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Identify the incorrect statement(s) about marine deposits.
1. Blue mud covers the largest area of ocean.
2. Green mud is found in abundance on the sea floor near the Cape of Good Hope.
3. Grey colour of Green Mud is because of mineral Glauconite.
4. Red Clay is the most widespread Pelagic deposit.

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  1. 1 and 2

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 3

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D

Which one of the following is a correct sequence in the increasing order of salinity concentration?

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  1. Gulf of California-Baltic Sea-Red Sea-North Sea

  2. Baltic Sea-North Sea-Gulf of California-Red Sea

  3. Red Sea-Gulf of California-North Sea- Baltic Sea

  4. North Sea-Gulf of California-Baltic Sea- Red Sea

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following type of tides is observed at an interval of every 6 months?

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  1. Spring tides

  2. Neap tides

  3. Tropical tides

  4. Equinoctial spring tides

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Correct Option: D

Identify the odd ones out in relation to the process of upwelling in the ocean?

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  1. Benguela current

  2. Canaries current

  3. Peru current

  4. Oyashio current

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Correct Option: D

The Gulf stream is the warm ocean current. It is moving along the East of North America upto 40° N, where it meets with Labrador current, which is cold current. This meeting of warm and cold ocean current is helping for the ___________.

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  1. navigation of ship

  2. fishing

  3. both 'a and b

  4. neither a nor b

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following statements is correct?

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  1. Cold fronts move at slower rate than warm fronts and therefore cannot overtake the warm fronts.

  2. Cold fronts normally move faster than warm fronts and therefore frequently overtake the warm fronts.

  3. Cold fronts move at slower rate and eventually they are overtaken by the warm fronts.

  4. Cold fronts move faster than warm fronts but they cannot overtake the warm fronts.

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Correct Option: C

What are Rogue waves?

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  1. Waves that do not move horizontally but remain stationary

  2. Wave of unusually large size for the prevailing wind condition

  3. Waves produced due to the combination of low air pressure and onshore winds

  4. Waves produced due to the combination of high air pressure and offshore winds

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Correct Option: B

Which one among the following is not correct regarding Tsunami?

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  1. Tsunamis have a very long wavelength

  2. Tsunamis have a slight swell of about twelve inches above the normal sea surface

  3. Tsunamis grow in height when they reach shallower water

  4. Tides also play an important role in the generation of Tsunamis

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following theories of the origin of tides is not correctly matched?

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  1. Equilibrium Theory : Newton

  2. Canal Theory : Airy

  3. Stationary Wave Theory : William Whewell

  4. Dynamic Theory : Laplace

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Correct Option: C

Consider the following statements:
1. Ocean currents are the slow surface movement of water in the same.
2. Ocean currents, assist in maintaining the Earth's heat balance.
3. Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by prevailing winds.
4. Ocean currents are affected by the configuration of the ocean.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2, 3 and 4

  3. 1,3 and 4

  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Correct Option: B