More Questions on Earth
- Q. If a traveller going from Vancouver to Tokyo crosses the International Date Line on Saturday, what will be the day for him at Tokyo?
A)Sunday
B)Friday
C)Saturday
D)Monday
Answer: Sunday
- Q. Which of the following statement is correct?
A)Relative humidity is denoted in gram per cubic meter of air.
B)Air capacity of vaporization reduces with the rise in the temperature of air.
C)Atmospheric pressure reduces due to rise in temperature.
D)Temperature decreases 10°C at every 165 height
Answer: Atmospheric pressure reduces due to rise in temperature.
- Q. On December 22, the sun: 1. is not visible at north pole 2. is only visible for a few minutes at the Antarctic Circle 3. rises south of east and sets south of west at the Tropic of Cancer 4. rises south of east and set south of west at the equator
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1 and 3
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
A)Isobars
B)Latitudes
C)Longitudes
D)Isotherms
Answer: Latitudes
- Q. The science of drawing map is called
A)Topology
B)Cartography
C)Geography
D)Geology
Answer: Cartography
- Q. Which one of the following minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust?
A)Manganese
B)Bauxite
C)Silica
D)Iron
Answer: Silica
- Q. Which of the statements given are correct? 1. Coriolis effect is zero at the Equator. 2. Coriolis effect is more towards the Poles. 3. Coriolis effects are related to the decreasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes. 4. Coriolis effects are related to the increasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes.
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 3 only
D)2 and 5 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
- Q. There is a continual daylight or summer in the Arctic regions from ________
A)21st March to 23rd September
B)22nd December to 21st March
C)21st March to 21st June
D)21st June to 22nd December
Answer: 21st March to 23rd September
- Q. On which of the following date/dates, Winter Solstice is observed in Northern Hemisphere? I. 21st December II. 5th August III. 10th January
A)Only 3
B)Only 1
C)1 and 2 Both
D)Only 2
Answer: Only 1
- Q. The earth’s annual circuit round the sun covers a distance of ________
A)966 million kms
B)1,096 million kms
C)1,036 million kms
D)896 million kms
Answer: 966 million kms
- Q. The seasonal contrasts are maximum in ________
A)Sub tropics
B)Low latitudes
C)Mid-latitudes
D)High latitudes
Answer: Mid-latitudes
- Q. Evidence suggests that life on Earth has existed for about ________.
A)35 million years
B)3.5 million years
C)35 billion years
D)3.5 billion years
Answer: 3.5 billion years
- Q. Green House Effect’ means ________
A)Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
B)Pollution in houses in tropical regions
C)Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen
D)Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution
Answer: Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Q. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
A)6 min.
B)8 min.
C)2 min.
D)4 min.
Answer: 8 min.
- Q. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?
A)0.66
B)0.47
C)0.51
D)0.87
Answer: 0.47
- Q. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
A)1 hour 40 seconds
B)12.5 minutes
C)7 minutes 40 seconds
D)There is no maximum duration
Answer: 7 minutes 40 seconds
- Q. Which of the following statements with regard to the term ‘great circle’ is not correct?
A)Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
B)Equator is a great circle
C)A ship can save fuel and time by following the great circle arc between two points
D)A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere
Answer: Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
- Q. Isobar lines show
A)Depth
B)Pressure
C)Rain
D)Time
Answer: Pressure
- Q. Who Invented Universal Standard Time?
A)Sandford Fleming
B)Enrico Fermi
C)Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
D)Benoit Fourneyron
Answer: Sandford Fleming
- Q. Which of the followings are related with “Lithosphere”?
A)Earth's Crust
B)Plant and Insect
C)Earth's Interior
D)None of these
Answer: Earth's Crust
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