More Questions on Earth
- Q. Consider the following statements: While it is 6.30 AM (Sunday) in London, it is around 1. 2.30 AM (Sunday) in Honolulu (Hawaii) 2. 8.30 PM (Saturday) in Honolulu (Hawaii) 3. 3.30 PM (Sunday) in Tokyo 4. 1.30 AM (Sunday) in Tokyo Which of these statements is/are correct?
A)1 and 4
B)4 only
C)2 and 3
D)2 and 4
Answer: 2 and 3
- Q. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45°E)?
A)1:30 PM
B)7:30 AM
C)9:00 AM
D)12:00 Noon
Answer: 1:30 PM
- Q. Gravitational force is maximum at which of the following place?
A)At Tropic of Capricorn
B)At Equator
C)At Tropic of Cancer
D)At Poles
Answer: At Poles
- Q. Consider a specific point on the surface of the earth (say Delhi). The temperature at a given time of day (say 12.00 Noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter. This is because ________
A)The earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter
B)The evaporation of water from atmosphere results in precipitation occurring in winter alone
C)Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
D)The axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in winter
Answer: Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
- Q. The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest ________
A)Along the Tropic of Cancer
B)Along the Equator
C)At the North Pole
D)Along the Arctic Circle
Answer: Along the Equator
- 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. Which part of the earth’s surface receives the highest amount of insolation?
A)Savanna region
B)Tropical deserts
C)Equatorial region
D)No such criteria
Answer: Tropical deserts
- Q. The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long-wave radiation from earth going back to space. This is known as ________
A)Heat balance of earth
B)Earth radiation
C)Wave balance of earth
D)Radiation exchange
Answer: Heat balance of earth
- 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. The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December, is ________
A)Melbourne
B)Chennai
C)Madrid
D)Moscow
Answer: Melbourne
- Q. The light of Sun takes how much time to reach to Earth
A)8 seconds
B)8 hours 20 seconds
C)8 minutes 20 seconds
D)20 seconds
Answer: 8 minutes 20 seconds
- Q. When the Earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun, it is called
A)Equinox
B)Aphelion
C)Perihelion
D)Sidereal
Answer: Aphelion
- 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. 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. The area of the Earth’s total surface is of the order of ________.
A)400 million square kilometres
B)510 million square kilometres
C)450 million square kilometres
D)350 million square kilometres
Answer: 510 million square kilometres
- Q. Study the following diagram and say which of the given statements is not correct regarding it ________
A)There is continuous day north of the Arctic Circle
B)It shows the earth's orbital position on 21st June
C)All parallels in the northern hemisphere have days equal to nights
D)South of the equator the length of the day decreases with increasing latitude
Answer: All parallels in the northern hemisphere have days equal to nights
- Q. What is the difference between the Local time and Greenwich time one degree longitude?
A)6 minutes
B)2 minutes
C)4 minutes
D)8 minutes
Answer: 4 minutes
- 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. When does the Sun shine vertically on the Equator?
A)Twice a year
B)Throughout the year
C)For six months
D)Once a year
Answer: Twice a year
- Q. What is the correct sequence of the following layers of the Earth as one moves from the surface to the interior: 1. Mantle 2. Crust 3. Core Select the correct answer by using the codes given below
A)2, 1, 2003
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 3, 2002
D)3, 1, 2002
Answer: 2, 1, 2003
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