Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer

510 million sq km

More Questions on Earth

  • Q. The seasonal contrasts are maximum in ________
    A)Sub tropics
    B)Low latitudes
    C)Mid-latitudes
    D)High latitudes
    Answer: Mid-latitudes
  • Q. Latitudes include 181 lines while longitudes are 360 lines because ________
    A)Longitude is a line that connects North Pole to South Pole and latitude is divided from east to west
    B)Longitude is divided from prime meridian while latitude is from equator
    C)Longitude is divided from equator while latitude is from prime meridian
    D)None of these
    Answer: Longitude is divided from prime meridian while latitude is from equator
  • 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. If a place is located at 20°N, 80°E in which of the following continents does it lie?
    A)Europe
    B)Africa
    C)Asia
    D)North America
    Answer: Asia
  • Q. The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the ________
    A)Elliptical path of the earth's orbit
    B)Rotation of the earth
    C)Revolution of the earth
    D)Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
    Answer: Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
  • Q. Which of the following is caused by the combine deffects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun on sea levels?
    A)Tides
    B)Currents
    C)Runoff
    D)Waves
    Answer: Tides
  • Q. The longest circle which can be drawn on the earth’s surface passes through ________
    A)Arctic Circle
    B)Equator
    C)Tropic of Cancer
    D)Tropic of Capricorn
    Answer: Equator
  • Q. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
    A)Isobars
    B)Latitudes
    C)Longitudes
    D)Isotherms
    Answer: Latitudes
  • 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. 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. 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. Which of the following is the International Date line?
    A)90° eastern longitude
    B)Equator
    C)0° longitude
    D)180° longitude
    Answer: 180° longitude
  • Q. Which of the following is not an effect produced by rotation of earth?
    A)Winds change their directions
    B)It causes days and nights
    C)All heavenly bodies like sun, moon, planets appear to move from East to West
    D)Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration
    Answer: Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration
  • Q. The Contour line is those imaginary line which show?
    A)Areas of similar height
    B)Areas of similar atmospheric pressure
    C)Areas of similar temperature
    D)Equal Sunning areas
    Answer: Areas of similar height
  • Q. Latitude of place is indicative of its ________
    A)Amount of rainfall
    B)Time
    C)Altitude
    D)Temperature
    Answer: Temperature
  • Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called
    A)Isohaline
    B)Isobar
    C)Isohyet
    D)Isotherm
    Answer: Isotherm
  • Q. Tides are complied and they vary from place to place because of ________
    A)Irregularities in the configuration of oceans
    B)The movement of Moon in relation to Earth
    C)Uneven distribution of water over the globe
    D)All of the above
    Answer: All of the above
  • Q. The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________
    A)3° per day
    B)1° per day
    C)2° per day
    D)5° per day
    Answer: 1° per day
  • Q. What is the name of the maps, natural and manmade, portray the large forms?
    A)Graffito
    B)Thematic Maps
    C)Atlas Maps
    D)Topographic Maps
    Answer: Thematic Maps
  • Q. When and where did the concept of the Earth Hour started?
    A)April, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
    B)June, 2007 in Christchurch, New Zealand
    C)May, 2009 in Colombo, Srilanka
    D)March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia
    Answer: March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia

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