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Earth: Top 100 MCQ With Free Exam Geography SET:-6

Q1. If the earth’s direction of rotation is reversed, what would be the IST when it is noon at the International Date Line ?

(A) 06.30 hrs
(B) 05.30 hrs
(C) 18.30 hrs
(D) 17.30 hrs

Answer: 06.30 hrs

Q2. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45°E) ?

(A) 7:30 am
(B) 9:00 am
(C) 1:30 pm
(D) 12:00 Noon

Answer: 1:30 pm

Q3. The sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the __

(A) Zenith
(B) Solstice
(C) Equinox
(D) Noontime

Answer: Solstice

Q4. Which of these statements are correct ?

1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude.

2. International Date Line, on the map appears as a straight line along 180° Longitude.

3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day.

4. Tropic of Cancer lies at Latitude.

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

Answer: 1 and 4

Q5. Insolation heats up the land masses more quickly than the water bodies because __

(A) Water is liquid
(B) Landmasses are solid
(C) Water needs more energy to get warm
(D) Rocks are bad conductors of heat

Answer: Water needs more energy to get warm

Q6. The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the __

(A) Rotation of the earth
(B) Revolution of the earth
(C) Elliptical path of the earth’s orbit
(D) Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth

Answer: Parallelism of inclined axis of the earth

Q7. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. is heard at New York on __

(A) Tuesday at 8.35 PM
(B) The same day at 7.30 PM
(C) The same day at 7:30 AM
(D) The same day at 10:00AM

Answer: The same day at 10:00AM

Q8. Geostationary orbit is at a height of __

(A) 6 km
(B) 1000 km
(C) 3600 km
(D) 36,000 km

Answer: 36,000 km

Q9. The seasonal contrasts are maximum in __

(A) Low latitudes
(B) Mid-latitudes
(C) Sub tropics
(D) High latitudes

Answer: Mid-latitudes

Q10. The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion) on __

(A) June 21st
(B) January 3rd
(C) July 4th
(D) September 23rd

Answer: July 4th