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

Correct Answer

Aurora

More Questions on Earth

  • Q. Through which one of the following groups of countries does the Equator pass?
    A)Brazil, Sudan and Malaysia
    B)Brazil, Zambia and Malaysia
    C)Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia
    D)Venezuela, Ethiopia and Indonesia
    Answer: Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia
  • Q. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere?
    A)Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
    B)Earth is tilted towards the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere
    C)Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight
    D)Southern Hemisphere is less inhabited
    Answer: Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
  • Q. The science of drawing map is called
    A)Topology
    B)Cartography
    C)Geography
    D)Geology
    Answer: Cartography
  • Q. The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is called ________
    A)Mohorovic discontinuity
    B)Barysphere
    C)Mesophere
    D)Asthenosphere
    Answer: Asthenosphere
  • 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. The total surface area of earth is ________
    A)710 million sq km
    B)510 million sq km
    C)610 million sq km
    D)810 million sq km
    Answer: 510 million sq km
  • 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. Which among the following imaginary line lies at 0° latitude?
    A)Tropic of Capricorn
    B)Equator
    C)Tropic of Cancer
    D)Prime Meridian
    Answer: Equator
  • Q. The network of the series of vertical and horizontal lines is known as
    A)Longitude
    B)Latitude
    C)Geid System
    D)Geographical Coordinates System
    Answer: Geographical Coordinates System
  • 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 statement is correct?
    A)Relative humidity is denoted in gram per cubic meter of air.
    B)Air capacity of vaporization reduces with the rise in the temperature of air.
    C)Atmospheric pressure reduces due to rise in temperature.
    D)Temperature decreases 10°C at every 165 height
    Answer: Atmospheric pressure reduces due to rise in temperature.
  • Q. Maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is ________
    A)At tropics
    B)At poles
    C)At equator
    D)At arctic circle
    Answer: At equator
  • Q. Suppose if we measure the time lapse between the two Sunsets by sitting in the beach, from this we can estimate
    A)The radius of the Earth
    B)The distance between the Sun and the Earth
    C)The depth of the ocean
    D)The radius of the Sun
    Answer: The radius of the Earth
  • Q. What is the correct sequence of the following in the context of the age of the earth since its origin? 1. Cenozoic 2. Mesozoic 3. Palaeozoic 4. Protozoic
    A)3, 4, 1, 2
    B)4, 3, 1, 2
    C)3, 4, 2, 1
    D)4, 3, 2, 1
    Answer: 4, 3, 2, 1
  • Q. Which of the following countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian? 1. Algeria 2. Germany 3. Guinea 4. Iceland
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)1 only
    C)2 only
    D)1, 3 and 4
    Answer: 1 only
  • 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. 1° of latitude is equal to
    A)111 Km
    B)11 Km
    C)211 Km
    D)311 Km
    Answer: 111 Km
  • Q. Of the total volume of the earth, which layer forms the major part ?
    A)Mantle
    B)Sial
    C)Sima
    D)Core
    Answer: Core
  • 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. Which of the following celestial body contains Helium-4 in abundance?
    A)Venus
    B)Earth
    C)Moon
    D)Saturn
    Answer: Earth

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