More Questions on Earth
- 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. The tide at its maximum height is known as ________
A)Spring tide
B)Equinox
C)Neap tide
D)Tsunami
Answer: Spring tide
- Q. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. is heard at New York on ________
A)The same day at 7:30 AM
B)Tuesday at 8.35 PM
C)The same day at 7.30 PM
D)The same day at 10:00AM
Answer: The same day at 10:00AM
- Q. The latitude of a place is the same as the ________
A)Angle between the horizon and the equator
B)Maximum altitude attained by the Sun at noon
C)Altitude of the celestial pole
D)Zenith distance of the full moon when on the meridian
Answer: Zenith distance of the full moon when on the meridian
- Q. Which one of the following elements is most abundant in the earth’s crust?
A)Silicon
B)Oxygen
C)Sulphur
D)Carbon
Answer: Oxygen
- Q. What is the alternate name for contour lines?
A)Isohypse
B)Isopotential
C)Isotherm
D)Isohyet
Answer: Isohypse
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement
A)The Sun's rays are vertical at all places on the days of the equinoxes
B)All meridians are of the same length
C)The axis of the earth is inclined at an angle of to the horizontal
D)The summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere is in December
Answer: The Sun's rays are vertical at all places on the days of the equinoxes
- 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. The Gutenberg discontinuity is between ________
A)The outer core and the lower mantle
B)The crust and the mantle
C)The upper and lower mantles
D)The inner and outer cores
Answer: The outer core and the lower mantle
- Q. The Equator does not pass through which of the following?
A)Indonesia
B)Kenya
C)Mexico
D)Brazil
Answer: Mexico
- Q. The speed of rotation of the earth is ________
A)39.5 km/sec.
B)25 km/sec.
C)31 km/sec.
D)29.72 km/sec.
Answer: 29.72 km/sec.
- 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 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. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45°E)?
A)1:30 PM
B)7:30 AM
C)9:00 AM
D)12:00 Noon
Answer: 1:30 PM
- Q. The Earth rotates on its axis at an inclination of
A)21.5°
B)23.5°
C)22.5°
D)20.0°
Answer: 23.5°
- Q. Which star is nearest to the Earth?
A)Pole star
B)Sun
C)Alpha Centauri
D)Chitra
Answer: Sun
- Q. The region which is resistant to the transformation of macro structure, is called?
A)Tectonic plate
B)Firm structure
C)Ancient structure
D)Shield
Answer: Shield
- Q. Gravitational force is maximum at which of the following place?
A)At Tropic of Capricorn
B)At Equator
C)At Tropic of Cancer
D)At Poles
Answer: At Poles
- Q. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
A)0° latitude - Equator
B)0° longitude - Prime Meridian
C)0° longitude - Equator
D)23.5° North - Tropic of Cancer
Answer: 0° longitude - Equator
- Q. The equatorial circumference is greater than the polar circumference by approximately ________
A)125 km
B)22 km
C)67 km
D)625 km
Answer: 67 km
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