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NDA 2 2025 GAT, question 122

Topic: Geography

Q122

Which of the following factors influence the ocean currents ?

  1. Coriolis force

  2. Gravity

  3. Heating by solar energy

  4. Wind

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. (a) 1 and 4 only
  2. (b) 2 and 3 only
  3. (c) 1, 2 and 3 only
  4. (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4Correct answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

  1. Solar heating helps create density and pressure differences, gravity drives movement along pressure gradients, winds transfer momentum to the surface, and Coriolis force deflects moving water.
  2. All four influence ocean currents.