Earth Geography

Q. A person sets off from Alaska on a Tuesday and reaches New Zealand the next day which will be ________

A
Thursday
B
Tuesday
C
Wednesday
D
Friday

Correct Answer

Thursday

More Questions on Earth

  • Q. Through which one of the following countries the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through?
    A)Myanmar
    B)Bangladesh
    C)China
    D)Nepal
    Answer: Nepal
  • Q. The heavier silicates named ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the ________
    A)Mantle
    B)Crust
    C)Core
    D)Ocean floors
    Answer: Ocean floors
  • 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. The position of a planet when it is nearest to the Sun, is called ________
    A)Apigee
    B)Perihelion
    C)Apihelion
    D)Perigee
    Answer: Perihelion
  • Q. In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained ________
    A)Oxygen in fixed form
    B)Free oxygen
    C)No oxygen
    D)Oxygen bound to carbon
    Answer: Oxygen bound to carbon
  • 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. 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 of the following is not an effect produced by rotation of earth?
    A)Winds change their directions
    B)It causes days and nights
    C)All heavenly bodies like sun, moon, planets appear to move from East to West
    D)Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration
    Answer: Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration
  • 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. Which one of the following minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust?
    A)Manganese
    B)Bauxite
    C)Silica
    D)Iron
    Answer: Silica
  • Q. Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________
    A)The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
    B)The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon
    C)The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth
    D)None of these
    Answer: The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
  • 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. 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. When it is 12 noon at Greenwich, what is the time at New York (74° W) ?
    A)7.04 p.m.
    B)4.56 p.m.
    C)4.56 a.m.
    D)7.04 a.m.
    Answer: 7.04 a.m.
  • Q. Isobar lines show
    A)Depth
    B)Pressure
    C)Rain
    D)Time
    Answer: Pressure
  • 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 is the term used for the day on 23 September when day and night are equal throughout the world?
    A)Winter Solstice
    B)Autumnal Equinox
    C)Astronomical Equinox
    D)Spring Equinox
    Answer: Autumnal Equinox
  • Q. The antipodal position of a place located at 35° south and 80° west is
    A)100°north and 80° East
    B)55° north and 80° East
    C)35° north and 100° East
    D)55° south and 10° East
    Answer: 35° north and 100° East
  • Q. On Monday, the 14th June, a man crosses the International Date Line at 5 p.m. from the Asian side to the American side. Which of the following will he now assume to be the correct date and time?
    A)5 a.m. of Monday, the 14th June
    B)5 a.m. of Tuesday, the 15th June
    C)5 p.m. of Tuesday, the 15th June
    D)5 p.m. of Sunday, the 13th June
    Answer: 5 p.m. of Sunday, the 13th June
  • Q. Which one of the following organisations is responsible for publishing topographical sheets?
    A)Indian Meteorological Department (I.M.D.)
    B)Geological Survey of India (G.S.I.)
    C)National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (N.A.T.M.O.)
    D)Survey of India (S.O.I.)
    Answer: Survey of India (S.O.I.)

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