MCQs on Atlantic Ocean Currents, Indian Ocean Currents, and Pacific Ocean Currents Part 2 – Geography
Q21. The California Undercurrent is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The California Undercurrent is a warm ocean current that flows northward beneath the surface along the western coast of North America in the Pacific Ocean.
Q22. The Irminger Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Irminger Current is a warm ocean current that flows northward along the eastern coast of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean.
Q23. The Mozambique Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: b) Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Mozambique Current is a warm ocean current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean.
Q24. The Alaska Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Alaska Current is a warm ocean current that flows northward along the western coast of North America in the Pacific Ocean.
Q25. The East Greenland Current is a cold current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The East Greenland Current is a cold ocean current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean.
Q26. The Agulhas Return Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: b) Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Agulhas Return Current is a warm ocean current that flows eastward from the southern tip of Africa in the Indian Ocean.
Q27. The Kuroshio Extension is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Kuroshio Extension is a warm ocean current that flows eastward from the Kuroshio Current in the Pacific Ocean.
Q28. The North Pacific Drift, also known as the North Pacific Current, is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The North Pacific Drift, also known as the North Pacific Current, is a warm ocean current that flows eastward across the North Pacific Ocean.
Q29. The South Atlantic Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The South Atlantic Current is a warm ocean current that flows eastward across the South Atlantic Ocean.
Q30. The Equatorial Counter Current is a warm current that flows in which direction?
a) Northward
b) Southward
c) Eastward
d) Westward
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Correct Answer: c) Eastward
Explanation: The Equatorial Counter Current is a warm ocean current that flows eastward between the North and South Equatorial Currents in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
Q31. The East India Coastal Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: b) Indian Ocean
Explanation: The East India Coastal Current is a warm ocean current that flows along the eastern coast of India in the Indian Ocean.
Q32. The Canary Current is a cold current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Canary Current is a cold ocean current that flows southward along the western coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.
Q33. The West Spitsbergen Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The West Spitsbergen Current is a warm ocean current that flows northward along the western coast of Spitsbergen, an island in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Q34. The East Australian Current is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The East Australian Current is a warm ocean current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean.
Q35. The North Pacific Drift is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The North Pacific Drift, also known as the North Pacific Current, is a warm ocean current that flows eastward across the North Pacific Ocean.
Q36. The South Pacific Drift is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: c) Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The South Pacific Drift, also known as the South Pacific Current, is a warm ocean current that flows eastward across the South Pacific Ocean.
Q37. The Indonesian Throughflow is a warm current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: b) Indian Ocean
Explanation: The Indonesian Throughflow is a warm ocean current that flows from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean through the Indonesian Archipelago.
Q38. The North Atlantic Current is an extension of which ocean current?
a) Gulf Stream
b) Labrador Current
c) Canary Current
d) Benguela Current
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Correct Answer: a) Gulf Stream
Explanation: The North Atlantic Current is an extension of the Gulf Stream, which flows across the Atlantic Ocean and influences the climate of Western Europe.
Q39. The Falkland Current is a cold current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Falkland Current is a cold ocean current that flows northward along the eastern coast of South America in the Atlantic Ocean.
Q40. The East Greenland Current is a cold current in which ocean?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Indian Ocean
c) Pacific Ocean
d) Arctic Ocean
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Correct Answer: a) Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The East Greenland Current is a cold ocean current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean.