Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer

Radiometric Dating

More Questions on Earth

  • 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. The Moon is showing its same face to the Earth because
    A)Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
    B)It is not rotating about its own axis
    C)Its rotation and revolution are opposite
    D)Its rotation is faster than its revolution
    Answer: Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
  • Q. Who Invented Universal Standard Time?
    A)Sandford Fleming
    B)Enrico Fermi
    C)Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
    D)Benoit Fourneyron
    Answer: Sandford Fleming
  • Q. Which of the following Isohels are the isopleths of
    A)Rain
    B)Sunshine
    C)Flowering time
    D)Clouds
    Answer: Sunshine
  • Q. Tides in the sea have stored in them ________
    A)Gravitational potential energy
    B)Hydraulic energy
    C)Kinetic energy
    D)A combination of all the above three forms of energy
    Answer: A combination of all the above three forms of energy
  • Q. Day and night are formed
    A)Due to the speed of rotaion
    B)Due to the shape of the orbit of Earth
    C)Due to the motion of revolution
    D)None of these
    Answer: Due to the speed of rotaion
  • 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. 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. Which of these statements are correct? 1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude. 2. International Date Line, on the map appears as a straight line along 180° Longitude. 3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day. 4. Tropic of Cancer lies at Latitude.
    A)1 and 3
    B)1, 2, 3 and 4
    C)1, 2 and 4
    D)1 and 4
    Answer: 1 and 4
  • 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. 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 desert regions of the world occupy about ________ part of the land surface of the earth.
    A)43132
    B)1/3
    C)1.6
    D)None of the above
    Answer: 1/3
  • Q. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures(approx.) ________
    A)151 km
    B)100 km
    C)111 km
    D)175 km
    Answer: 111 km
  • Q. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?
    A)Carbon
    B)Silicon
    C)Oxygen
    D)Calcium
    Answer: Oxygen
  • Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called
    A)Isohaline
    B)Isobar
    C)Isohyet
    D)Isotherm
    Answer: Isotherm
  • Q. Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth?
    A)Hecataeus
    B)Eratosthenes
    C)Aristotle
    D)Herodotus
    Answer: Eratosthenes
  • Q. Which of the followings are related with “Lithosphere”?
    A)Earth's Crust
    B)Plant and Insect
    C)Earth's Interior
    D)None of these
    Answer: Earth's Crust
  • Q. Spring tides occur when ________
    A)The moon, the sun and the earth are at right angles with the earth at the apex
    B)The moon is nearest to the earth
    C)The moon is farthest from the earth
    D)The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
    Answer: The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
  • Q. Which of the following are true regarding equinoxes? 1. They occur on March 21st and September 23rd 2. They depict equal days and equal nights on March 21st and September 23rd on all places of the earth 3. All places on the earth have equal temperature during equinoxes.
    A)1 and 3 only
    B)1 and 2 only
    C)2 and 3 only
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1 and 2 only
  • Q. Which of the following statements is true?
    A)Both latitudes and longitudes are great circles
    B)Arctic circle, antarctic circle and equator are great circles
    C)Both equator and longitudes are great circles
    D)Both equator and latitudes are great circles
    Answer: Both equator and longitudes are great circles

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