NCERT Class 11 Chapter 14 Geography Movements of Ocean Water MCQ

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1. Which is the world of the oceans and seas?

A. earth’s interior

B. surface of water

C. inner space

D. none of these

2. Popular name of the tropical easterlies is

A. prevailing winds

B. trade winds

C. both of these

D. none of these

3. Which force deflects water and winds from their original direction of movement?

A. coriolis force

B. gravitational force

C. atmospheric pressure

D. none of these

4. Which current is set in motion due to differences in water density?

A. cold water current

B. warm water current

C. gulf stream

D. thermocline current

5. The system of winds governing the circulation pattern in the northern portion of the Indian ocean is

A. trade winds

B. monsoon

C. prevailing winds

D. none of these

6. The upper part of the wave is known as

A. trough

B. crest

C. wave height

D. none of these

7. The lower part of the wave is

A. crest

B. trough

C. wavelength

D. none of these

8. The periodic rise and fall in the level of the water in seas and oceans is

A. tides

B. wave

C. current

D. none of these

9. The fall of sea level is known as

A. ebb tide

B. tide

C. drift

D. set

10. Name the tidal crests looking like a vertical wall of water rushing upstream

A. tidal bore

B. ebb tide

C. drift

D. none of these

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11. Name the ice fields whose height is not more than four metres:

A. ice-bergs

B. ice-floes

C. salinity

D. none of these

12. Huge masses of floating ice whose height ranges from 5-90 mts. are known as

A. ice-floes

B. ice-bergs

C. both of these

D. none of these

13. Name the elliptical path formed by moving water due to the coriolis effect:

A. gyre

B. drift

C. trough

D. tide

14. Name the currents flowing from low latitudes to high ones

A. warm currents

B. cold currents

C. ocean waves

D. gulf stream

15. Vertical distance between a trough and crest of a wave is known as

A. wave height

B. wavelength

C. wave period

D. none of these

16. What is the time interval between two successive tides?

A. 12 hrs. and 26 minutes

B. 12 hrs

C. 12 hrs. and 20 minutes

D. 24 hrs. and 26 minutes

17. Name the war pi current which flows on the east of Japan

A. Gulf stream

B. Kuroshio

C. Falkland

D. none of these

18. Name the important current at Atlantic ocean

A. Cold current

B. Gulf stream

C. Benguela current

D. none of these

19. Which current flows along the S.W. coast of Africa?

A. Cold Benguela current

B. Falkland current

C. Kuroshio

D. Labrador current

20. The time taken by two consecutive crests to pass any fixed point is called

A. wave length

B. wave height

C. wave period

D. none of these

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21. Wind generated waves near the beach are known as

A. swell

B. surf

C. backwash

D. none of these

22. The rise and fall of water less than normal is called

A. spring Tides

B. neap Tides

C. tide Bores

D. swash

23. Name the cold current that flows along the west coast of Africa:

A. Antarctic drif

B. Falkland

C. Kuroshio

D. Canaries

24. The Thermodynamics of the ocean are:

A. Currents

B. Waves

C. Tides

D. Salinity

25. The time between the low tide and high tide, when the tide is rising, is called:

A. drift

B. flood

C. ebb

D. current