World Knowledge Online Quiz

World Knowledge Online Test

Sr. #	Questions	Answers Choice
1	Which of the following is a warm current?	South pacific current Kuroshio current Labrador current Rip current
2	Oozes are associated with	Volcanic deposits Terrigenous deposits Pelagic deposits Coral reefs
3	Salinity of water in the equatorial ocean decreases because	Large rivers like Amazon and Congo enter into the sea Evaporation is less Of heavy rainfall A & C
4	The ocean relief is generally	More diverse than that of the continents More uniform than that of the continents Showing major variations only Not much of significance
5	A submarine mountain rising more than 1000 metres above the ocean floor is known as	Sea mount Abyssal hill Guyots Submarine
6	In the northern hemisphere, tropical cyclones and middle latitude cyclones are similar in that both	Originate over warm ocean Intensify with increasing height above the ground Generally move from east to west  Have winds that blow counter-clockwise around their centers
7	Who was the first person to cross what is now know as the Antarctic Circle?	Robert Amundsen Fabien Bellingshausen James cook John Davis
8	The blueness of the sky is mainly due to	Absorption of blue light by the atmosphere Scattering of sunlight by air molecules Emission of blue light by air Presence of water vapour
9	Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?	Carbon dioxide Methane Nitrous oxide Argon
10	Laterite is produced by	Hydration and carbonation Hydrolysis and oxidation Leaching and oxidation Hydration and calcification

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