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This section includes 26 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Oceanography (Geography) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Seamounts may be |
| A. | Mountain abruptly rising from the ocean floor |
| B. | Mountains resulting out of diastrophic activity from the ocean floor |
| C. | Mountains resulting from the changes inside the ocean floor |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mountains resulting out of diastrophic activity from the ocean floor | |
| 2. |
The continental shelf region is the shallowest part of the ocean and surrounds the contents as a shallow platform which is terminated seaward by a sharp break slope |
| A. | Shelf edge |
| B. | Canyon |
| C. | Rift |
| D. | Esturay |
| Answer» B. Canyon | |
| 3. |
Assertion (A) : The continents are considered as floating on the denser layers of rocks.Reason (R) : The continents are made up of lighter rocks. |
| A. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| B. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A) |
| C. | (A) is true but (R) is false |
| D. | (A) is false but (R) is true |
| Answer» B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A) | |
| 4. |
Assertion (A) : Explosive type of volcanic eruptions are associated with the destructive of convergent plate boundaries in which the heavier plate is subducted beneath the lighter plate.Reason (R) : Materials of the upper mantle lying below the mid-oceanic ridges are melted and move upward in the form of lava during volcanic eruptions.Code |
| A. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| B. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A) |
| C. | (A) is true but (R) is false |
| D. | (A) is false but (R) is true |
| Answer» C. (A) is true but (R) is false | |
| 5. |
Delta shore line is |
| A. | Built of material brought out of stream system |
| B. | Built material brought out of glacial system |
| C. | Built of a material brought out of river system |
| D. | Built of a material out of ocean system |
| Answer» B. Built material brought out of glacial system | |
| 6. |
Groine is |
| A. | It is simply a wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of huge rocks |
| B. | It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of small rocks |
| C. | It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of igneous rocks |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of small rocks | |
| 7. |
Consider the following by statement1. The Rhine rift valley stretches for more than 800 km.2. The floor of Dead Sea is more than 1100m below sea level.Which of the statement (s) given above is / are correct ? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Abyssal plains are |
| A. | Small and unproductive plains caused by the turbidity currents |
| B. | Vast and flat plains caused by the turbidity currents |
| C. | Vast but unusually rough terrained plains caused by the turbidity currents |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Vast but unusually rough terrained plains caused by the turbidity currents | |
| 9. |
What is a coastal plains ? |
| A. | It is created by a continental shelf exposed by submergence |
| B. | It is created by continental shelf exposed by emergence |
| C. | It is created by a continental shelf exposed by tidal waves |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. It is created by a continental shelf exposed by tidal waves | |
| 10. |
The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge mass called |
| A. | Indian |
| B. | Aryavarta |
| C. | Angaraland |
| D. | Gondwana land |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Which one of the following is related to the origin of folded mountains ? |
| A. | Accreting plate margin |
| B. | Consuming plate margin |
| C. | Conserving plate margin |
| D. | Intra plate zone |
| Answer» C. Conserving plate margin | |
| 12. |
The marked slope from the edge of continental shelf to the deep sea or Abyssal plain is known as |
| A. | Continental foot |
| B. | Continental slope |
| C. | Continental shelf |
| D. | Continental sea |
| Answer» C. Continental shelf | |
| 13. |
Drift plain are formed by |
| A. | Deposition of dust by wind |
| B. | Debris brought by streams |
| C. | Deposits of continental glaciations |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 14. |
Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridge ? |
| A. | Divergent movement |
| B. | Convergent movement |
| C. | Transform fault movement |
| D. | Parallel movement |
| Answer» B. Convergent movement | |
| 15. |
Fiord originate as a result of |
| A. | Glacial erosion |
| B. | Soil erosion |
| C. | Land slide |
| D. | Rock formation |
| Answer» B. Soil erosion | |
| 16. |
The bottoms of trenches lie |
| A. | Deep upto 3500 to 5000 miles |
| B. | Deep upto 2000 to 3500 miles |
| C. | Deep upto 7500 to 10000 miles or more |
| D. | Deep upto 500 to 8000 miles |
| Answer» D. Deep upto 500 to 8000 miles | |
| 17. |
Drift plain |
| A. | Deposition of dust by wind |
| B. | Debris brought by streams |
| C. | Deposits of continental glaciations |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 18. |
The bottoms of |
| A. | Deep upto 3500 to 5000 miles |
| B. | Deep upto 2000 to 3500 miles |
| C. | Deep upto 7500 to 10000 miles or more |
| D. | Deep upto 500 to 8000 miles |
| Answer» D. Deep upto 500 to 8000 miles | |
| 19. |
Fiord originate |
| A. | Glacial erosion |
| B. | Soil erosion |
| C. | Land slide |
| D. | Rock formation |
| Answer» B. Soil erosion | |
| 20. |
Which one of the following is related to the origin of |
| A. | Accreting plate margin |
| B. | Consuming plate margin |
| C. | Conserving plate margin |
| D. | Intra plate zone |
| Answer» C. Conserving plate margin | |
| 21. |
Abyssal plains |
| A. | Small and unproductive plains caused by the turbidity currents |
| B. | Vast and flat plains caused by the turbidity currents |
| C. | Vast but unusually rough terrained plains caused by the turbidity currents |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Vast but unusually rough terrained plains caused by the turbidity currents | |
| 22. |
Delta shore line |
| A. | Built of material brought out of stream system |
| B. | Built material brought out of glacial system |
| C. | Built of a material brought out of river system |
| D. | Built of a material out of ocean system |
| Answer» B. Built material brought out of glacial system | |
| 23. |
Groine |
| A. | It is simply a wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of huge rocks |
| B. | It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of small rocks |
| C. | It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of igneous rocks |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of small rocks | |
| 24. |
Seamounts |
| A. | Mountain abruptly rising from the ocean floor |
| B. | Mountains resulting out of diastrophic activity from the ocean floor |
| C. | Mountains resulting from the changes inside the ocean floor |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mountains resulting out of diastrophic activity from the ocean floor | |
| 25. |
The continental shelf region is the |
| A. | Shelf edge |
| B. | Canyon |
| C. | Rift |
| D. | Esturay |
| Answer» B. Canyon | |
| 26. |
Consider the following by statement |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» E. | |