Earth Geography

Q. Who Invented Universal Standard Time?

A
Sandford Fleming
B
Enrico Fermi
C
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
D
Benoit Fourneyron

Correct Answer

Sandford Fleming

More Questions on Earth

  • Q. Variation in duration of day and night is due to: 1. rotation of earth on its axis 2. revolution of earth around the sun 3. inclination of earth at an angle of 66%.
    A)1 and 3
    B)1and 2
    C)2 and 3
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 2 and 3
  • Q. The Moon is showing its same face to the Earth because
    A)Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
    B)It is not rotating about its own axis
    C)Its rotation and revolution are opposite
    D)Its rotation is faster than its revolution
    Answer: Its periods of rotation and revolution are the same
  • Q. The earth’s annual circuit round the sun covers a distance of ________
    A)966 million kms
    B)1,096 million kms
    C)1,036 million kms
    D)896 million kms
    Answer: 966 million kms
  • Q. How many time zones has the world been divided into?
    A)90
    B)15
    C)24
    D)180
    Answer: 24
  • 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. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude?
    A)In Ghana, a West African-country
    B)In the South Atlantic Ocean
    C)In the Mediterranean Sea
    D)At Greenwich Observatory in England
    Answer: In the South Atlantic Ocean
  • Q. The word “Isoneph” represents the lines of equal
    A)Rain
    B)Cloudiness
    C)Salinity
    D)Pressure
    Answer: Cloudiness
  • Q. Lunar eclipse occurs on ________
    A)Half moon
    B)New moon
    C)Full moon
    D)Quarter moon
    Answer: Full moon
  • 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 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. It is six months long day in the northern polar region and six months long night in the southern polar region because ________
    A)Earth is rotating
    B)Earth is revolving around the sun
    C)Earth is inclined towards its orbital plane
    D)None of these
    Answer: Earth is inclined towards its orbital plane
  • Q. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
    A)Isobars
    B)Latitudes
    C)Longitudes
    D)Isotherms
    Answer: Latitudes
  • Q. The instrument to measure the area on maps is called
    A)Pantograph
    B)Planimeter
    C)Ideograph
    D)Opisometer
    Answer: Planimeter
  • 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. 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. The core of the Earth is made up of ________
    A)Both iron and silica in the liquid form
    B)Mainly of iron in the liquid form
    C)Mainly of nickel in the liquid form
    D)Both iron and magnesium in the plastic state
    Answer: Both iron and magnesium in the plastic state
  • Q. Marble is the metamorphosed form of
    A)Sandstone
    B)Shale
    C)Basalt
    D)Limestone
    Answer: Limestone
  • Q. Which one of the following is not the effect of the revolution of the Earth.
    A)Determination of latitudes
    B)Change of seasons
    C)Length of days and nights
    D)Change in the direction of winds and ocean currents
    Answer: Change in the direction of winds and ocean currents
  • Q. When it is noon along 82° 30′ longitude, along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m.?
    A)0° E or W
    B)Along 165° E
    C)Along 67° 30' W
    D)Along 82° 31' W
    Answer: 0° E or W
  • Q. Beirut time is two hours ahead and Lima time is five hours behind GMT. The longitudes of Beirut and Lima are respectively ________
    A)30° East and 75° West
    B)75° West and 30° East
    C)70° East and 35° West
    D)35° West and 70° East
    Answer: 30° East and 75° West

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