Multiple Choice QuestionsWho amongst the following correlated colour of ocean water and its salinity ?
Ibn-Khaldun
Al-Masudi
Ibn-Sina
Al-Maqdisi
The temperature that provides favourable ecological conditions for living coral reefs is
less than 10°C
10°C to 15°C
15°C to 20°C
more than 20°C
Which among the following has postuated the Subsidence Theory related to coral reef ?
Dally
Agassiz
Darwin
Davis
Several planned cities have been developed in India after Independence. Which one the following is not a post-independence planned city ?
Gandhinagar
Chandigarh
Jaipur
Bhubaneshwar
| LIST I | LIST II |
| (a) Coral reef | (i) Organic Ocean Deposit |
| (b) Shoal | (ii) Deep flat surface |
| (c) Abyssal plain | (iii) Steep descent from the shelf bed |
| (d) Continental plain | (iv) Detached elevation with shallow depth |
a-ii , b-iii , c-i , d-iv
a-iv , b-i , c-iv , d-i
a-iii , b-ii , c-iv , d-i
a-i , b-iv , c-ii , d-iii
If a tide occurs at a place at 6 p.m. when will be the next tide occur ?
00.13 a.m. of the next day
06.26 a.m. of the next day
12.39 p.m. of the next day
06.52 p.m. of the next day
| LIST I | LIST II |
| (a) Tide | (i) A warm comparatively fast moving ocean current. |
| (b) Tsunami | (ii) A cold ocean current. |
| (c) Gulf Stream | (iii) The periodic rise and fall of water. |
| (d) Labrador current | (iv) Rise of sea water in wave form due to seismic activity. |
a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv
a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv
a-ii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii
a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i
| LIST I | LIST II |
| (a) Falkland current | (i) Warm current |
| (b) Norwegian current | (ii) Cold current |
| (c) Florida current | (iii) Atlantic Ocean |
| (d) Okholsk current | (iv) Kamchatka Peninsula |
a-ii , b-iii , c-i , d-iv
a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv
a-iii , b-i , c-ii , d-iv
a-iv , b-iii , c-i , d-ii
Especially high and low tides that occur near the times of new and full moons are called
Spring tide
Neap tide
Super tide
Fall tide
