DPPGE: 3 March
1. Consider the following statements:
1. The seawater temperature of Red Sea is higher than that of Persian Gulf.
2. The Baltic Sea water is more saline than that of Black Sea.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
2. An artificial satellite orbiting around the Earth does not fall down. This is so because the attraction Of Earth
(a.) does not exist at such distance
(b.) is neutralized by the attraction of the moon
(c.) provides the necessary speed for its steady motion
(d.) provides the necessary acceleration for its motion
3. Consider the following statements :
1. The Benguela current had its influence in the formation of Kalahari Desert.
2. The Agulhas current had its influence in the formation of Thar Desert.
3. The currents of Northern Indian ocean change their course of How twice a year.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 nor 3
4. Which one of the following is the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region?
(a) Rainfall throughout the year
(b) Rainfall in winter only
(c) An extremely short dry season
(d) A definite dry and wet season
5. Consider the following statements:
1. Equatorial countercurrent is more strongly developed in Pacific Ocean than in Atlantic Ocean.
2. Equatorial countercurrent flows in westward direction.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
6. Consider the following statements:
1. The temperature and salinity differences that trigger thermohaline circulation of deep-sea are generated at the ocean surface in the low latitude wind belts.
2. The deep-sea currents of Indian Ocean are generated in the waters girdling Antarctica.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
7. Which of the following determine the amount of phytoplanktons in the ocean waters?
1. The ocean currents
2. The temperature and salinity
3. The depth of ocean waters
4. Lenght of day and night
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
8. “Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.”
The above statement best describes which of the following regions?
(a) African Savannah
(b) Central Asian Steppe
(c) North American Prairie
(d) Siberian Tundra
9. Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms?
- Continental drift
- Glacial cycles
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.
10. Turkey is located between
(a) Black Sea and Caspian Sea
(b) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
(c) Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea
(d) Gulf of Aqaba and Dead Sea
