More Questions on Earth
- Q. When the Moon completely covers the Sun, it is known as?
A)The Penumbra
B)The Antumbra
C)The Umbra
D)None of these
Answer: The Umbra
- Q. Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the
A)Sun and Moon on the Earth
B)Earth on the Moon
C)Earth on the Sun
D)Moon on the Earth
Answer: Sun and Moon on the Earth
- Q. The Mohorovicic (Moho) Discontinuity separates
A)Sima and Nife
B)Outer core and Mantle
C)Inner and Outer core
D)Crust and Mantle
Answer: Crust and Mantle
- Q. The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion) on ________
A)July 4th
B)June 21st
C)January 3rd
D)September 23rd
Answer: July 4th
- Q. The most abundant metal in the Earth’s Crust is
A)Aluminium
B)Zinc
C)Copper
D)Iron
Answer: Aluminium
- Q. Sea tides show variations because of ________
A)Distorted spherical shape of the earth
B)Variations in gravitational pull of the moon
C)Variations in gravitational pull of the sun
D)Different phases of the moon
Answer: Different phases of the moon
- Q. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?
A)3rd January
B)22nd December
C)21st June
D)23rd March
Answer: 22nd December
- Q. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth? 1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. 2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator. 3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset 4. Magnetic field of the earth.
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. If the difference in time between, two places were 2 hours and 20 minutes, then the difference in their longitudes would be ________
A)40°
B)30°
C)35°
D)45°
Answer: 35°
- Q. Beirut time is two hours ahead and Lima time is five hours behind GMT. The longitudes of Beirut and Lima are respectively ________
A)30° East and 75° West
B)75° West and 30° East
C)70° East and 35° West
D)35° West and 70° East
Answer: 30° East and 75° West
- Q. What is known as High Pressure Subtropical Latitude?
A)Screaming sixties
B)Roaring forties
C)Furious fifties
D)Horse latitudes
Answer: Horse latitudes
- Q. The desert regions of the world occupy about ________ part of the land surface of the earth.
A)43132
B)1/3
C)1.6
D)None of the above
Answer: 1/3
- 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. The longest circle which can be drawn on the earth’s surface passes through ________
A)Arctic Circle
B)Equator
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: Equator
- Q. When it is 12.00 noon at Delhi (77° 10’E), people at another place on earth take their 6 o’clock morning tea. The longitude of that place is ________
A)172°30' E
B)17°30' E
C)12°50' W
D)17°E
Answer: 12°50' W
- Q. The antipodal position of a place located at 35° south and 80° west is
A)100°north and 80° East
B)55° north and 80° East
C)35° north and 100° East
D)55° south and 10° East
Answer: 35° north and 100° East
- Q. How many kilometers are represented by 1° of latitude?
A)111 km
B)321 km
C)211 km
D)91 km
Answer: 111 km
- Q. Bridgmanite is
A)Earth's most abundant mineral
B)A bridge on the river Thames
C)Name of a game
D)Name of a music
Answer: Earth's most abundant mineral
- 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. The word used to describe the shape of earth is ________
A)Sphere
B)Flat
C)Circle
D)Oblate spheroid
Answer: Oblate spheroid
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