More Questions on Earth
- Q. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. is heard at New York on ________
A)The same day at 7:30 AM
B)Tuesday at 8.35 PM
C)The same day at 7.30 PM
D)The same day at 10:00AM
Answer: The same day at 10:00AM
- Q. The word used to describe the shape of earth is ________
A)Sphere
B)Flat
C)Circle
D)Oblate spheroid
Answer: Oblate spheroid
- Q. Which one of the following is not the effect of the revolution of the Earth.
A)Determination of latitudes
B)Change of seasons
C)Length of days and nights
D)Change in the direction of winds and ocean currents
Answer: Change in the direction of winds and ocean currents
- 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. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures(approx.) ________
A)151 km
B)100 km
C)111 km
D)175 km
Answer: 111 km
- Q. Which of the following is the International Date line?
A)90° eastern longitude
B)Equator
C)0° longitude
D)180° longitude
Answer: 180° longitude
- Q. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the plane of
A)North pole
B)Axis of the Earth
C)Equator
D)South pole
Answer: Equator
- Q. In how much time, Earth rotates once on its axis?
A)23 hours 10 minutes 2 sec
B)23 hours 30 minutes
C)23 hours 56 minutes 4.9 sec
D)24 hours
Answer: 23 hours 56 minutes 4.9 sec
- Q. Who proposed Continental drift theory?
A)Alfred Hanks
B)Alfred Wegener
C)Alfred Worwick
D)Alfred Mane
Answer: Alfred Wegener
- 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. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
A)6 min.
B)8 min.
C)2 min.
D)4 min.
Answer: 8 min.
- Q. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)23° 20' N latitude - Tropic of Cancer
B)66° 33' N latitude - Arctic Circle
C)180°E or 180°W longitude- International Date Line
D)0°E or 0°W longitude – Equator
Answer: 0°E or 0°W longitude – Equator
- Q. We always see the same surface of the Moon because
A)It takes the same time to rotate on its axis and moving around the Earth
B)It is smaller than the Earth
C)It rotates on its axis
D)It moves with the same speed at which Earth moves around the Sun
Answer: It takes the same time to rotate on its axis and moving around the Earth
- 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. Latitude and longitude both ________
A)Run parallel to each other
B)Pass through poles
C)Run parallel to the equator
D)Run perpendicular to each other
Answer: Run perpendicular to each other
- Q. When the Earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun, it is called
A)Equinox
B)Aphelion
C)Perihelion
D)Sidereal
Answer: Aphelion
- Q. The earth is at the least distance from the sun (Perihelion) on ________
A)July 4th
B)December 22nd
C)January 3rd
D)June 21st
Answer: January 3rd
- Q. Lunar eclipse is caused when the ________
A)Sun comes between the earth and moon
B)Moon comes between the sun and the earth
C)Earth comes between the sun and the moon
D)None of these
Answer: Earth comes between the sun and the moon
- Q. Sandstone is metamorphosed to
A)Quartzite
B)Shale
C)Slate
D)Marble
Answer: Quartzite
- Q. The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
A)Is equal to that at the poles
B)Is less than that at the poles
C)Is greater than that at the poles
D)Does not depend on the Earth centripetal acceleration
Answer: Is less than that at the poles
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