More Questions on Earth
- Q. The largest amount of reflection of the solar radiant energy which is reflected back into space before reaching the earth’s surface is due to ________
A)Snow and ice covered areas of the earth
B)Clouds
C)Water-bodies
D)All the above reflect nearly the same amount
Answer: Clouds
- Q. Tides are caused by the gravitational forces of
A)Of Sun and Moon on Earth
B)Of Earth on Moon
C)Of Earth on Sun
D)Of Moon on Earth
Answer: Of Sun and Moon on Earth
- Q. Who Invented Universal Standard Time?
A)Sandford Fleming
B)Enrico Fermi
C)Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
D)Benoit Fourneyron
Answer: Sandford Fleming
- Q. Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about ________
A)41 km
B)22 km
C)36 km
D)53 km
Answer: 22 km
- 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. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would likely to be ________
A)Annular
B)Total
C)Partial
D)None of these
Answer: Annular
- 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. 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. On the 21st June, the day light is seen at the North Pole for ________
A)18 hrs.
B)Zero hrs.
C)12 hrs.
D)24 hrs.
Answer: 24 hrs.
- Q. The mean radius of the earth is approximately ________
A)9600 km
B)3200 km
C)6400 km
D)12800 km
Answer: 6400 km
- Q. When it is 12:00 noon in India, the time in San Francisco (USA) would be closed to ________
A)8 : 30 p.m.
B)11 : 30 p.m.
C)11 : 30 p.m. of previous day
D)8 : 30 p. m. of previous day
Answer: 8 : 30 p. m. of previous day
- Q. Which of the following statements is correct ? 1. All meridians are of the same length 2. All latitudes are of the same length 3. The Prime Meridian is the longest meridian 4. The Equator is the longest latitude
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1 and 4
Answer: 1 and 4
- Q. Which one of the following minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust?
A)Manganese
B)Bauxite
C)Silica
D)Iron
Answer: Silica
- Q. There is a continual daylight or summer in the Arctic regions from ________
A)21st March to 23rd September
B)22nd December to 21st March
C)21st March to 21st June
D)21st June to 22nd December
Answer: 21st March to 23rd September
- Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called
A)Isohaline
B)Isobar
C)Isohyet
D)Isotherm
Answer: Isotherm
- 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 imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are
A)Spot-heights
B)Hachures
C)Contours
D)Isomers
Answer: Contours
- 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. 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. 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
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