SSC Geography Previous Year Questions Set 31

301. What is the interval between a high tide and neaptide at a given place ?[SSC SCO (Audit) 1997]
A. 12 hours
B. 12 hours 26 minutes
C. 15 hours 30 minutes
D. 24 hours
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302. The sea bed sloping gradually and bordering the continent is known as :[SSC CGL Prelim 1999]
A. Coast
B. Continental Shelf
C. Continental Platform
D. Continental Slope
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303. A special type of well in which water rises automatically under the pressure of a column of water to the ground surface through a hole is known as:[SSC Section Officer (Audit) 2001]
A. Artisian well
B. Spring
C. Hot spring
D. Geyser
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304. Which of the following oceans has the shape of the English alphabet S ?[SSC Section Officer (Audit) 2001]
A. Arctic Ocean
B. Indian Ocean
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Pacific Ocean
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305. Which from the following, is a landlocked sea ?[SSC CGL Prelim 2004]
A. Timor Sea
B. Arafura Sea
C. Greenland Sea
D. Aral Sea
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306. A place where there is constant intermingling of salt water and fresh water is ____:[SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 2004]
A. Estuary
B. Delta
C. Gulf
D. Bay
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307. The deepest ocean of the world is: [SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) 2004]
A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Arctic Ocean
C. Indian Ocean
D. Pacific Ocean
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308. Tides in the sea have stored in them :[SSC Statistical Investigators Grade–IV 2005]
A. Hydraulic energy
B. Kinetic energy
C. Gravitational potential energy
D. A combination of all the above three forms of energy
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309. The deepest surface depression on the earth is:[SSC CGL Prelim 2005]
A. Kurile Trench
B. Mariana Trench
C. Tonga-Kermadec Trench
D. Bentley Subglacial
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310. Echo sounding is the technique applied to—[SSC Statistical Investigators Grade–IV 2006]
A. measure the depth of the sea
B. measure the amplitude of sound waves
C. record earthquake waves
D. record the density of air in the atmosphere
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