OCEANOGRAPHY PYQS 2013 UGC NET FREE MOCK TEST

Q.1. Surface ocean currents derive their energy from (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Salinity

(2) Tectonics

(3) Wind

(4) Tsunamis

Q.2. Especially high and low tides that occur near the times of new and full moons are called (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(1) Spring tide

(2) Neap tide

(3) Super tide

(4) Fall tide

Q.3. Darwin’s subsidence theory is related to (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Marine terraces

(B) Coral reefs

(C) Cycle of erosion

(D) Tides

Q.4. Fiord shorelines are formed due to (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Submergence of sub aerially eroded coast

(B) Submergence of glaciated coast

(C) Fluvial deposition

(D) Marine erosion

Q.5. Tsunamis are produced by (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Tides

(B) Cyclones

(C) Sub-marine earthquakes

(D) Shrinking of the earth’s crust

Q.6. Which one of the following sediment deposits covers the largest percentage of the ocean floor? (UGC NET JUNE 2013)

(A) Terrigenous

(B) Cosmogenous

(C) Biogenous

(D) Hydrogenous

Q.7. Radiolarian Ooze is (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Terrigenous Deposits

(B) Neritic Deposits

(C) Pelagic Deposits

(D) Littoral Deposits

Q.8. Certain substances are classified as water pollutants, others as air pollutants and still others as land pollutants. Which one of the following pollutes are three parts of our environment? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Flourocarbons

(B) Smog

(C) Acid rain

(D) Ozone

Q.9. Ria is an example of (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Emerged upland shore

(B) Submerged upland shore

(C) Neutral shore

(D) Compound shore

Q.10. Flat-topped sub-marine mountains are called (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Sea mounts

(B) Abyssal mounts

(C) Guyots

(D) Sea Volcanoes

Q.11. Anacondas are largely found in (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Irrawady Basin

(B) Congo Basin

(C) Orinoco Basin

(D) Amazon Basin

Q.12. Kiel Canal connects (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Berring Sea and the Pacific Ocean

(B) Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

(C) Baltic Sea and North Sea

(D) Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean

Q.13. Sunda peninsula was submerged in the Pacific Ocean due to (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Constructive activities of the plates

(B) Destructive activities of the plates

(C) Subduction of the plates into ocean

(D) Sea floor spreading

Q.14. Which of the following oceans is spreading due to plate tectonic movement? (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Atlantic Ocean

(B) Pacific Ocean

(C) Indian Ocean

(D) Arctic Ocean

Q.15. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the codes given: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

List – I  (Ocean Currents)

(a) Oyasiwo

(b) Peru

(c) Alaska

(d) Kurosiwo

List - II (Coasts)

(1) Western coast of Latin America

(2) Kamchatka Peninsula

(3) British Columbia

(4) Japan

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Q.16. A reef separated from the main land or inland shore by a deep lagoon is known as (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Fringing Reef

(B) Atoll Reef

(C) Barrier Reef

(D) Patch Reef

Q.17. Global change in sea level is caused by (UGC NET SEP 2013)

(A) Eustatic change

(B) Isostatic change

(C) Climatic change

(D) Diastrophism

Q.18. The following question has two sets of statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as (R). Choose your answer from the codes given: (UGC NET SEP 2013)

Assertion (A): Western coast of Europe (UK) and Labrador of (North America) are in the same latitude but Western Coast of Europe (UK) remains unfrozen and Labrador remains frozen for nine months.

Reason (R): Gulf Stream (UK) is a warm current and Labrador is a cold current.

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(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.19. Salinity in water bodies increases with (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) increase in evaporation and decrease in admixture of fresh water.

(B) decrease in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water.

(C) Decrease in evaporation and no change in admixture of fresh water.

(D) Increase in evaporation and increase in admixture of fresh water.

Q.20. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): The salinity in Dead Sea is very low.

Reason (R): Dead Sea is located in tropical dry climatic region, where evaporation is high, precipitation is low and here drainage is internal.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are right.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

(C) (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.

(D) (A) is right, but (R) is wrong.

Q.21. Diego Garcia is an island in which of the following oceans? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(A) Atlantic

(B) Pacific

(C) Indian

(D) Arctic

Q.22. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): (UGC NET DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): The eastern coast of India is affected by tropical cyclones more than the western coast.

Reason (R): Tropical cyclone originates only in the Bay of Bengal.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).

(3) (A) is correct but (R) is false.

(4) (A) is false but (R) is correct.

Q.23. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the codes given: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

List - I   (Names of tropical cyclones)

(a) Hurricanes

(b) Typhoons

(c) Willy-Willy

(d) Taifu

List - II  (Regions)

(i) Australia

(ii) Japan

(iii) U.S.A.

(iv) China

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Q.24. The temperature that provides favourable ecological conditions for living coral reefs is (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Less than 10 °C

(2) 10 °C to 15 °C

(3) 15 °C to 20 °C

(4) More than 20 °C

Q.25. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

List - I 

(a) Coral reef

(b) Shoal

(c) Abyssal plain

(d) Continental slope

List - II

(i) Organic Ocean Deposit

(ii) Deep flat surface

(iii) Steep descent from the shelf bed

(iv) Detached elevation with shallow depth

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Q.26. Which among the following has postulated the Subsidence Theory related to coral reef? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) Dally

(2) Agassiz

(3) Darwin

(4) Davis

Q.27. If a tide occurs at a place at 6 p.m. when will be the next tide occurs? (UGC NET DEC 2013)

(1) 00.13 a.m. of the next day

(2) 06.26 a.m. of the next day

(3) 12.39 p.m. of the next day

(4) 06.52 p.m. of the next day

Q.28. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

List - I 

(a) Tide

(b) Tsunami

(c) Gulf stream

(d) Labrador current

List - II

(i) A warm comparatively fast moving ocean current

(ii) A cold ocean current

(iii) The periodic rise and fall of water

(iv) Rise of sea water in wave form due to seismic activity

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Q.29. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: (UGC NET DEC 2013)

List - I

(a) Falkland current

(b) Norwegian current

(c) Florida current

(d) Okholsk current

List - II

(i) Warm current

(ii) Cold current

(iii) Atlantic Ocean

(iv) Kamchetka Peninsula

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