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Match the following

List I List II
(Currents) (Features)
A Kuroshio current 1 Warm current in the Atlantic Ocean
B Peru current 2 Cold current in the Atlantic Ocean
C Labrador current 3 Warm current in the Pacific Ocean
D Florida current 4 Cold current in the Pacific Ocean

 

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Important Questions on World Geography

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 3
The current produced by upwelling of cold water off the coast of Chile and Peru is known as-
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 4
Which of the following are cold ocean currents?
1. Humboldt current             
2. Brazil current
3. Oyashio                           
4. Canary current
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 5
Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 6

Consider the following statements
1. The winds which blow between 30° N and 60°S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies. 
2. The moist air masses that cause winter rains in the North-Western region of India are part of westerlies. 
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 7
Ocean basin has been divided into number of types. Abyssal plain is one of them. Choose correct statement.
1. It lies immediately after continental slope.
2. They are among flattest, smoothest surface on Earth.
3. It covers more than 50% of Earth's surface.
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 8
Arrange the following ocean zones from top to bottom.
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 9
Hydrothermal vents have been known to inhabit the microbes regarding hydrothermal vents, choose correct statement
1. Cynobacteria have been known to inhabit around hydrothermal vents.
2. Hydrothermal vent is a fissure in planet surface from which geothermally heated water issues.
3. These are only found at place of plates constructive plate boundaries.
4. It forms a feature called black smokers
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 4 - World Geography>Exercise 5>Q 10
Which one among the following is not a cause of generation of ocean currents?