Coastal | MCQs

Explanation

Cape Drastic Beach is located in Greece.

It is known for its beautiful coastline and popular tourist attractions.

It offering stunning views and crystal-clear waters.

Explanation

Pakistan has a coastline of about More than 1000 Km.

Explanation

Keti Bandar Port is located in Sindh

Katti Bandar port is located in the Thatta district

Keti Bandar small town in Sindh is famous for Fish Harbour

Explanation

PCG Formed in 1971.

PCG working, Pakistan Coast Guard Act, 1973.

PCG Headquarters located in Karachi, Sindh.

Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) is a rare blend of sea and land based troops serving under one command.

The Coast Guards branch is distinguished from the Navy's Maritime Security Agency (MSA).

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The sea-waves can cause a significant damage when they crash the lands. Under a clear sky and calm sea, a wall of water may appear twenty or thirty feet high over beaches, destroying houses and drowning residents in its path.

When a submarine earthquake happens, it is likely to cause an enormous amount of shock, disturbing the quite waters of the deep ocean. This disturbance transfers to the surface and forms a huge swell. The swells in the ocean are nearly a mile wide and rise to various multiple of ten feet in height.

Nothing was accomplished about tsunamis until after the second World War. These waves travel towards the land hundreds of miles an hour, and you can imagine that how they would crash!

Question 1: An aspect of the waves is the fact that they

(A) are produced by deep swells

(B) often strike during clear weather

(C) arise under conditions of cold temperature

(D) are formed in concentric patterns

Question 2: These destructive waves are caused by

(A) storms

(B) concentric time belts

(C) underwater earthquakes

(D) seismic changes

Question 3: The normal maximum width of the waves is approximately

(A) one mile

(B) five miles

(C) five feet

(D) ten feet

Question 4: Nothing was done about the waves until

(A) a solution was found

(B) deaths occurred

(C) severe damage was incurred

(D) the outbreak of World War II

Question 5: The motion of the waves has been calculated at a speed of

(A) 1 kilometer an hour

(B) 50 miles an hour

(C) 100 miles an hour

(D) more than a hundred miles an hour

Explanation

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.

Explanation

The Sundarbans Reserve Forest located in the south-west of Bangladesh between the river Baleswar.

Mangrove forests can be found on the saltwater coasts