Earth MCQ Question Answers

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Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer : The outer core and the lower mantle

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Earth Geography

Q. The heavier silicates named ‘Sima’ or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the ________

A.
Mantle
B.
Crust
C.
Core
D.
Ocean floors

Answer

Correct Answer : Ocean floors

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Earth Geography

Q. The imaginary line which connects places of similar height on map, are?

A.
Spot-Height
B.
Hachure
C.
Contour
D.
Isometric

Answer

Correct Answer : Contour

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Earth Geography

Q. The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are

A.
Spot-heights
B.
Hachures
C.
Contours
D.
Isomers

Answer

Correct Answer : Contours

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Earth Geography

Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called

A.
Isohaline
B.
Isobar
C.
Isohyet
D.
Isotherm

Answer

Correct Answer : Isotherm

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Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer : Heat balance of earth

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Earth Geography

Q. The instrument to measure the area on maps is called

A.
Pantograph
B.
Planimeter
C.
Ideograph
D.
Opisometer

Answer

Correct Answer : Planimeter

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Earth Geography

Q. The International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180° meridian so that it ________

A.
Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration
B.
Divides the land masses under the same administration
C.
Does not divide the Bering strait
D.
Divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal halves

Answer

Correct Answer : Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration

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Earth Geography

Q. The International Date Line passes through ________

A.
Florida strait
B.
Bering strait
C.
Gibraltar strait
D.
Malacca strait

Answer

Correct Answer : Bering strait

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Earth Geography

Q. The International Dateline deflects to a side to avoid ________

A.
Aleutian Islands
B.
Society islands
C.
Hawaii
D.
All the above

Answer

Correct Answer : Aleutian Islands

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