More Questions on Earth
- Q. Isobar lines show
A)Depth
B)Pressure
C)Rain
D)Time
Answer: Pressure
- 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 one of the following cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?
A)Accra (Ghana)
B)London (UK)
C)Lisbon (Portugal)
D)Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Answer: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Q. “Mohs’ Scale” is used to indicate the ________
A)Degree of viscosity of a liquid
B)Degree of brittleness of a substance
C)Degree of hardness of minerals.
D)Degree of elasticity of a material
Answer: Degree of hardness of minerals.
- Q. After Sun, which is the closest star to the Earth?
A)Proxima centauri
B)Vega
C)Sirius
D)Alpha centauri
Answer: Proxima centauri
- Q. The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the ________
A)Elliptical path of the earth's orbit
B)Rotation of the earth
C)Revolution of the earth
D)Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
Answer: Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
- Q. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
A)6 min.
B)8 min.
C)2 min.
D)4 min.
Answer: 8 min.
- Q. In how much time, Earth rotates once on its axis?
A)23 hours 10 minutes 2 sec
B)23 hours 30 minutes
C)23 hours 56 minutes 4.9 sec
D)24 hours
Answer: 23 hours 56 minutes 4.9 sec
- Q. Days and nights are similar here
A)Antarctica
B)Poles
C)Main time zone
D)Equator
Answer: Equator
- Q. The Sun shines 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. The approximate diameter of the earth is ________
A)12,800 Km
B)4,200 Km
C)6,400 Km
D)15,600 Km
Answer: 12,800 Km
- 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. If the earth’s axis had not been inclined: I. temperature distribution would have been uniform II. days and nights would not have occurred III. seasons would not have occurred IV. poles would not have a continuous day
A)III and IV
B)I, III and IV
C)II and IV
D)II, III and IV
Answer: III and IV
- Q. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in ________
A)Angles from the poles
B)Kilometers from the poles
C)Kilometers from the equator
D)Angles from the equator
Answer: Angles from the equator
- Q. The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of ________
A)June
B)January
C)March
D)September
Answer: January
- Q. ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
A)Solar year
B)Lunar year
C)Sidereal year
D)Tropical year
Answer: Sidereal year
- Q. Which of the following is the best definition of ‘Tides’ ?
A)A periodic rise and fall of sea water caused by the gravitational force of moon and sun on earth
B)A powerful movement of the ocean which proceed constantly in a definite direction
C)A great circulatory movement of sea water caused by difference in density of sea water
D)A wind and pressure system having a low pressure in centre and circular wind motion
Answer: A periodic rise and fall of sea water caused by the gravitational force of moon and sun on earth
- Q. Which of the following line represents the line which connects the places of equal rain?
A)Isobar
B)Isohypse
C)Isohalines
D)Isohyets
Answer: Isohyets
- Q. In which of the following areas, the “Midnight Sun” can be seen?
A)Arctic and Antarctica circle
B)In tropical areas
C)In temperate areas
D)Anywhere during solar eclipse
Answer: Arctic and Antarctica circle
- Q. When it is 12:00 noon in India, the time in San Francisco (USA) would be closed to ________
A)8 : 30 p.m.
B)11 : 30 p.m.
C)11 : 30 p.m. of previous day
D)8 : 30 p. m. of previous day
Answer: 8 : 30 p. m. of previous day
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