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Important Seas of the World

📆 October 28, 2024

Total Questions: 21

1. Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan is situated along the coast of which one of the following seas? [U.P.B.E.O.(Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (c) Caspian Sea
Solution:The capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, is its largest city located along the Caspian sea coast. It is to the east of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is a Muslim majority (But secular country) country in Europe. The caspian sea is the largest saltwater lake.

2. Towards the North of Turkey is – [M.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 1991]

Correct Answer: (a) Black Sea
Solution:The Black Sea lies to the north of Turkey. Turkey borders with 8 countries and 4 seas, given as follows –

3. Turkey is located between – [I.A.S.(Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Solution:Turkey (now Turkiye) is located in Eurasia. Some of its parts is located in South-East Europe. The major part of this country is located in the West Asia. In the north of Turkiye is the Black Sea, towards the south is the Mediterranean Sea and towards the west is the location of Aegean Sea and in the north-west is sea of Marmara. The Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea decide the political boundary of Turkiye in the north and south respectively. Hence (b) is the correct answer.

4. The correct sequence of the following seas from west to east is : [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (c) Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea
Solution:The correct sequence of seas from west to east is : Georgia. Mediterranean Sea: It is the largest sea encircled by land. It is connected with Atlantic ocean through strait of Gibraltar. Black Sea: It is a continental sea surrounded by South-east Europe, Caucasus, Anatolia Peninsula. Caspian Sea: It is the largest salt water lake. River Volga merges in the Caspian Sea. This sea is surrounded by Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran. Aral Sea: It is located in central Asia and is surrounded by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

5. The inland sea is the: [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (c) Caspian Sea
Solution:The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest inland sea. It is the world’s largest lake with a total area of approximately 371000 sq. km. Caspian Sea is the world's largest water body that is enclosed or bordered by land on all sides. This massive lake is located between Asia and Europe.

The sea's name derives from the ancient Kaspi peoples, who once lived in Transcaucasia to the west. It is an endorheic basin (drainage basin without an outflow).It covers a total surface area of about 386,400 sq.km. and is about 1,200 km long and 320 km wide.
The sea is also known for its abundance of energy resources (oil and natural gas reserves in offshore fields and onshore on the coast of the sea). It is the source of most of the world's caviar.

6. Sargasso Sea is related to the Ocean, that ocean is– [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (b) Northern Atlantic
Solution:
  • The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary.
  • It is named for Sargassum, a holopelagic, golden drift algae that can aggregate to form extensive floating mats on the surface of the ocean.
  • This extraordinary open-ocean ecosystem is bounded by currents circulating around the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre and is unique for supporting the center of distribution and abundance for a community of continuously pelagic drift algae.
  • It provides habitats, spawning areas, migration pathways and feeding grounds to a diverse assortment of flora and fauna, including endemic, endangered, and commercially important species.
  • The Gulf Stream establishes the Sargasso Sea's western boundary, while the Sea is further defined to the north by the North Atlantic Current, to the east by the Canary Current, and to the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current.

7. Where is Sargasso sea situated? [M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (a) North Atlantic Ocean
Solution:
  • The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary.
  • It is named for Sargassum, a holopelagic, golden drift algae that can aggregate to form extensive floating mats on the surface of the ocean.
  • This extraordinary open-ocean ecosystem is bounded by currents circulating around the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre and is unique for supporting the center of distribution and abundance for a community of continuously pelagic drift algae.
  • It provides habitats, spawning areas, migration pathways and feeding grounds to a diverse assortment of flora and fauna, including endemic, endangered, and commercially important species.
  • The Gulf Stream establishes the Sargasso Sea's western boundary, while the Sea is further defined to the north by the North Atlantic Current, to the east by the Canary Current, and to the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current.

8. The Sargasso Sea is a part of the– [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re Exam) 2022]

Correct Answer: (c) North Atlantic Ocean
Solution:The Sargasso Sea is a water region in the North Atlantic Ocean. In this region Sargassum is found in abundance, due to which it was named sargasso.

9. The Sargasso Sea is characterized by – [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (d) typical marine vegetation
Solution:
  • The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary.
  • It is named for Sargassum, a holopelagic, golden drift algae that can aggregate to form extensive floating mats on the surface of the ocean.
  • This extraordinary open-ocean ecosystem is bounded by currents circulating around the North Atlantic sub-tropical gyre and is unique for supporting the center of distribution and abundance for a community of continuously pelagic drift algae.
  • It provides habitats, spawning areas, migration pathways and feeding grounds to a diverse assortment of flora and fauna, including endemic, endangered, and commercially important species.
  • The Gulf Stream establishes the Sargasso Sea's western boundary, while the Sea is further defined to the north by the North Atlantic Current, to the east by the Canary Current, and to the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current.

10. Which of the following seas does not have a coastline? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

Correct Answer: (b) Sargasso Sea
Solution:Sargasso sea in the North Atlantic is bounded by the gulf stream on the west and North-West, the North Atlantic Drift current on the north, Azores current on the north-east Antilles current on the south-west, the Canary current on the east, and the North Atlantic equatorial current on the south. The Sargasso Sea is a region in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean and thus does not have a coastline.
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