WorksheetsTEST SERIES-5 (II)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 32mins
Match List-I (Landform types) with List-II (Location) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
. West-Pacific Ocean
Mariana trench
Indian Ocean
Sunda trench
Atlantic Ocean
Pureto Rico trench
Arabian Sea
Carlsberg ridge
Match List-I (Ridges) with List-II (Oceans) and select the codes given below the lists:
Arctic Ocean
Mendelevav
Indian Ocean
Kerguelen
South Pacific Ocean
San Felix-Juan
South Atlantic Ocean
San Felix-Juan
Match List-I (Ocean Current) with List -II (Name of Ocean) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Indian Ocean
Agulhas current
South Pacific
EI Nino current
.North Pacific
Kuroshio current
South Atlantic
Benguela current
The highest salinity is found in
Lake Van
Lake Chad
Lake Chad
Red Sea
Sea water is saltier than rain water because
sea animals are salt producing
the air around the sea is saltish
river wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
sea beds have salt producing mines.
Assertion (A) : Oceanic salinity is higher along Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Reason (R) : Increased evaporation coupled with relatively more insolation along these latitudes causes higher oceanic salinity.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Assertion (A) : The amount of salinity in the tropical coasts of continents. Reason (R) : The trade wind causes upwelling of water in the Western coasts and the water is piled up in the Eastern coasts of continents.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Assertion (A) : Despite low evaporation and stable stratification of the atmosphere, salinity is high in polar regions. Reason (R) : Sea water freezes leaving the remaining water saline than before.
Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Assertion (A) : Average ocean salinity generally decreases from equator the pole but tropical zone (20-30º) is characterised by maximum salinity. Reason (R) : The tropical zone owes its high salinity to high temperature, high evaporation and significantly low rainfall.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Consider the following conditions: 1. Anticyclone conditions with static air and high temperature 2. Cyclonic conditions with unstable air3. High precipitatioin with low evaporation 4. Low precipitation with high evaporation High salinity of ocean waters is associated with
1 and 4
2 and 3
1 and 3
2 and 4
Consider the following statements: Salinity of water in the equatorial oceans decrease because 1. large rivers like Amazon and Congo enter into the sea. 2. evaporation is less. 3. waters from Arctic and Antarctic mix with the waters of Equator. 4. of heavy rainfall. Which of these statements are correct?
1 and 2
3 and 4
1 and 3
1 and 4
Which of the following sea has maximum salinity?
Red sea
Baltic se
Dead sea
White sea
Neap tides occur during which of the following phases of the moon?
First quarter only
First and third quarter
Second and third quarter
Fourth quarter only
Spring tide means
higher high tide, higher low tide
higher high tide, lower low tide
lower high tide, lower low tide
lower high tide, higher low tide
The oceanic tidal wave that moves upto 200 MPH and is up to 1000 feet high
Scour
Tsunami
Stream
Stream
Which one of the following is the tide produced as a consequence of moon and sun pulling the earth in the same direction?
Spring tide
Neap tide
High tide
High tide
Tidal range denotes the
rise of sea water and its movement toward the coast
fall of sea water and its movement toward the sea
rise and fall of sea water due to gravitational forces
difference between high and low tide
Regular oscillations in the water surface of large water bodies are formed because of
Gravitational effect of Moon
Difference in temperature of sea water and the air above
Rotation of Earth
Friction of wind on the water surface
Consider the following statements: 1 Neap tides occur when the moon, earth and sun are collinear. 2. When an intense storm passes near the shore during a spring tide, the waves at high tide may cause tidal waves. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
A tide situated near the mouth of a coastal inlet
Current
Dominant wave
Mill
Stream
Match List-I (Genetic Phase) with List-II (Resultant Tide) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
Neap tide in a straight line
The Sun and the Moon
Spring tide angles with are at right the Earth
The Sun, the Moon and the Earth are
Perigean tide
The Moon is nearest from the Earth
Apogean tide
The Moon is farthest from the Earth
Pelagic deposits are in the form of liquid mud known as ooze. They occur
on the deep ocean floor
on the floor of enclosed sea
off large river months
None of the above
Benthos is the name given to those organisms which live
at the bottom of the ocean
in enclosed sea
in the upper layers of ocean
along the shore
Abundant organic life is present in
shallow seas adjoining the shore
on the deep ocean floor
zone of upwelling of cold water
tropical parts of ocean
Pelagic deposits are mainly found below the depth of
1000 fathoms
100 fathoms
600 fathoms
200 fathoms
Which of the following kinds of organisms are the diatoms?
