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📆 November 30, 2024

Total Questions: 38

11. Madagascar is located in the Ocean. [S.S.C. Online CGL (T-1) 13.04.2022 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (c) Indian
Solution:Madagascar is an island nation in the Indian Ocean.

Madagascar is the largest African island in the Indian Ocean, approximately 50 kilometers (280 mi) east of the coast of Mozambique.

The world's fourth largest island has been isolated for about 88 million years, and many of its plants and animals are unique to the island.

12. Which strait connects Arctic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-1) 14.10.2017 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Berring Strait
Solution:Bering Strait joins the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and separates the continents of Asia and North America at their closest point.

13. _________________are gently sloping areas of the ocean basins. [SS.C. Online C.H.S.L. (T-1) 4.08.2011 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (b) Deep sea plains
Solution:Deep-sea plains are gently sloping areas of the ocean basins.

Abyssal plain - Wikipedia

14. Which of the following is the largest brackish water lake in Asia? [S.S.C. Online C.H.S.L. (T-I) 04.08.2021 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (d) Chilika
Solution:Chilika is the largest brackish water lake in Asia.
  • It is Asia's largest and the world's second-largest lagoon.
  • It spreads over the Puri, Khurda, and Ganjam districts of Odisha on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River.
  • It flows into the Bay of Bengal.

15. Which of the following channels or straits is located between the Great Nicobar Island and Indonesia's Sumatra Island? [S.S.C. Online C.H.S.L. (T-1) 13.04.2021 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (b) Grand channel
Solution:The Grand Channel is located between the Great Nicobar Islands and the Sumatra Islands of Indonesia.

The Great Channel is located six degrees north of the equator and is popularly known as the 'Six Degree Channel.

16. Name the only sea in the world that does NOT have a land boundary. [S.S.C. Online M.TS. (T-I) 13.10.2021 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (c) Sargasso Sea
Solution:The Sargasso Sea is a region in the gyre in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.

It is the only sea on Earth that has no coastline.

Sargasso Sea | Map, Location, Depth, & Facts | Britannica

17. Which of the following oceans is the third largest in the world? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-1) 18.10.2021 (Shift-1)]

Correct Answer: (b) Indian Ocean
Solution:The Indian Ocean is the third-largest in the world and makes up approximately 20% of the Earth's water surface.

It is bounded by southern Asia in the north, the Arabian Peninsula and Africa in the west, the Malay Peninsula, Sundra Islands and Australia in the cast and the Southern Ocean in the south.

Oceans in Increasing Order of Size:

  1. Arctic Ocean – Smallest

  2. Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Atlantic Ocean

  5. Pacific Ocean – Largest

18. Which is the largest and deepest ocean? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 15.01.2017(Shift-I)]

Correct Answer: (b) Pacific
Solution:The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's ocean basins.

Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world's ocean basins.

Oceans in Increasing Order of Size:

  1. Arctic Ocean – Smallest

  2. Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Atlantic Ocean

  5. Pacific Ocean – Largest

19. Which is the largest ocean of the world? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 5.10.2017 (Shift-II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Pacific Ocean
Solution:The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world's ocean basins.

Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world's ocean basins.

Oceans in Increasing Order of Size:

  1. Arctic Ocean – Smallest

  2. Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Atlantic Ocean

  5. Pacific Ocean – Largest

20. The deepest trench of the Indian Ocean is- [S.S.C. Online C.G.L.(T-I) 10.09.2016 (Shift-III)]

Correct Answer: (a) Java trench
Solution:The deepest trench in the Indian Ocean is the Java Trench.

Important Trenches of the World (Deepest to Shallowest)

Trench NameLocationApprox. DepthSignificance
Mariana TrenchWestern Pacific (near Guam)~11,034 mDeepest point on Earth (Challenger Deep)
Tonga TrenchSouth Pacific Ocean~10,800 mOne of the deepest trenches after Mariana
Kuril-Kamchatka TrenchNorthwest Pacific (Russia, Japan)~10,500 mEarthquake-prone zone
Philippine TrenchEast of Philippines~10,540 mTectonically active
Kermadec TrenchNortheast of New Zealand~10,000 mContinuation of Tonga trench system
Japan TrenchOff the coast of Japan~9,000 mTsunami-generating earthquakes
Puerto Rico TrenchAtlantic Ocean, north of Puerto Rico~8,376 mDeepest point in the Atlantic Ocean
Java (Sunda) TrenchIndian Ocean, near Indonesia~7,725 mTsunami-prone area
Peru–Chile TrenchOff the west coast of South America~8,065 mCaused by Nazca-South American plate collision
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