MCQ on Ocean Currents for SSC
In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the Geography general awareness section. This is a very broad section and sometimes questions are very factual. We will cover the General awareness section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide MCQ for Ocean Currents’ topic of geography.
MCQs on Ocean Currents for SSC :
Que 1. Gulf stream is which type of current?
(a) Warm Current
(b) Cold Current
(c) Warm & Cold Current
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) Warm Current
Explanation– Gulf Stream is a warm current.
Que 2. Labrador Current is which type of current?
(a) Canary’s Current
(b) Cold Current
(c) Warm Current
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Cold Current
Explanation– Labrador Current is a cold current.
Que 3. Jet Streams are an example of?
(a) Air currents
(b) Polar wind
(c) Water currents
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Air currents
Explanation– Jet Streams are examples of Air currents.
Que 4. Which among the following given oceans does El Niño occur?
(a) the Indian Ocean
(b) the Pacific Ocean
(c) the Atlantic Ocean
(d) the Arctic Ocean
Ans. (b) the Pacific Ocean
Explanation– El Niño occurs in the Pacific Ocean.
Que 5. Where is New Moore island located?
(a) Bay of Bengal
(b) the Indian Ocean
(c) the Pacific Ocean
(d) Arabian sea
Ans. (a) Bay of Bengal
Explanation– New Moore island is located in the Bay of Bengal.
Que 6. Which among the following is the busiest ocean trade route?
(a) Suez canal
(b) Panama canal
(c) North Atlantic route
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) North Atlantic route
Explanation– The North Atlantic route is the busiest ocean trade.
Que 7. Which among the following seas is known for the highest salinity?
(a) Caspian sea
(b) Red sea
(c) Dead sea
(d) Sargasso sea
Ans. (c) Dead sea
Explanation– Dead sea is known for its highest salinity.
Que 8. Which sea has the lowest salinity?
(a) Baltic Sea
(b) Sargasso sea
(c) Red sea
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Baltic Sea
Explanation– The Baltic Sea in northern Europe has the lowest salinity of any sea.
Que 9. Which of the following straits connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Strait of Hormuz
(b) Strait of Gibraltar
(c) Bosporus Strait
(d) Dover Strait
Ans. (b) Strait of Gibraltar
Explanation – The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
Que 10. Benguela Current is which type of current?
(a) Warm Current
(b)Warm & cold current
(c) cold current
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) cold current
Explanation– Benguela Current is a cold current.
Que 11. Which current is called Humboldt Current?
(a) Benguela Current
(b) Peru Current
(c) Dover Strait
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Peru Current
Explanation– Peru Current is also called Humboldt Current.
Que 12. Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?
(a) Labrador
(b) Kurile
(c) Canary
(d) Gulf Stream
Ans. (d) Gulf Stream
Explanation– Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current.
Que 13. Which ocean current joins with the Labrador Current?
(a) Canaries current
(b) Benguela’s current
(c) California’s current
(d) Florida’s Current
Ans. (d) Florida’s Current
Explanation– Florida current mixes with Labrador Current.
Que 14. Where does the Brazilian current end?
(a) Brazil and Guiana
(b) West Atlantic drift
(c) South America
(d) North Atlantic ocean
Ans. (a) Brazil and Guiana
Explanation– It ends at the border of Brazil and Guiana, where it is renamed the Guiana Current.
Que 15. Which one of the given ocean currents is the largest and most powerful surface current on the earth?
(a) California current
(b) Antarctic Circumpolar Current
(c) Florida Current
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Explanation– The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the largest ocean current on Earth.
Que 16. Find out the warm ocean current in the following options.
(a) West Australian Current
(b) East Australian current
(c) Peru Current
(d) Benguela Current
Ans. (b) East Australian current
Explanation– East Australian current is a warm ocean current.
Que 17. Where does the cold Labrador Current bring nine months of winter?
(a) Northern Sweden
(b) the USA
(c) South Sweden
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Northern Sweden
Explanation– The cold Labrador Current brings nine months of winter to Northern Sweden.
Que 18. Where do warm ocean currents move?
(a) Indonesia to the Philippines
(b) Sri Lanka to Indonesia
(c) Away from the Equator toward the poles
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Away from the Equator toward the poles
Explanation– Warm ocean currents move away from the Equator toward the poles.
Que 19. Which Ocean is called a herring pond?
(a) the Atlantic Ocean
(b) the Pacific Ocean
(c) the Arctic Ocean
(d) Indian ocean
Ans. (a) the Atlantic Ocean
Explanation– the Atlantic Ocean is called a herring pond.
Que 20. To which of the following region the Jordan River flow?
(a) Atlantic ocean
(b) Red sea
(c) Dead sea
(d) Gulf of Suez
Ans. (c) Dead sea
Explanation– The Jordan River flows from Syria to the Dead Sea.
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31 Aug, 2022
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