Q. 1° of latitude is equal to

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111 Km

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  • 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. Geostationary orbit is at a height of ________
    A)3600 km
    B)6 km
    C)1000 km
    D)36,000 km
    Answer: 36,000 km
  • Q. The term ‘syzygy’ is referred to when the ________
    A)Moon and sun are at right angles with reference to the earth
    B)Earth is at perihelion and moon at perigee
    C)Earth is at apehelion and moon at apogee
    D)Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
    Answer: Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
  • Q. In the context of ‘time’ GMT means
    A)Global Mean Time
    B)General Meridian Time
    C)Greenwich Mean Time
    D)None of these
    Answer: Greenwich Mean Time
  • Q. Which one of the following is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star, called?
    A)Tropical year
    B)Lunar year
    C)Solar year
    D)Sideral year
    Answer: Sideral year
  • Q. The International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180° meridian so that it ________
    A)Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration
    B)Divides the land masses under the same administration
    C)Does not divide the Bering strait
    D)Divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal halves
    Answer: Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration
  • Q. Through which one of the following countries the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through?
    A)Myanmar
    B)Bangladesh
    C)China
    D)Nepal
    Answer: Nepal
  • 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 difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from ________
    A)Poles to equator
    B)West to east
    C)East and west of the prime meridian
    D)Equator to poles
    Answer: Equator to poles
  • Q. In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained ________
    A)Oxygen in fixed form
    B)Free oxygen
    C)No oxygen
    D)Oxygen bound to carbon
    Answer: Oxygen bound to carbon
  • Q. The point below the surface where an earthquake originates is called ________.
    A)Epicentre
    B)Tsunamis
    C)Focus
    D)Eye of the Earthquake
    Answer: Focus
  • Q. Which star is nearest to the Earth?
    A)Pole star
    B)Sun
    C)Alpha Centauri
    D)Chitra
    Answer: Sun
  • Q. The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of ________
    A)June
    B)January
    C)March
    D)September
    Answer: January
  • Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when traveling westwards 2. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when traveling eastwards 3. International Date Line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180° meridian 4. International Date Line divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal parts.
    A)1 alone
    B)2 alone
    C)2, 3 and 4
    D)1, 3 and 4
    Answer: 2, 3 and 4
  • Q. Isobar lines show
    A)Depth
    B)Pressure
    C)Rain
    D)Time
    Answer: Pressure
  • Q. The science of drawing map is called
    A)Topology
    B)Cartography
    C)Geography
    D)Geology
    Answer: Cartography
  • Q. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude?
    A)In Ghana, a West African-country
    B)In the South Atlantic Ocean
    C)In the Mediterranean Sea
    D)At Greenwich Observatory in England
    Answer: In the South Atlantic Ocean
  • Q. What is the name of the maps, natural and manmade, portray the large forms?
    A)Graffito
    B)Thematic Maps
    C)Atlas Maps
    D)Topographic Maps
    Answer: Thematic Maps
  • Q. Which of the following pair is CORRECT? I. Prime Meridian – Longitude, II. Tropic of Cancer – Latitude, III. Equator – Latitude
    A)2 and 3
    B)1 and 2
    C)1 and 3
    D)All options are correct
    Answer: All options are correct
  • Q. Tides in the sea have stored in them ________
    A)Gravitational potential energy
    B)Hydraulic energy
    C)Kinetic energy
    D)A combination of all the above three forms of energy
    Answer: A combination of all the above three forms of energy

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