More Questions on Earth
- Q. At the summer solstice, which one of the following latitudes will have the longest night?
A)60°N
B)45°N
C)45°S
D)60°S
Answer: 60°S
- 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. Which of the following is/are true of world time zones? I. The world is divided into thirty time zones II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian III. All countries have more than one time zone IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
A)I, III and IV
B)I, II, III and IV
C)II and IV
D)II only
Answer: II only
- Q. ________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole
A)Albopictus
B)Acaulis
C)Matus
D)Aurora
Answer: Aurora
- Q. Which one of the following organisations is responsible for publishing topographical sheets?
A)Indian Meteorological Department (I.M.D.)
B)Geological Survey of India (G.S.I.)
C)National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (N.A.T.M.O.)
D)Survey of India (S.O.I.)
Answer: Survey of India (S.O.I.)
- 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. 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. The amount of insolation received at a place on the surface of the earth depends on ________
A)Its longitude
B)Its climate
C)Its latitude
D)Both (a)and (b)
Answer: Both (a)and (b)
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement
A)The Sun's rays are vertical at all places on the days of the equinoxes
B)All meridians are of the same length
C)The axis of the earth is inclined at an angle of to the horizontal
D)The summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere is in December
Answer: The Sun's rays are vertical at all places on the days of the equinoxes
- 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. Sandstone is metamorphosed to
A)Quartzite
B)Shale
C)Slate
D)Marble
Answer: Quartzite
- Q. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is
A)Pluto
B)Jupiter
C)Earth
D)Venus
Answer: Venus
- 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. 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 Gutenberg discontinuity is between ________
A)The outer core and the lower mantle
B)The crust and the mantle
C)The upper and lower mantles
D)The inner and outer cores
Answer: The outer core and the lower mantle
- Q. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows: 1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere 2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation 3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis 4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km Which of the above statements are correct ?
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. When it is noon along 82° 30′ longitude, along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m.?
A)0° E or W
B)Along 165° E
C)Along 67° 30' W
D)Along 82° 31' W
Answer: 0° E or W
- Q. Day and night are formed
A)Due to the speed of rotaion
B)Due to the shape of the orbit of Earth
C)Due to the motion of revolution
D)None of these
Answer: Due to the speed of rotaion
- Q. The equatorial circumference is greater than the polar circumference by approximately ________
A)125 km
B)22 km
C)67 km
D)625 km
Answer: 67 km
- Q. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
A)6 min.
B)8 min.
C)2 min.
D)4 min.
Answer: 8 min.
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