More Questions on Earth
- 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. 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. 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. 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. Which of the following pair is CORRECT? I. Prime Meridian – Longitude, II. Tropic of Cancer – Latitude, III. Equator – Latitude
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)1 and 3
D)All options are correct
Answer: All options are correct
- 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. Which among the following statments is true regarding International Date Line?
A)It is a big circle
B)It is 180° Longitude
C)It is a straight line
D)It is a curved line beyond Earth
Answer: It is 180° Longitude
- Q. The International Date Line passes through ________
A)Florida strait
B)Bering strait
C)Gibraltar strait
D)Malacca strait
Answer: Bering strait
- 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 instrument to measure the area on maps is called
A)Pantograph
B)Planimeter
C)Ideograph
D)Opisometer
Answer: Planimeter
- Q. Which of these is the longest?
A)90° E
B)0° Meridian
C)180° E-W
D)All are equal
Answer: All are equal
- Q. The sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the ________
A)Equinox
B)Zenith
C)Solstice
D)Noontime
Answer: Solstice
- 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. 1° of latitude is equal to
A)111 Km
B)11 Km
C)211 Km
D)311 Km
Answer: 111 Km
- Q. The approximate circumference of the Earth is
A)25,000 km
B)13,000 km
C)20,000 km
D)40,000 km
Answer: 40,000 km
- Q. On which day, Earth is closest to the Sun?
A)04-07-2019
B)23-09-2019
C)03-01-2019
D)21-03-2019
Answer: 03-01-2019
- 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. ________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole
A)Albopictus
B)Acaulis
C)Matus
D)Aurora
Answer: Aurora
- Q. How many Geo-synchronous satellites are required for uninterrupted world broadcasting?
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)1
Answer: 3
- 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
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