Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer

1/3

More Questions on Earth

  • 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. 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. What is the approximate circumference of Earth?
    A)80,000 Km
    B)40,000 Km
    C)60,000 Km
    D)1,00,000 Km
    Answer: 40,000 Km
  • Q. Insolation heats up the land masses more quickly than the water bodies because ________
    A)Water needs more energy to get warm
    B)Water is liquid
    C)Landmasses are solid
    D)Rocks are bad conductors of heat
    Answer: Water needs more energy to get warm
  • Q. Equator is
    A)The girdle around the Saturn
    B)Line which connects north and south poles
    C)Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
    D)Axis of the rotation of the Earth
    Answer: Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
  • Q. The distance of the equator from either of the poles is ________
    A)10,002 km
    B)500 km
    C)5001 km
    D)36,005 km
    Answer: 10,002 km
  • Q. When would you record the maximum angle of incidence of the sun’s rays at the north pole?
    A)When the sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
    B)March 21
    C)September 21
    D)When the sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn
    Answer: When the sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
  • Q. The seasonal contrasts are maximum in ________
    A)Sub tropics
    B)Low latitudes
    C)Mid-latitudes
    D)High latitudes
    Answer: Mid-latitudes
  • 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. 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. Green House Effect’ means ________
    A)Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
    B)Pollution in houses in tropical regions
    C)Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen
    D)Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution
    Answer: Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
  • Q. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth? 1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. 2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator. 3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset 4. Magnetic field of the earth.
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)1 and 3
    C)2 and 3
    D)1, 2, 3 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • 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 deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by
    A)Uneven heating of the Earth
    B)Revolution of the Earth
    C)Rotation of the Earth
    D)All the above
    Answer: Rotation of the Earth
  • Q. Which of the following celestial body contains Helium-4 in abundance?
    A)Venus
    B)Earth
    C)Moon
    D)Saturn
    Answer: Earth
  • 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
    Answer: Thursday
  • 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. 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 permanent tilt of the earth’s axis and the revolution of the earth in its orbit together cause: I. deflection of winds and ocean currents II. differences in time between places on different meridians III. varying length of day and night at different times of the year IV. changes in the altitude of the mid-day sun at different times of the year
    A)III and IV
    B)II, III and IV
    C)I and IV
    D)I, II and III
    Answer: III and IV

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