More Questions on Earth
- Q. Equator is
A)The girdle around the Saturn
B)Line which connects north and south poles
C)Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
D)Axis of the rotation of the Earth
Answer: Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
- 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 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. If the earth’s direction of rotation is reversed, what would be the IST when it is noon at the International Date Line?
A)18.30 hrs
B)06.30 hrs
C)05.30 hrs
D)17.30 hrs
Answer: 06.30 hrs
- Q. What is the approximate circumference of Earth?
A)80,000 Km
B)40,000 Km
C)60,000 Km
D)1,00,000 Km
Answer: 40,000 Km
- Q. Sandstone is metamorphosed to
A)Quartzite
B)Shale
C)Slate
D)Marble
Answer: Quartzite
- Q. Heat received by earth from the Sun is known as ________
A)Solar radiation
B)Insolation
C)Solar heat
D)Thermal radiation
Answer: Solar radiation
- 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. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?
A)0.66
B)0.47
C)0.51
D)0.87
Answer: 0.47
- Q. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the Earth’s surface through which a Jet of hot water and steam is forced out at irregular intervals is called
A)Cyclone
B)Hot spring
C)Geyser
D)Volcano
Answer: Geyser
- Q. How old is Earth, It is decided by which of the following processes?
A)Gravity Method
B)Geologic Time Scale
C)Radiometric Dating
D)Fossil Dating
Answer: Radiometric Dating
- Q. Due to gravity, acceleration at the Equator is
A)Equal to acceleration on poles
B)Less than acceleration on poles
C)More than acceleration on poles
D)Not dependant on the centrifugal acceleration of Earth
Answer: Less than acceleration on poles
- 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. 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. Antipodes are ________
A)Places located at a point where degree of latitude is equal to degree of longitude
B)Lines joining places having a time difference of 12 hours
C)Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
D)Lines joining places having the same depths
Answer: Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
- Q. For a time difference of two hours, the longitudinal distance will be equal to ________.
A)45°
B)15°
C)30°
D)60°
Answer: 30°
- Q. All the watches of a country are set according to ________
A)Greenwich mean time
B)Local time
C)Standard time of the country
D)Time of sunrise and sunset
Answer: Standard time of the country
- Q. Bridgmanite is
A)Earth's most abundant mineral
B)A bridge on the river Thames
C)Name of a game
D)Name of a music
Answer: Earth's most abundant mineral
- Q. The boundary between Earth’s Crust and Mantle is ________.
A)Conrad discontinuity
B)Moho discontinuity
C)Lehman discontinuity
D)Gutenberg discontinuity
Answer: Moho discontinuity
- Q. World’s longest land border is between which two contries?
A)Switzerland and Italy
B)Australia and New Zealand
C)India and China
D)Canada and USA
Answer: Canada and USA
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