Unicellular algae
Protozoans
Free floating bryophytes
Detritivores
Radiolarian oozes occur in the depths of
600 to 1200 fathoms
1500 to 2000 fathoms
2000 to 5000 fathoms
5000 to 6000 fathoms
The most classes of the organisms line only in the salt marine water such organisms are
Frontline
Euryhalines
Stenohalines
All of these
Oozes are associated with
volcanic deposits
terrigenous deposits
pelagic deposits
coral reefs
Pelagic deposits consist of
Terrigenous materials
Cosmic materials
Inorganic materials
Organic ooze materials
A very fine textured pelagic deposit
Ooze
Aquatic
Molluses
None of the above
Consider the following statements: 1. Globigerina ooze is a calcareous pelagic deposit. 2. Globigerina ooze is found mostly in the tropical and temperate zones of the Atlantic Ocean. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements: 1. Hydrogenous deposits are formed very slowly. 2. Phosphorites are found either in the form of nodules or in the form of thin crust. 3. Glauconite is a biogenous sediment. Which of these are correct?
1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
1, 2 and 3
In vertical distribution of ocean deposits, which is the correct sequence (from oceanic sea towards bottom) of the following deposits? 1. Calcareous oozes 2. Siliceous oozes 3. Terrigenous deposits 4. Red clay Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1, 2, 3, 4
3, 1, 2, 4
3, 2, 1, 4
4, 3, 2, 1
Match List-I (Deposits) with List-II (Locations) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Continental slopes
. Silt
Oceanic deeps
Red day
Oceanic plains
Ooze
Continental shelves
Gravel
Match List-I (Sediment type) with List-II (Example) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Quartz and clay
Terrigenous
Calcareous oozes
Biogenous
Manganese nodules
Hydrogenous
Tektite spheres
Comogenous
Match List-I (Ocean Deposit of Organic Remain) with List-II (Origin of Organic Remain) and select the correct answer using the code given
Dead skeletons of marine animals and plants
Neritic remains
Microscopic plant shells
Pelagic remains
Shells of Planktonic mollusks
Pteropod ooze
A type of algae
Pteropod ooze
The bottoms of trenches lie
Deep upto 3500 to 5000 miles
Deep upto 2000 to 3500 miles
Deep upto 2000 to 3500 miles
Deep upto 500 to 8000 miles
Drift plain are formed by
Deposition of dust by wind
Debris brought by streams
Deposits of continental glaciations
None of the above
Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridge?
Divergent movement
Convergent movement
Transform fault movement
Parallel movement
Fiord originate as a result of
Glacial erosion
Soil erosion
Land slide
Rock formation
The marked slope from the edge of continental shelf to the deep sea or Abyssal plain is known as
Continental foot
Continental slope
Continental shelf
Continental sea
Continental sea
Continental sea
It is wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of small rocks
It is a wall built at right angles to the shorelines made of igneous rocks
None of the above
Abyssal plains are
Small and unproductive plains caused by the turbidity curents
Vast and flat plains caused by the turbidity currents
Vast but unusually rough terrained plains caused by the turbidity currents
All of the above
Delta shoreline is
Built of material brought out of stream system
Built material brought out of glacial system
Built of a material brought out of river system
Built of a material brought out of river system
What is a coastal plains?
It is created by a continental shelf exposed by submergence
It is created by continental shelf exposed by emergence
It is created by a continental shelf exposed by tidal waves
None of the above
Consider the following by statement: 1. The Rhine rift valley stretches for more than 800 km. 2. The floor of Dead Sea is more than 1100 m below sea level. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
Both 1 and 2
Assertion (A) : The continents are considered as floating on the denser layers of rocks.
Reason (R) : The continents are made up of lighter rocks.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
Seamounts may be
Mountain abruptly rising from the ocean floor
Mountains resulting out of diastrophic activity from the ocean floor
Mountains resulting from the changes inside the ocean floor
None of the above
Assertion (A) : Explosive type of volcanic eruptions are associated with the destructive or 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.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true
