Important question and answers related to the Ocean

Question: The largest ocean is

◉ Hind

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◉ Arctic

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◉ Prashant

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◉ the Atlantic

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Question: Where is the head office of the Indian National Center for Ocean and Information Services located?

◉ Hyderabad

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◉ Khadagwasla (Pune)

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◉ New Delhi

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◉ Dehradun

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Question: Where is the head office of National Institute of Ocean Technology located?

◉ Chennai

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◉ New Delhi

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◉ mumbai

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◉ Ghaziabad

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Question: Where is the headquarter of National Center for Antarctic and Ocean Research located?

◉ Goa

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◉ Hyderabad

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◉ Dehradun

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◉ New Delhi

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Question: Which is the largest ocean of the world?

◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Antarctic Ocean

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◉ Arctic Ocean

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Question: What is the name of the deepest ocean in the world?

◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Antarctic Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Arctic Ocean

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Question: Which is the largest sea (ocean) in the world?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ south china sea

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◉ Pacific Ocean

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Question: Approximately what percent of the Earth's area is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean?

◉ 0.25

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◉ 0.26

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◉ 0.34

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◉ 0.71

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Question: Which canal connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean?

◉ Volga Canal

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◉ Suez canal

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◉ Panama Canal

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◉ Kill canal

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Question: Which is the deepest ocean?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Prashant

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◉ Arctic Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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Question: What is the name of the cold ocean current passing off the coast of North America?

◉ Focalland stream

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◉ Golfstream

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◉ labrador current

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◉ Curosivo

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Question: In which ocean is the largest active volcano located?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Mediterranean Sea

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ pacific ocean

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Question: Which ocean borders three continents?

◉ Caspian ocean

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◉ Caribian Sea

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◉ Mediterranean Sea

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◉ the Red Sea

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Question: In which ocean are the Melanesian Islands located?

◉ in the Indian Ocean

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◉ In the Arctic Ocean

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◉ In red ocean

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◉ In the Pacific Ocean

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Question: What is the narrow strip of land that separates two oceans called?

◉ isthmus

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◉ Canal

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◉ River

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◉ None of them

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Question: Where is the National Institute of Oceanography located?

◉ in goa

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◉ In Visakhapatnam

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◉ In Chennai

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◉ In Mumbai

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Question: What is the main body of water in the coastal part of the oceans, which falls in the main land of the continents according to its composition, called?

◉ Continent shield

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◉ Continent

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◉ continental shelf

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◉ Ocean basin

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Question: Around which of the world's oceans is the widest continental water shelf found?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ pacific ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ North Pole Ocean

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Question: In which ocean is the island "Diego Garcia" located?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Black Sea

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◉ Pacific Ocean

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Question: Where is the National Institute of Oceanography located?

◉ In Kerala

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◉ In Karnataka

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◉ In Maharashtra

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◉ in goa

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Question: Which ocean of the world is shaped like the English letter "S"?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Mediterranean Sea

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◉ Indian Ocean

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Question: Which ocean can be entered through the Strait of Gibraltar?

◉ In the Mediterranean Sea

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◉ In the Indian Ocean

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◉ In the Pacific Ocean

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◉ in the Atlantic Ocean

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Question: Ocean currents are examples of-

◉ of driving

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◉ Nature's strength

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◉ World's beauty

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◉ None of them

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Question: Which is the ocean touching the shores of Asia and America?

◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Black Sea

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ pacific ocean

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Question: Which instrument uses sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean?

◉ Radar

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◉ Pulsar

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◉ Kawasar

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◉ sonar

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Question: What kind of ocean is the Aral Sea?

◉ stranded

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◉ Jalmagan

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◉ independent

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◉ None of them

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Question: Which is the deepest ocean in the world?

◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Caspian Sea

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◉ Arabian Sea

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◉ pacific ocean

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Question: Which is the largest ocean?

◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Atlantic Ocean

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◉ Arabian Sea

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Question: What is the coastal part in the water part of the oceans, which falls in the main land of the continents according to its composition, called?

◉ Continental coast

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◉ Continental ground

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◉ Continental floor

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◉ Continental shelf

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Question: Which ocean is landlocked?

◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Arabian Sea

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◉ aral sea

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Question: Gulf Stream, Brazil Current and Canary Current are found in which ocean?

◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Arabian Sea

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◉ Atlantic Ocean

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Question: Which ocean existed in place of the Himalayas?

◉ Kshir Sagar

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◉ Tethys Sea

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◉ Dadhi Sagar

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◉ Sura Sagar

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Question: What causes tides in the ocean?

◉ Due to the combined effect of Sun and Moon

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◉ because of the sun

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◉ because of the moon

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◉ none of these

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Question: Which is called the 'Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean'?

◉ Alice

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◉ Hawaiian Islands

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◉ Tonga

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◉ Fiji

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Question: What energy is stored in ocean waves?

◉ Combination of two types of energies

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◉ Combination of all three types of energies

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◉ Combination of four types of energies

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◉ Combination of five types of energies

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Question: Who is the first woman who swam across the seven major oceans?

◉ bula chaudhary

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◉ Priya Shanbhag

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◉ chandini

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◉ mridula rajeev

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Question: Which is the canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

◉ Panama Canal

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◉ Eastern Canal

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◉ Bist Doab Canal

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◉ Nangal Canal

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Question: In which ocean is the Sargassi Sea located?

◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Arctic Ocean

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◉ Atlantic Ocean

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Question: Which ocean current is associated with the "El Nino" effect?

◉ Peru Dhara

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◉ Meru Dhara

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◉ Rich stream

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◉ None of them

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Question: What type of ocean current is the Gulf Stream?

◉ Tropical

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◉ Labrador

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◉ Curyl

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◉ Canary

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Question: What is formed on the surface of the oceans due to the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon?

◉ tide

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◉ Waves

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◉ earthquake

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◉ hurricane

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Question: In which ocean does the Narmada river ultimately fall?

◉ In the Pacific Ocean

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◉ In the Mediterranean Sea

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◉ In the Arabian Sea

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◉ In the eastern Sea

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Question: The busiest ocean from the point of view of trade is-

◉ Indian Ocean

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◉ Pacific Ocean

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◉ Atlantic (blind) ocean

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◉ Aktik (North Flame) Ocean

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Question: When does the great tide arise in the ocean?

◉ On full moon day

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◉ The day when the position of the moon is on the first quadrant

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◉ Poorna and Amavasya days

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◉ Only on Amavasya

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Question: Name the Indian Ocean Arhcipelago which faced police mutiny in February 2012?

◉ Maldives

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◉ Sri Lanka

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◉ Mauritius

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◉ Indonesia

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Question: Which country's President announced plans to create the world's largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on 17 June 2014?