Multiple Choice Questions

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Which among the following has postuated the Subsidence Theory related to coral reef ?

  • Dally

  • Agassiz

  • Darwin

  • Davis


C.

Darwin


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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) 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


Surface ocean currents derive their energy from 

  • Salinity

  • Tectonics

  • Wind

  • Tsunamis


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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


Who 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


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


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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


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