Q. Which of the statements as regards the consequences of the movement of the earth is not correct?

Correct Answer

Rotation of the earth cause variation in the duration of days and nights

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which of these statements are correct? 1. Earth is the fourth largest planet of the solar system 2. Earth’s circumference is about 45000 km 3. Earth’s polar diameter is about 43 km shorter than its equatorial diameter 4. Earth has a total surface area of 510 million sq.km
    A)2 and 3
    B)1 and 2
    C)1 and 4
    D)3 and 4
    Answer: 3 and 4
  • Q. The amount and intensity of monsoon rainfall is determined by the frequency of
    A)Cyclones
    B)Western disturbances
    C)Dust storms
    D)Tropical depressions
    Answer: Tropical depressions
  • Q. Bowl shaped depression created as a result of glacial erosion high on a mountain side is called ________
    A)Hanging Valley
    B)Glacial trough
    C)Hum
    D)Cirque
    Answer: Cirque
  • Q. Pyranees form a the boundary between
    A)Poland and Russia
    B)Spain and Portugal
    C)France and Spain
    D)Hungary and Rumania
    Answer: France and Spain
  • Q. On moving from a pole to the equator we find that the population of plants and animals ________
    A)Remains unchanged
    B)Decreases
    C)Increases
    D)Does not show any consistent behavior
    Answer: Increases
  • Q. Equator represents
    A)A belt (ring) around the planet Saturn
    B)Line joining North and South poles
    C)Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
    D)Axis of rotation of Earth
    Answer: Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
  • Q. The first of the fourteen biosphere reserves of India which was established in 1986 is:
    A)Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
    B)Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
    C)Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
    D)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
    Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
  • Q. Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?
    A)Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
    B)Indian Ocean is 'half an ocean'
    C)Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
    D)Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity
    Answer: Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
  • Q. First railway line in the world, was laid in ________
    A)Federal Republic of Germany
    B)Western U.S.A.
    C)North-East England
    D)Russia
    Answer: North-East England
  • Q. Where is Mumbai High located
    A)Western Ghat
    B)Continental Shelf of Arabian sea
    C)Western Coastal Plain
    D)Internal Plains of South
    Answer: Continental Shelf of Arabian sea
  • Q. Which of the following absorbs the insolation from the sun and preserves the earth’s radiated heat, thus acting like a blanket allowing the earth neither to become too cold nor too hot?
    A)Ozone
    B)Dust
    C)Water vapour
    D)Nitrogen
    Answer: Water vapour
  • Q. Which states is the biggest producer of cashewnut?
    A)Kerala
    B)Mharashtra
    C)Assam
    D)Punjab
    Answer: Mharashtra
  • Q. Ursa Major’ is the scientific name for one of the constellations of stars. Its common English name is
    A)The Milky Way
    B)The Northern Crown
    C)The Chained Lady
    D)The Great Bear
    Answer: The Great Bear
  • Q. How many days in one year on mercury?
    A)300
    B)56
    C)88
    D)36
    Answer: 88
  • Q. A hinterland is
    A)An elevated area
    B)An area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
    C)The interior of a valley
    D)An area occupied by backward community
    Answer: An area behind a seaport that supplies the bulk of the exports
  • Q. The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is ________
    A)23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec
    B)24 hrs
    C)24 hrs 35 sec
    D)23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
    Answer: 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
  • Q. Which one of the following is not an astronomical object?
    A)Black Hole
    B)Pulsar
    C)Brittle Star
    D)Quasar
    Answer: Brittle Star
  • Q. Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored valleys called ________
    A)Canyons
    B)Gorges
    C)Wadi
    D)Barchans
    Answer: Wadi
  • Q. Which is the group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?
    A)Austro-Asiatic
    B)Indo-Aryan
    C)Dravidian
    D)Sino-Tibetan
    Answer: Indo-Aryan
  • Q. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as?
    A)V Shaped Valley
    B)Rift Valley
    C)U Shaped Valley
    D)Hanging Valley
    Answer: Rift Valley

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