Multiple choice

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer: List I List II A. Gulf Stream 1. Pacific Ocean B. West wind drift 2. A slow eastward movement of water over the zone of westerly winds C. Peru current 3. Indian Ocean D. West Australian current 4. Warm current

  1. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

  2. A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2

  3. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

  4. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

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A Correct answer
Explanation

 Gulf Stream is a warm current, moving from low latitudes to higher latitudes. West Wind Drift (Cold), a strong ocean current known as west wind drift flows from west to east under the influence of the westerlies in the zone of 40°-50°S latitudes (South Pacific; South Atlantic and Indian Ocean). This current becomes much stronger because of immense volume of watermass and high velocity winds called as roaring forties and thus the current flows with great velocity. Peru Current (cold): The cold current flowing along the western coast of South America in the eastern Pacific Ocean from south to north is called Peru Current or Humboldt Current. West Australian current is a warm current in the Indian Ocean.