MCQs-Oceans and Continents-Class 6-Social Science

Oceans and Continents(Geography)

1. What covers most of the Earth’s surface?
   a) Land
   b) Water
   c) Ice
   d) Forests
   Answer: b) Water

2. What is the Earth often called because of its appearance from space?
   a) Red Planet
   b) Blue Planet
   c) White Planet
   d) Green Planet
   Answer: b) Blue Planet

3. Which is the largest ocean in the world?
   a) Atlantic Ocean
   b) Indian Ocean
   c) Pacific Ocean
   d) Arctic Ocean
   Answer: c) Pacific Ocean

4. What are large continuous expanses of land called?
   a) Oceans
   b) Continents
   c) Islands
   d) Valleys
   Answer: b) Continents

5. Which continent is the smallest by size?
   a) Africa
   b) Europe
   c) Australia
   d) Antarctica
   Answer: c) Australia

6. How much of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
   a) One-half
   b) Two-thirds
   c) Three-fourths
   d) One-fourth
   Answer: c) Three-fourths

7. Which ocean is located to the west of India?
   a) Pacific Ocean
   b) Atlantic Ocean
   c) Indian Ocean
   d) Arctic Ocean
   Answer: c) Indian Ocean

8. What is the largest island in the world?
   a) Madagascar
   b) Greenland
   c) Australia
   d) Iceland
   Answer: b) Greenland

9. Which continent has the Sahara Desert?
   a) Asia
   b) Africa
   c) Australia
   d) Europe
   Answer: b) Africa

10. What do we call smaller extensions of oceans, such as the Arabian Sea?
    a) Bays
    b) Gulfs
    c) Seas
    d) All of these
    Answer: d) All of these

11. Which is the second-largest ocean in the world?
    a) Arctic Ocean
    b) Southern Ocean
    c) Atlantic Ocean
    d) Indian Ocean
    Answer: c) Atlantic Ocean

12. Which ocean is the coldest?
    a) Pacific Ocean
    b) Arctic Ocean
    c) Indian Ocean
    d) Atlantic Ocean
    Answer: b) Arctic Ocean

13. How many continents are widely accepted on Earth?
    a) 5
    b) 6
    c) 7
    d) 8
    Answer: c) 7

14. What is an island?
    a) A mountain on land
    b) A small piece of land surrounded by water
    c) A desert region
    d) A large expanse of water
    Answer: b) A small piece of land surrounded by water

15. Which continent is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
    a) North America
    b) Africa
    c) Australia
    d) Asia
    Answer: c) Australia

16. What is the largest continent?
    a) Africa
    b) Asia
    c) Antarctica
    d) Europe
    Answer: b) Asia

17. Which ocean is also called the Southern Ocean?
    a) Pacific Ocean
    b) Indian Ocean
    c) Antarctic Ocean
    d) Arctic Ocean
    Answer: c) Antarctic Ocean

18. What do we call water under the Earth’s surface?
    a) Freshwater
    b) Groundwater
    c) Glacier water
    d) Salty water
    Answer: b) Groundwater

19. What is a tsunami caused by?
    a) Rainfall
    b) Earthquake under the ocean
    c) Wind
    d) Cyclone
    Answer: b) Earthquake under the ocean

20. Which ocean surrounds Antarctica?
    a) Atlantic Ocean
    b) Indian Ocean
    c) Southern Ocean
    d) Pacific Ocean
    Answer: c) Southern Ocean

21. Which is the smallest ocean?
    a) Atlantic Ocean
    b) Indian Ocean
    c) Arctic Ocean
    d) Pacific Ocean
    Answer: c) Arctic Ocean

22. What is the second smallest continent?
    a) Europe
    b) Antarctica
    c) Australia
    d) South America
    Answer: b) Antarctica

23. Which ocean has the “Ring of Fire”?
    a) Indian Ocean
    b) Arctic Ocean
    c) Atlantic Ocean
    d) Pacific Ocean
    Answer: d) Pacific Ocean

24. What are the two parts of the Indian Ocean near India?
    a) Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
    b) Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean
    c) Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean
    d) None of these
    Answer: a) Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea

25. What type of water is found in oceans?
    a) Freshwater
    b) Salty water
    c) Groundwater
    d) Glacial water
    Answer: b) Salty water

26. Which continent is also known as the “White Continent”?
    a) Europe
    b) Antarctica
    c) North America
    d) Asia
    Answer: b) Antarctica

27. What is the role of oceans in the climate?
    a) They cool the air
    b) They regulate temperature
    c) They cause rainfall
    d) All of these
    Answer: d) All of these

28. What is the Earth’s smallest continent by population?
    a) Antarctica
    b) Australia
    c) South America
    d) Africa
    Answer: a) Antarctica

29. Which continents are part of Eurasia?
    a) Asia and Africa
    b) Europe and Asia
    c) North America and Europe
    d) Asia and Antarctica
    Answer: b) Europe and Asia

30. Which body is known as the lungs of the planet?
    a) Forests
    b) Mountains
    c) Oceans
    d) Rivers
    Answer: c) Oceans

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10 True/False Questions

1. The Pacific Ocean is the smallest ocean. (False)

2. Greenland is the largest island. (True)

3. Oceans produce more than half of the Earth’s oxygen. (True)

4. Continents and islands are the same. (False)

5. The Southern Hemisphere has more land than the Northern Hemisphere. (False)

6. The Arctic Ocean is also called the Antarctic Ocean. (False)

7. A tsunami can be caused by underwater earthquakes. (True)

8. There are only 4 continents on Earth. (False)

9. Oceans regulate the Earth’s temperature. (True)

10. Australia is the largest continent. (False)

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10 Match the Following

Column A	Column B
1. Pacific Ocean	a. Largest ocean
2. Arctic Ocean	b. Smallest ocean
3. Greenland	c. Largest island
4. Asia	d. Largest continent
5. Australia	e. Smallest continent
6. Bay of Bengal	f. Part of the Indian Ocean
7. Tsunami	g. Caused by underwater earthquakes
8. Southern Ocean	h. Surrounds Antarctica
9. Atlantic Ocean	i. Second-largest ocean
10. Antarctica	j. White continent

Answers:
1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e, 6-f, 7-g, 8-h, 9-i, 10-j

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