More Questions on Earth
- Q. When does tides rise in sea?
A)When Moon is on first phase
B)Only on lunar day
C)Full Moon and half Moon
D)Only half Moon
Answer: Full Moon and half Moon
- Q. Which of these statements are correct? 1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude. 2. International Date Line, on the map appears as a straight line along 180° Longitude. 3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day. 4. Tropic of Cancer lies at Latitude.
A)1 and 3
B)1, 2, 3 and 4
C)1, 2 and 4
D)1 and 4
Answer: 1 and 4
- Q. Variation in duration of day and night is due to: 1. rotation of earth on its axis 2. revolution of earth around the sun 3. inclination of earth at an angle of 66%.
A)1 and 3
B)1and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?
A)15 hours 30 minutes
B)12 hours
C)12 hours 26 minutes
D)24 hours
Answer: 12 hours 26 minutes
- Q. Which star is nearest to the Earth?
A)Pole star
B)Sun
C)Alpha Centauri
D)Chitra
Answer: Sun
- Q. Days and nights are caused by : 1. rotation of the earth on its axis 2. revolution of the earth around the sun 3. inclination of the earth’s axis
A)2 and 3 are correct
B)Only 1 is correct
C)1 and 2 are correct
D)All are correct
Answer: Only 1 is correct
- Q. Dolomite is a/an
A)Igneous rock
B)Sedimentary rock
C)Plutonic rock
D)Metamorphic rock
Answer: Sedimentary rock
- 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. 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. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth? 1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. 2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator. 3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset 4. Magnetic field of the earth.
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above
A)Poles
B)Tropic of Capricorn
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Equator
Answer: Equator
- Q. How many kilometers are represented by 1° of latitude?
A)111 km
B)321 km
C)211 km
D)91 km
Answer: 111 km
- Q. When would you record the maximum angle of incidence of the sun’s rays at the north pole?
A)When the sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
B)March 21
C)September 21
D)When the sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: When the sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
- Q. Which of the statements given are correct? 1. Coriolis effect is zero at the Equator. 2. Coriolis effect is more towards the Poles. 3. Coriolis effects are related to the decreasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes. 4. Coriolis effects are related to the increasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes.
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)1 and 3 only
D)2 and 5 only
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
- 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 of the following statements regarding the International Date line are correct? 1. It is a longitude of 180° 2. It is determined by 180° longitude but is not a straight line 3. It is a Greenwich meridian helping in fixing time and date 4. It solves the problem of time and date among the World’s nations
A)2 Only
B)1 and 4
C)3 and 4
D)3, 2 and 4
Answer: E
- Q. When it is nine o’clock in London, it will be the same time in ________
A)Latvia
B)Ghana
C)Babon
D)Norway
Answer: Ghana
- Q. The speed of rotation of the earth is ________
A)39.5 km/sec.
B)25 km/sec.
C)31 km/sec.
D)29.72 km/sec.
Answer: 29.72 km/sec.
- 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. 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
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