More Questions on Earth
- Q. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E ?
A)4 p.m. on Sunday
B)4 a.m. on Tuesday
C)4 p.m. on Tuesday
D)12 Noon on Tuesday
Answer: 12 Noon on Tuesday
- Q. We always see the same surface of the Moon because
A)It takes the same time to rotate on its axis and moving around the Earth
B)It is smaller than the Earth
C)It rotates on its axis
D)It moves with the same speed at which Earth moves around the Sun
Answer: It takes the same time to rotate on its axis and moving around the Earth
- Q. What is the meaning of “Midnight Sun”?
A)Very bright Moon
B)Evening light
C)Rising Sun
D)Shining of Sun in Arctic and Antarctica circle
Answer: Shining of Sun in Arctic and Antarctica circle
- 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. Which of the following best describes longitude?
A)The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
B)An imaginary line joining north and south poles
C)The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
D)The position of a place on earth's surface with reference to the Prime Meridian
Answer: The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
- Q. The heavier silicates named ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the ________
A)Mantle
B)Crust
C)Core
D)Ocean floors
Answer: Ocean floors
- Q. How many kilometers are represented by 1° of latitude?
A)111 km
B)321 km
C)211 km
D)91 km
Answer: 111 km
- 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. When the clock strikes 12:00 noon at Greenwich, it strikes 5:30 p.m. at place X on the same day. What is the meridian of longitude of place X ?
A)82°30' E
B)97°30' E
C)97°30' W
D)82°30' W
Answer: 82°30' E
- Q. Masses of stars and galaxies are usually expressed in ________.
A)Lunar mass
B)Earth's mass
C)Solar mass
D)Neutron mass
Answer: Solar mass
- Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called
A)Isohaline
B)Isobar
C)Isohyet
D)Isotherm
Answer: Isotherm
- Q. Which planet in our solar system is nearly as big as the Earth?
A)Venus
B)Mercury
C)Mars
D)Pluto
Answer: Venus
- Q. Which of the following Isohels are the isopleths of
A)Rain
B)Sunshine
C)Flowering time
D)Clouds
Answer: Sunshine
- Q. The Equator does not pass through which of the following?
A)Indonesia
B)Kenya
C)Mexico
D)Brazil
Answer: Mexico
- Q. Maximum difference in the spacing of longitudes is ________
A)At tropics
B)At poles
C)At equator
D)At arctic circle
Answer: At equator
- 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. Days and nights are caused by : 1. rotation of the earth on its axis 2. revolution of the earth around the sun 3. inclination of the earth’s axis
A)2 and 3 are correct
B)Only 1 is correct
C)1 and 2 are correct
D)All are correct
Answer: Only 1 is correct
- Q. Marble is the metamorphosed form of
A)Sandstone
B)Shale
C)Basalt
D)Limestone
Answer: Limestone
- Q. Dolomite is a/an
A)Igneous rock
B)Sedimentary rock
C)Plutonic rock
D)Metamorphic rock
Answer: Sedimentary rock
- Q. What is the correct sequence of the following layers of the Earth as one moves from the surface to the interior: 1. Mantle 2. Crust 3. Core Select the correct answer by using the codes given below
A)2, 1, 2003
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 3, 2002
D)3, 1, 2002
Answer: 2, 1, 2003
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