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Earth: Top 100 MCQ With Free Exam Geography SET:-8

Q11. The total surface area of earth is __

(A) 510 million sq km
(B) 610 million sq km
(C) 710 million sq km
(D) 810 million sq km

Answer: 510 million sq km

Q12. Beirut time is two hours ahead and Lima time is five hours behind GMT. The longitudes of Beirut and Lima are respectively __

(A) 75° West and 30° East
(B) 70° East and 35° West
(C) 30° East and 75° West
(D) 35° West and 70° East

Answer: 30° East and 75° West

Q13. Who was the first to measure the circumference of the Earth ?

(A) Erechtheus
(B) Aegeus
(C) Eratosthenes
(D) Apheidas

Answer: Eratosthenes

Q14. What is the circumference of the Earth ?

(A) 13,000 km
(B) 20,000 km
(C) 25,000 km
(D) 40,000 km

Answer: 40,000 km

Q15. Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth ?

(A) Eratosthenes
(B) Aristotle
(C) Hecataeus
(D) Herodotus

Answer: Eratosthenes

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Q16. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth ?

(A) 30,000 Km
(B) 35,000 Km
(C) 40,000 Km
(D) 45,000 Km

Answer: 40,000 Km

Q17. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given continents in the decreasing order of their percentage of Earth’s land ?

(A) North America – Africa – South America – Europe
(B) Africa – North America – South America – Europe
(C) North America – Africa – Europe – South America
(D) Africa – North America – Europe – South America

Answer: Africa – North America – South America – Europe

Q18. Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about __

(A) 22 km
(B) 36 km
(C) 41 km
(D) 53 km

Answer: 22 km

Q19. Which of the following countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian ?

1. Algeria

2. Germany

3. Guinea

4. Iceland

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 3 and 4

Answer: 1 only

Q20. The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because

1. the Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the Poles towards the Equator.

2. the Equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the Sun.

3. the intensity of sunlight received at the Equator is greater than that at the Poles.

(A) 1 only
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 3 only
(D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: 1 and 2