What is average depth of oceans?
(a) 5,730 metres
(b) 3,760 metres
(c) 4,690 metres
(d) 2,930 metres
Answer: a
Which of following is the largest ocean that covers about one-third of the surface of earth?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean
(d) Arctic Ocean
Answer: c
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean and many oceanographers consider it to be a sea of Atlantic. What is its total area?
(a) 11,900,000 sq km
(b) 13,800,000 sq. km
(c) 14,100,000 sq km
(d) 12,400,000 sq. km
Answer: c
What is the area of Adriatic Sea?
(a) 392,000 sq. km
(b) 131,050 sq. km
(c) 413,000 sq. km
(d) 213,000 sq. km
Answer: b
Arabian Sea is located in Indian Ocean, what is its average depth?
(a) 5030 metres
(b) 7036 metres
(c) 6131 metres
(d) 8039 metres
Answer: a
Caribbean is a large gulf of western Atlantic, which region is bordered by the Caribbean Sea?
(a) North America
(b) South America
(c) Central and North America
(d) None of them
Answer: c
Identify the famous strait located in the Mediterranean Sea.
(a) Strait of Hormuz
(b) Bab el-Mandeb Strait
(c) Sinai Strait
(d) Strait of Gibraltar
Answer: d
Red Sea is located in Indian Ocean. What is its total area?
(a) 438,000 sq. km
(b) 218,000 sq. km
(c) 348,000 sq. km
(d) 638,000 sq. km
Answer: a
Which sea was the main trade route of Muslim world with eastern Africa, Persia and Asia?
(a) Black Sea
(b) Red Sea
(c) North Sea
(d) South China Sea
Answer: b
Persian Gulf is located in the Indian Ocean, which other name is also given to it?
(a) Al-Khaliqi Al-Arabi
(b) Arabian Gulf
(c) Gulf of Iran
(d) All of these
Answer: d
Iran is located on the northeast of Persian Gulf. Which region is situated on the southwest of the Gulf?
(a) Shatt Al-Arab
(b) Strait of Hormuz
(c) Indian Gulf
(d) Arabian Peninsula
Answer: d
The greatest known depth of the Red Sea is:
(a) Off port Sudan
(b) Off Gotland
(c) Central Basin
(d) West of Luzon
Answer: a
The largest ocean of the world is:
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Arctic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean
(d) Atlantic Ocean
Answer: c
The area of the Pacific Ocean is:
(a) 165,700,000 sq. km
(b) 165,250,000 sq. km
(c) 170,400,000 sq. km
(d) 173,380,000 sq. km
Answer: b
The average of depth of the Pacific Ocean is:
(a) 13,210 feet
(b) 14,110 feet
(c) 14,040 feet
(d) 13,117 feet
Answer: c
The second largest ocean of the world:
(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Arctic Ocean
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean
Answer: a
The area of the Atlantic Ocean is:
(a) 83,800,000 sq. km
(b) 44,700,000 sq. km
(c) 91,370,000 sq. km
(d) 82,400,000 sq. km
Answer: d
The area of the Mediterranean Sea is:
(a) 2,512,000 sq. km
(b) 3,471,000 sq Km
(c) 4,300,000 sq. km
(d) 3,481,000 sq. km
Answer: a
The place of greatest known depth of the India Ocean is:
(a) Sunda Trench
(b) Java Trench
(c) Sigsbee Deep
(d) Skagerrak
Answer: b
What is the area of the Caribbean Sea?
(a) 3,417,000 sq. km
(b) 2,311,000 sq. km
(c) 2,718,200 sq. km
(d) 3,910,000 sq. km
Answer: c
The maximum depth of the Arctic Ocean is:
(a) 18000 feet
(b) 4113 feet
(c) 3950 feet
(d) 3985 feet
Answer: a
The area of the East China Sea:
(a) 1,135,000 sq. km
(b) 1,249,157 sq. km
(c) 1,310,000 sq. km
(d) 1,411,400 sq. km
Answer: b
The place of greatest known depth of Sea of Japan is:
(a) Skagerrak
(b) Off Gotland
(c) Central Basin
(d) West of Luzon
Answer: c
Approximate area of the Sea of Okhotsk is:
(a) 1,141,000 sq. km
(b) 1,341,390 sq. km
(c) 1,447,200 sq. km
(d) 1,580,000 sq. km
Answer: d
The maximum depth of the Hudson Bay is:
(a) 600 feet
(b) 900 feet
(c) 1100 feet
(d) 1250 feet
Answer: b
The maximum depth of the Andaman Sea is:
(a) 11,900 feet
(b) 12,392 feet
(c) 14,500 feet
(d) 15,190 feet
Answer: c
The greatest depth of the Red Sea is:
(a) 2311 feet
(b) 9974 feet
(c) 2402 feet
(d) 2402 feet
Answer: c
The mean depth of the Pacific Ocean is:
(a) 4280 metres
(b) 10,990 metres
(c) 9,898 metres
(d) 7,190 metres
Answer. a
The maximum depth of the Bering Sea is:
(a) 3999 metres
(b) 4097 metres
(c) 1617 metres
(d) 5219 metres
Answer. b
