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This section includes 48 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. |
Match the followingRiverOcean / SeaF. Murray River1.Arabian SeaG. Congo Liver2.Indian OceanH. Nile3.Mediterranean SeaJ. India4.Atlantic OceanCode : FGHJA.4213B.2431C.2413D.2341 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |
| 2. |
Strait of Florida runs in between |
| A. | Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea |
| B. | Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea |
| C. | Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico |
| D. | Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean |
| Answer» D. Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean | |
| 3. |
Which of the following is called the 'Gateway of the Pacific ' ? |
| A. | Suez Canal |
| B. | Panama Canal |
| C. | Bering Sea |
| D. | Gulf of Alaska |
| Answer» C. Bering Sea | |
| 4. |
Adam's bridge connects |
| A. | Amman and Damascus |
| B. | Dhanushkodi (Rameshvaram ) and Talaimannar |
| C. | Israel and Jerusalem |
| D. | Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman |
| Answer» C. Israel and Jerusalem | |
| 5. |
Which of the following pairs of straits and the countries they separate is wrongly matched ? |
| A. | Gibraltar Strait Spain and Morocco |
| B. | Bering strait Sumatra and Malaysia |
| C. | Magellan Strait Chile and Tiera del Fuego |
| D. | Bass Strait Australia and Tasmania |
| Answer» C. Magellan Strait Chile and Tiera del Fuego | |
| 6. |
Which strait connects Red Sea and Indian Ocean ? |
| A. | Bab - el - Mandeb |
| B. | Harmuz |
| C. | Bosporus |
| D. | Malacca |
| Answer» B. Harmuz | |
| 7. |
What is the similarity between Milwaukee Deep, Java Trench and Challenge Deep ? |
| A. | They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean |
| B. | They are deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively |
| C. | They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean |
| D. | They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean |
| Answer» C. They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean | |
| 8. |
Asia has large areas of inland drainage. Why is it so ? |
| A. | Rainfall is seasonal and scanty |
| B. | There is a number of inter - montane plateaus |
| C. | River channels are obstructed by lava flows |
| D. | It is a very large continent |
| Answer» B. There is a number of inter - montane plateaus | |
| 9. |
17th Parallel separates |
| A. | North and South America |
| B. | North and South Korea |
| C. | North and South Vietnam |
| D. | North and South Yemen |
| Answer» D. North and South Yemen | |
| 10. |
The Panama Canal links |
| A. | Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea |
| B. | Atlantic Ocean with Indian Ocean |
| C. | Indian Ocean with Mediterranean |
| D. | Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Strait of Malacca separates ? |
| A. | Sumatra and Malaysia |
| B. | Java and Brunei |
| C. | Sumatra and Java |
| D. | Malaysia and Brunei |
| Answer» B. Java and Brunei | |
| 12. |
The highest water fall in India |
| A. | Garsoppa |
| B. | Sahasra dhara |
| C. | Kariba |
| D. | Pati |
| Answer» B. Sahasra dhara | |
| 13. |
Victoria Falls in Africa are located on |
| A. | River Niger |
| B. | River Congo |
| C. | River Zambezi |
| D. | River Nile |
| Answer» D. River Nile | |
| 14. |
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched |
| A. | Algeria - Niger |
| B. | Brazil - Amazon |
| C. | Iraq - Tigris |
| D. | Myanmar - Irrawady |
| Answer» B. Brazil - Amazon | |
| 15. |
The highest waterfall of the world is |
| A. | Niagara Falls |
| B. | Boyoma Falls |
| C. | Salto Angles Falls |
| D. | Khone Falls |
| Answer» D. Khone Falls | |
| 16. |
Which set of two rivers the world's largest delta before their waters flow into the respective sea ? |
| A. | Rhine - Seine |
| B. | Nile - Euphrates |
| C. | Ganges - Brahmaputra |
| D. | Danube - Thames |
| Answer» D. Danube - Thames | |
| 17. |
Match the followingRiversTownsF. Amazon1.NaimeyG. Nile2.KinshasaH. Niger3.ManausJ. Congo4.Rio de Janeiro5. KhartoumCode : FGHJA.3512B.3152C.4235D.4513 |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» B. B. | |
| 18. |
The Kiel Canal links the |
| A. | Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea |
| B. | Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean |
| C. | North sea and Baltic sea |
| D. | Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea |
| Answer» D. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea | |
| 19. |
The 38th parallel separates |
| A. | North korea and South Korea |
| B. | East Germany and West Germany |
| C. | China and Tibet |
| D. | Asia and Europe |
| Answer» B. East Germany and West Germany | |
| 20. |
The world's largest shipping canal is |
| A. | Suez in Egypt |
| B. | Panama in America |
| C. | Kiel in Germany |
| D. | Gota in Sweden |
| Answer» B. Panama in America | |
| 21. |
Which of the following cities is incorrectly matched to the river on which it is matched |
| A. | Budapest River Danube |
| B. | Baghdad River Tigris |
