Hydrosphere Geography : Top 100 GK MCQ With Free Exam Geography SET :-11

Q31. Which is the largest river of the Asia ?

(A) Indus River
(B) Yangtze River
(C) Hwang Ho River
(D) Ganga River

Answer: Yangtze River

Q32. Of the following, which capital city is not situated on the banks of the river Danube ?

(A) Vienna
(B) Rome
(C) Budapest
(D) Belgrade

Answer: Rome

Q33. A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water, connecting two large bodies of land is known as __

(A) An isthmus
(B) A lagoon
(C) A peninsula
(D) A strait

Answer: An isthmus

Q34. In which one of the following oceans is Diamantina Trench situated ?

(A) Pacific Ocean
(B) Atlantic Ocean
(C) Indian Ocean
(D) Arctic Ocean

Answer: Indian Ocean

Q35. The Panama Canal links __

(A) Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea
(B) Atlantic Ocean with Indian Ocean
(C) Indian Ocean with Mediterranean Sea
(D) Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean

Answer: Atlantic Ocean with Pacific Ocean

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Q36. With reference to Ocean currents consider the following statements:

1. West Australian current is a warm current.

2. North East Monsoon Drift flows in the Indian Ocean during winter season.

3. Equatorial counter current does not flow in the Indian Ocean during winter season.

4. Kuroshic current in the Pacific Ocean is like Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.

(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 4
(C) 2 and 3
(D) 2 and 4

Answer: 2 and 4

Q37. With reference to a fresh water lake, consider the following characteristics:

1. Richness in nutrients

2. Rapid turnover of phytoplankton

3. Depletion of dissolved oxygen

Which of the above is/are observed in a lake after its eutrophication ?

(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: 1, 2 and 3

Q38. Two main cold currents in the North Pacific Ocean are known as

(A) Oyashio and California currents
(B) Alaska and Kuroshio currents
(C) North Equatorial and Counter Equatorial currents
(D) North Pacific and Kuroshio currents

Answer: Oyashio and California currents

Q39. The ‘Water table’ refers to __

(A) The lower limit of the zone of saturation
(B) The upper limit of the zone of saturation
(C) The contact zone of permeable and impermeable rocks
(D) Seepage of water into fissures lying below the earth’s surface

Answer: The upper limit of the zone of saturation

Q40. Which of the following is a tropical ocean current ?

(A) Curiel
(B) Canary
(C) Labrador
(D) Gulf Stream

Answer: Gulf Stream