World Geography | Oceanic Currents
World Geography | Oceanic Currents
1. Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?
Indian Ocean is half an Ocean
Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity
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2. Agulhas current flows in
The Indian Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
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3. Which of the following is not a cold ocean current?
Canaries
Humboldt
Oyashio
Agulhas
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4. The country benefiting the most out of the North Atlantic Drift is
Poland
Portugal
Norway
Nigera
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5. Which one of the following is a cold current of the South Atlantic Ocean?
Canary current
Benguela current
Agulhas current
Brazil current
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6. Which one of the following Oceanic currents is not associated with the Pacific Ocean?
Canaries
Kuroshio
California
Humboldt
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7. Which of the following ocean currents does not belong to Indian Ocean?
Agulhas Current
Mozambique Current
South Indian Ocean Current
Benguela Current
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8. Which one of the following currents does not contribute to form a complete circle of currents in the South Atlantic Ocean?
Benguela
Brazil
Canary
West wind drift
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9. The ocean current different from the remaining three is
Benguela
Brazilian
South Equatorial
Peruvian
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10. Which of the following is cold ocean current?
Peruvian Current (Hamboldt Current)
Kuroshio Current
Gulf Stream
Brazil Current
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11. Gulf stream is
a river in the gulf
an oceanic current
another name of Jet Stream
a surface wind
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12. What explains the Eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?
The Earth's rotation on its axis
Convergence of the two equatorial currents
Difference in salinity of water
Occurrence of the Belt of Calm near the equator
