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Consider the following statements:
1. Bermuda situated in Western Atlantic Ocean is a United Kingdom Overseas Territory.
2. 38th Parallel divided boundary between North and South Vietnam before unification
3. Bahamas situated near Florida is one of the states of USA.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Bermuda situated in Western Atlantic Ocean is a United Kingdom Overseas Territory.Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.).
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Consider the following statements:
1. Falkland Islands are situated in Pacific Ocean
2. Red Sea separates Sudan from Egypt.
3. England, Norway, Denmark surround North Sea.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
England, Norway, Denmark surround North Sea. The North Sea - a part of the Atlantic Ocean - is bordered by Norway and Denmark, Scotland and England, (and in the southeast)by the Frisian Islands and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Consider the following statements:
1. Greenland is an overseas territory of France.
2. Bermuda, an overseas territory of UK, is situated in Western Atlantic.
3. State of Bahrain is situated in the Persian Gulf.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Berumuda, an overseas territory of UK, is situated in Western Atlantic. Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.). State of Bahrain is situated in the Persian Gulf. Bahrain, small Arab state situated in a bay on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of Bahrain Island and some 30 smaller islands. Its name is from the Arabic term al-bahrayn, meaning “two seas.”
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The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries ?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
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The full name of OTEC
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The full name of OTEC is Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation. Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a process or technology for producing energy by harnessing the temperature differences (thermal gradients) between ocean surface waters and deep ocean waters.
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The melting down of glacier is normal event regarding the rising sea level. Most of the glaciers are found in
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Most of the world’s glaciers are found near the poles. Antarctica, the southernmost continent is filled of ice in form of vast glacier. The Antarctica lies in South Pole.
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The largest ocean is
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world 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. All of the world's continents could fit into the Pacific basin.
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The salinity of the sea is maximum at the
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Red Sea, one of the most saline bodies of water in the world, is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The salinity of the Red Sea is greater than the world average, by approximately 5%.
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Which one of the following is not the part of North Atlantic ocean current system?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Brazilian current is not the part of North Atlantic ocean current system. Brazil Current, branch of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current, flowing southward in the South Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of South America from Cape St. Roque, Brazil, to about latitude 30°–40° S, where the northward-flowing Falkland Current deflects it to the east.
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Which of the following is not an important condition for growth of coral?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Wave-free salt water is not an important condition for growth of coral. Corals need saltwater to survive and require a certain balance in the ratio of salt to water. This is why corals don't live in areas where rivers drain fresh water into the ocean (“estuaries”).