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

Q31. Which of the following statements with regard to the term ‘great circle’ is not correct ?

(A) Equator is a great circle
(B) A ship can save fuel and time by following the great circle arc between two points
(C) Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
(D) A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere

Answer: Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere

Q32. The boundary between Earth’s Crust and Mantle is __.

(A) Moho discontinuity
(B) Lehman discontinuity
(C) Conrad discontinuity
(D) Gutenberg discontinuity

Answer: Moho discontinuity

Q33. Heat received by earth from the Sun is known as __

(A) Insolation
(B) Solar heat
(C) Solar radiation
(D) Thermal radiation

Answer: Solar radiation

Q34. Sandstone is metamorphosed to

(A) Shale
(B) Slate
(C) Quartzite
(D) Marble

Answer: Quartzite

Q35. On which of the following date/dates, Winter Solstice is observed in Northern Hemisphere ?

I. 21st December

II. 5th August

III. 10th January

(A) Only 1
(B) 1 and 2 Both
(C) Only 3
(D) Only 2

Answer: Only 1

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Q36. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is

(A) Jupiter
(B) Earth
(C) Pluto
(D) Venus

Answer: Venus

Q37. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the Sun ?

(A) Aphelion
(B) Antipode
(C) Perihelion
(D) Aldiatc

Answer: Aphelion

Q38. When does solar eclipse take place ?

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

Answer: When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth

Q39. How many kilometers are represented by 1° of latitude ?

(A) 321 km
(B) 211 km
(C) 111 km
(D) 91 km

Answer: 111 km

Q40. When would you record the maximum angle of incidence of the sun’s rays at the north pole ?

(A) March 21
(B) September 21
(C) When the sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
(D) When the sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn

Answer: When the sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer