Salinity MCQ Questions and answers In English

||Salinity MCQ Questions and answers In English||Salinity  Questions and answers In English||

 1. Which one of the following salts contributes maximum to the salinity of sea water? 

(A) Calcium sulphate 

(B) Magnesium chloride 

(C) Magnesium sulphate

 (D) Sodium chloride 

2. The highest salinity is found in

 (A) Dead Sea

 (B) Red Sea

 (C) Great Salt Lake in U.S.A

. (D) Lake Van in Turkey

 3. Which one of the following denotes water salinity gradient? 

 (A) Thermocline 

(B) Halocline

 (C) Pycnocline 

(D) Chemocline

 4. Main source of Salinity of the Sea is 

 (A) Rivers 

(B) Land

 (C) Wind 

(D) Ash ejected from the Volcano 

5. The highest amount of salinity is found in

 (A) Pacific Ocean

 (B) Indian Ocean

 (C) Mediterranean Sea

 (D) Dead Sea 

6. Water of which one of the following sea is most saline? 

 (A) Baltic Sea

 (B) Black Sea 

(C) Dead Sea 

(D) Red Sea 

 7. World’s most saline Ocean/Lake is

 (A) Caspian Sea

 (B) Great Salt Lake 

(C) Dead Sea

 (D) Lake Van 

8. Which of the following Sea has the highest salinity? 

 (A) Caspian Sea

 (B) Mediterranean Sea

 (C) Red Sea

 (D) Dead Sea 

9. Which of the following seas has the highest average salinity? 

(A) Black Sea

 (B) Yellow Sea

 (C) Mediterranean Sea

 (D) Dead Sea

 10. When density in the sea increases, then 

 (A) Salinity and depth decreases

 (B) Salinity increases but depth decreases

 (C) Both salinity and depth increases 

(D) Salinity decreases and depth increases

 11. Where is Great Salt lake located? 

 (A) Iran 

(B) U.S.A.

 (C) India

 (D) Turkey

 12. Average salinity of water of Arabian Sea is 

 (A) 25 ppt

 (B) 35 ppt

 (C) 45 ppt

 (D) 55 ppt 

||Salinity MCQ Questions and answers In English||Salinity  Questions and answers In English||

Answer Sheet 1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B) 11. (B) 12. (B)

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