Q 1 – Which is the process through which water continuously changes its form?
(a) Water cycle
(b) Food cycle
(c) Rain
(d) All of these
Q 2 – Which water is salty?
(a) River water
(b) Pond water
(c) Rain water
(d) Sea water
Q 3 – Which one of the following is an artificial enclosure for keeping small house plants?
(a) Terrarium
(b) Thermosphere
(c) Climate
(d) Evaporation
Q 4 – Sea water contains
(a) 97.3% of salt
(b) 2% of salt
(c) 0.68% of salt
(d) 0.973% of salt
Q 5 – Which day of the year is celebrated as Water Day?
(a) 26 January
(b) 15 January
(c) 15 August
(d) 22 March
Q 6 – The movements that occur in oceans can be broadly called
(a) wave
(b) circulation
(c) water cycle
(d) all of these
Q 7 – Which is the Japanese word which means ‘Harbour Waves’?
(a) Tsunami
(b) Sea wave
(c) Ocean wave
(d) None of these
Q 8 – When did Tsunami strike the Indian ocean?
(a) 26 December, 2004
(6) 26 December, 2005
(c) 26 December, 2006
(d) 26 December, 2007
Q 9 – The largest Tsunami wave travels at the speed of
(a) more than 700 km per hour
(b) more than 500 km per hour
(c) more than 250 km per hour
(d) more than 100 km per hour
Q 10 – The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is known as
(a) tide
(b) wave
(c) ocean current
(d) none of these
Q 11 – The Labrador and Gulf stream are the examples of:
(a) Tides
(b) Ocean currents
(c) Tsunami
(d) Waves
Q 12 – What is Called the rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day ?
(a) Tides
(b) Ocean currents
(C) Waves
(d) All of these
Q 13 – What is Water Cycle ?
(A) Process by Which water continually flows
(B) Process by Which water continually changes its From
(C) Process by which water never changers
(D) None of these
Q 14 – Which is the largest ocean ?
(A) Atlantic
(B) India
(C) Arctic
(D) Pacific
Q 15 – What do you mean by tides ?
(A)Rhythmic rise of temperature
(B) Rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water
(C)Rhythmic rise of rainfall
(D) None of these
Q 16 – Amazon river is in
(A) South America
(B) Africa
(C) Europe
(D) Australia
Q 17 – It is an artificial enclosure for Keeping Small house Plants.
(A) Terrariom
(B) Tarrarium
(C) Terrarium
(D) Terrareium
Q 18 – Tsunami is a
(A) French Word
(B) Indian Word
(C) Japanese Word
(D) Chinese Word
Q 19 – The Largest Tsunami ever measured was ____ high.
(A) 100m.
(B) 300m.
(C) 150.
(D) 250.
Q 20 – Indira point was in
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Andaman and Nicobar islands
(D) Lakshadweep
Q 21 – On 26 December 2004, where is the wave moved from earthquake epicenter located?
(A) Andaman and Nicobar islands
(B) India
(C) Sumatra
(D) Sri Lanka
Q 22 – How much percentage of saline water is available on earth surface ?
(A) 98.2
(B) 97.3
(C) 95.2
(D) 93.5
Q 23 – What is Precipitation ?
(A) Falling of moisture
(B) Falling of stones
(C) Both a and b
(D) None of these
Q 24 – March 22 is Celebrated as World
(A) Environment day
(B) Earth Day
(C) Soil Day
(D) Water Day
Q 25 – What do you mean by Terrarium ?
(A) Artificial Plant
(B) Artificial Climate
(C) Artificial Enclosure
(D) None of these
Q 26 – Salinity is the amount of salt in grams present in ____grams of water
(A) 1000
(B) 10,000
(C) 0.1
(D) 100
Q 27 – Where is the cold current originate ?
(A) Equator
(B) Poles
(C) Tropic of cancer
(D) tropic of Capricorn
Q 28 – Which factors affect the movement of ocean water?
(A) temperature
(B) cold currents
(C) Earth
(D) All of the above
Q 29 – The average salinity of the oceans is
(a) 45 parts per thousand
(b) 35 parts per thousand
(c) 55 parts per thousand
(d) 65 parts per thousand
Q 30 – Following are the movements that occur in oceans except
(a) Tides
(b) Waves
(c) Currents
(d) Wind
Q 31 – The Labrador Ocean current is _________ current while the Gulf Stream is a _________ current
(a) cold, warm
(b) cold, cold
(c) warm, warm
(d) warm, cold
Q 32 – The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called a
(a) Wave
(b) Wind
(c) Tide
(d) Current
Q 33 – Dead sea in
(a) Jordan
(b) Lebanon
(c) Egypt
(d) Israel
Q 34 – When the moon is in its first and last quarter, the ocean waters get drawn in diagonally opposite directions by the gravitational pull of sun and earth resulting in low tides. These tides are called
(a) Spring tides
(b) Small tides
(c) Neap tides
(d) Long tides
Q 35 – The tsunami of _________ caused widespread damage in the coastal areas of India
(a) 2002
(b) 2001
(c) 2004
(d) 1999
Q 36 – What fraction of earth is covered by water
(a) Three-fourth
(b) One-fourth
(c) One-half
(d) One-third
Q 37 – The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere and land is known as the
(a) Liquid cycle
(b) Ocean cycle
(c) Ice cycle
(d) Water cycle