| C. | Amsterdam River Amsel |
| D. | Alexandria River Niger |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Of the following which capital city is not situated on the banks of the river Danube ? |
| A. | Vienna |
| B. | Rome |
| C. | Budapest |
| D. | Belgrade |
| Answer» C. Budapest | |
| 23. |
Which river crosses the Equator twice ? |
| A. | Amazon |
| B. | Congo |
| C. | Nile |
| D. | Orinoco |
| Answer» C. Nile | |
| 24. |
The world's longest river is |
| A. | Nile |
| B. | Ganges |
| C. | Amazon |
| D. | Mississippi - Missouri |
| Answer» B. Ganges | |
| 25. |
Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has its source of origin in that country itself ? |
| A. | Ravi |
| B. | Jhelum |
| C. | chenab |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
On the bank of which river is New York situated |
| A. | River Colorado |
| B. | River Hudson |
| C. | River Mississippi |
| D. | River Amazon |
| Answer» C. River Mississippi | |
| 27. |
Which river has the largest drainage basin ? |
| A. | Nile |
| B. | Mississippi |
| C. | Congo |
| D. | Amazon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Which one of the following cities is associated with the river Mekong ? |
| A. | Hong Kong |
| B. | Phnom - Penh |
| C. | Shanghai |
| D. | Yangon |
| Answer» C. Shanghai | |
| 29. |
Niagara Falls are in |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | U.K. |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | U.S.A |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
The world's highest waterfall is in |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | U.S.A |
| C. | Venezuela |
| D. | Zambia |
| Answer» D. Zambia | |
| 31. |
The great Asian river Mekong does not run through |
| A. | china |
| B. | Malaysia |
| C. | Cambodia |
| D. | Laos |
| Answer» C. Cambodia | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is called the |
| A. | Suez Canal |
| B. | Panama Canal |
| C. | Bering Sea |
| D. | Gulf of Alaska |
| Answer» C. Bering Sea | |
| 33. |
Which strait connects |
| A. | Bab - el - Mandeb |
| B. | Harmuz |
| C. | Bosporus |
| D. | Malacca |
| Answer» B. Harmuz | |
| 34. |
17th Parallel |
| A. | North and South America |
| B. | North and South Korea |
| C. | North and South Vietnam |
| D. | North and South Yemen |
| Answer» D. North and South Yemen | |
| 35. |
Strait of Florida |
| A. | Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea |
| B. | Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea |
| C. | Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico |
| D. | Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean |
| Answer» D. Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean | |
| 36. |
Asia |
| A. | Rainfall is seasonal and scanty |
| B. | There is a number of inter - montane plateaus |
| C. | River channels are obstructed by lava flows |
| D. | It is a very large continent |
| Answer» B. There is a number of inter - montane plateaus | |
| 37. |
Victoria Falls |
| A. | River Niger |
| B. | River Congo |
| C. | River Zambezi |
| D. | River Nile |
| Answer» D. River Nile | |
| 38. |
Which set of two rivers the |
| A. | Rhine - Seine |
| B. | Nile - Euphrates |
| C. | Ganges - Brahmaputra |
| D. | Danube - Thames |
| Answer» D. Danube - Thames | |
| 39. |
Which river crosses the |
| A. | Amazon |
| B. | Congo |
| C. | Nile |
| D. | Orinoco |
| Answer» C. Nile | |
| 40. |
Strait of |
| A. | Sumatra and Malaysia |
| B. | Java and Brunei |
| C. | Sumatra and Java |
| D. | Malaysia and Brunei |
| Answer» B. Java and Brunei | |
| 41. |
Of the following which |
| A. | Vienna |
| B. | Rome |
| C. | Budapest |
| D. | Belgrade |
| Answer» C. Budapest | |
| 42. |
On the bank of which river is |
| A. | River Colorado |
| B. | River Hudson |
| C. | River Mississippi |
| D. | River Amazon |
| Answer» C. River Mississippi | |
| 43. |
Which of the following rivers flowing through |
| A. | Ravi |
| B. | Jhelum |
| C. | chenab |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
Adam's bridge |
| A. | Amman and Damascus |
| B. | Dhanushkodi (Rameshvaram ) and Talaimannar |
| C. | Israel and Jerusalem |
| D. | Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman |
| Answer» C. Israel and Jerusalem | |
| 45. |
Which of the following pairs of |
| A. | Gibraltar Strait Spain and Morocco |
| B. | Bering strait Sumatra and Malaysia |
| C. | Magellan Strait Chile and Tiera del Fuego |
| D. | Bass Strait Australia and Tasmania |
| Answer» C. Magellan Strait Chile and Tiera del Fuego | |
| 46. |
What is the similarity between |
| A. | They all are trenches in the Pacific Ocean |
| B. | They are deepest points of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively |
| C. | They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean |
| D. | They all are deeps of the Atlantic Ocean |
| Answer» C. They all are trenches in the Indian Ocean | |
| 47. |
Niagara Falls |
| A. | Australia |
| B. | U.K. |
| C. | South Africa |
| D. | U.S.A |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
The great |
| A. | china |
| B. | Malaysia |
| C. | Cambodia |
| D. | Laos |
| Answer» C. Cambodia | |