Earth MCQ Question Answers

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Earth Geography

Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?

A.
15 hours 30 minutes
B.
12 hours
C.
12 hours 26 minutes
D.
24 hours

Answer

Correct Answer : 12 hours 26 minutes

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Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer : Shining of Sun in Arctic and Antarctica circle

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Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer : Thematic Maps

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Earth Geography

Q. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the Sun?

A.
Perihelion
B.
Aphelion
C.
Antipode
D.
Aldiatc

Answer

Correct Answer : Aphelion

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Earth Geography

Q. What is the study of Moon called?

A.
Iridology
B.
Selenology
C.
Cosmology
D.
Planetology

Answer

Correct Answer : Selenology

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Earth Geography

Q. What is the term used for the day on 23 September when day and night are equal throughout the world?

A.
Winter Solstice
B.
Autumnal Equinox
C.
Astronomical Equinox
D.
Spring Equinox

Answer

Correct Answer : Autumnal Equinox

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Earth Geography

Q. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?

A.
0.66
B.
0.47
C.
0.51
D.
0.87

Answer

Correct Answer : 0.47

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Earth Geography

Q. When a ship crosses Date line from west to east ________

A.
It loses half a day
B.
It loses one day
C.
It gains one day
D.
It gains half a day

Answer

Correct Answer : It gains one day

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Earth Geography

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

Correct Answer : March, 2007 in Sydney, Australia

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Earth Geography

Q. When does solar eclipse take place?

A.
When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
B.
When the Sun is between the Moon and Earth
C.
When the Earth is between the Moon and Sun
D.
When the Moon does not lie on the line joining the Sun and Earth

Answer

Correct Answer : When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth

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