India’s territorial limit extends towards the sea up to
12 nautical miles
Section 3 of India’s Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 places the territorial-water limit 12 nautical miles from the appropriate baseline.
Which of the following statements regarding barrier islands is/are correct?
1. These are small chain of sand islands that form offshore, far from the coast.
2. Lagoons or shallower marshes separate the barrier islands from the mainland.
3. Such locations are hazardous for settlements because they are easily swept away by storms and hurricanes.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Which one of the following is the cause of long-term sea-level change?
Coral reefs are not found in which one of the following regions ?
Which of the following are warm ocean currents?
The Gulf Stream is a pole ward flowing current in the Atlantic Ocean. Which one of the following statements with regard to this is not correct?
Directions: The following seven (7) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement I: Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.
Statement II: The Earth rotates from west to east.
Isohalines are lines joining equal:
Which one of the following isnota resultant of the El Nino effect?
Which one of the following is a cold ocean current ?
Which one of the following do not influence the ocean currents?
Match List I with List II.
| List – I | List – II |
|---|---|
| A. Albatross Plateau | I. North Atlantic Ocean Ocean |
| B. Telegraph Plateau | II. North-West Pacific Ocean |
| C. Amsterdam–St Paul Plateau | III. South-East Pacific |
| D. Kuril–Kamchatka Trench | IV. Indian Ocean |
Arrange the following five zones of the pelagic region of an ocean in the increasing order of its depth from the surface.
1. Mesopelagic
2. Epipelagic
3. Abyssopelagic
4. Bathypelagic
5. Hadopelagic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: