Q78 · UPPSC Prelims 2020 · Set A · General Studies

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Which of the following ocean currents is associated with Indian Ocean?

A Florida current
B Canary current
C Agulhas current
D Kurile current

Correct answer: (c) Agulhas current

Explanation

  1. A

    Florida current

    (a) Florida current. A warm Atlantic current off the United States, feeding the Gulf Stream—not the Indian Ocean.

  2. B

    Canary current

    (b) Canary current. A cold eastern-boundary current of the North Atlantic off north-west Africa.

  3. C

    Agulhas current

    (c) Agulhas current. A warm western-boundary current of the south-west Indian Ocean along south-east Africa. That is the official key.

  4. D

    Kurile current

    (d) Kurile current. The cold Oyashio / Kurile current of the north-west Pacific, not the Indian Ocean.

Summary. Official key is (c). The Agulhas current belongs to the Indian Ocean. Florida and Canary are Atlantic; Kurile is Pacific.