterways
b) are the point of conflict
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 46: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Great Slave : North America
b) Aral Sea : Asia
c) Victoria : Africa
d) Erie : Asia
Answer: (d)
Question 47: Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines have very rich and developed fishing industry in the world due to
a) coastline
b) their location
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 48: Which of the following seas are enclosed?
a) Arab Sea
b) Sea of Azov
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 49: Salinity in ocean water decrease when
a) evaporation is more
b) wind velocity is high
c) rainfall is heavy
d) humidity is high
Answer: (c)
Question 50: Which one of the following is a warm current?
a) South Pacific Current
b) Kuroshio Current
c) Labrador Current
d) Rip Current
Answer: (b)