14000+ MCQs World Geography (The Earth)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/12/2025
1. The layer which is found below the crust of the Earth is
2. The discontinuous layer found between mantle and outer core is known as
3. Which of the following is considered as the main reason for the Earth’s magnetism?
4. Regarding 21st March or 23rd September, choose the correct statement.
I. One of them forms winter solstice, depending upon hemisphere.
II. Equinoxes take place only at Tropic of Cancer or Capricorn, depending upon Earth’s inclination.
III. Equinoxes imply equal days and nights.
5. Latitudes and longitudes are imaginary lines drawn for precise location. Choose the correct statement regarding this.
I. Latitude is the linear distance on Earth surface.
II. Linear distance of degree of latitude at pole is little longer than that at equator.
III. Distance between two latitude on an average is 69 miles.
6. Consider the following statements:
I. The Earth’s rotation axis is not at 90° to its orbital plane.
II. The Earth’s rotation axis is inclined at 23.5° (to the perpendicular of the orbital plane).
7. Which one of the following cities is nearest to the equator?
8. Which one of the following statements with regard to the winter solstice (in the Northern Hemisphere) is correct?
9. The weakest zone of Asthenosphere lies, roughly at the depth of …………… from the Earth’s surface
10. The Earth rotates on its axis in which direction?
11. In the internal structure of planet Earth, below the mantle, the core is mainly made up of which one of the following?
12. Summer solstice occurs every year on
13. The Coriolis effect is the result of
14. Which one of the following scholars suggested the Earth's origin from gases and dust particles?
15. Where are day and night equal throughout the year?
16. The depth up to which mantle is said to exist is
17. 21st June is the longest day of the year for those living in the Northern hemisphere. What is the shortest day of the year for those living in the Southern hemisphere?
18. Who among the following proposed the Planetesimal Hypothesis, which challenged the Nebular theory of Laplace during the early 20th century?
19. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
20. The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the Sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which Earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result under that situation?
21. The Equator does not pass through which of the following Countries?
22. The Earth completes one rotation on its axis in
23. The Earth without rotational movement would result in:
I. no Sun-rise and Sun-set
II. no occurrence of day and night cycle
III. only one season
24. The depth at which the core layer starts and ends, respectively is
25. Consider the given statements regarding the Coriolis Effect:
I. Coriolis effect is zero at the Equator.
II. Coriolis effect is strongest towards the Poles.
III. Coriolis effects are related to the Earth's decreasing rotational velocity with increasing latitudes.
26. In which part of Earth, Iron and Nickel are found in abundance?
27. The movement of the Earth on its axis is called as ……… .
28. After Iron and Oxygen, the third largest metal found in the Earth is
29. Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on
30. Earth is made up of many concentric layers. Asthenosphere is one of them. Choose the correct statement(s).
I. It is believed to be in a plastic condition.
II. It underlies mantle.
III. It is sometime termed as soft zone mantle or low velocity zone.
31. The diameter of Earth is approximately
32. The latitude is the angular distance of a point on the Earth’s surface, North or South of the equator as measured from the
33. How much time period does 15° of longitudes account for?
34. Regarding the alignment of our solar system, choose the correct statement.
I. Axis of Earth is inclined to plane of revolution by 66 1/2 degrees.
II. Plane of every planets are concentric.
III. Earth is the only planet in our Solar System with circular orbit.
35. On which of the following dates your shadow at noon is the smallest (if you live in the Northern Hemisphere)?
36. Through which one of the following groups of countries does the Equator pass?
37. The summer and winter seasons in a year are caused by
38. What is the approximate mean velocity with which the Earth moves around the Sun in its orbit?
39. On which date, day and night are of equal duration?
40. Identify the correct pairs for Northern Hemisphere.
I. Winter Solstice–22nd December
II. Autumn Equinox–23rd September
III. Summer Solstice–21st June
IV. Spring Equinox–21st March
41. Vernal equinox of Northern Hemisphere in March marks the season of
42. The Prime Meridian does not pass through
43. Considering the following statements:
Assertion (A): Moving from one place on Earth to another place of high latitude, the weight of an object decreases. Reason (R): Earth is not a perfect sphere.
44. Seasonal changes are caused by which special characteristic of Earth’s motion?
45. Variations in the length of day time and night time from season to season are due to
46. Which of the following statements in the context of Northern hemisphere is/are correct?
I. Vernal equinox occurs on 21st March.
II. Summer solstice occurs on 22nd December.
III. Autumnal equinox occurs on 23rd September.
IV. Winter solstice occurs on 21st June.
47. Consider the following statements regarding the Earth's magnetic field:
I. The axis of the Earth’s magnetic field is inclined at 23 1/2 degrees to the geographic axis of the Earth.
II. The Earth’s magnetic pole in the Northern hemisphere is located on a peninsula in Northern Canada.
III. Earth’s magnetic equator passes through Thumba in South India.
48. Consider the following statements.
I. Latitude is the point’s angular distance above or below the equator.
II. The longest line of latitude is the equator, whose latitudinal value is zero.
49. Assertion (A): The Equator is a great circle. Reason (R): The equator encircles the whole Earth and its plane divides the Earth into two equal halves.
50. Lehman discontinuity separates which of the following two layers?
