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

Q31. Which of the following pair is CORRECT ?

I. Prime Meridian – Longitude,

II. Tropic of Cancer – Latitude,

III. Equator – Latitude

(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 2 and 3
(D) All options are correct

Answer: All options are correct

Q32. How many time zones has the world been divided into ?

(A) 15
(B) 24
(C) 90
(D) 180

Answer: 24

Q33. Who Invented Universal Standard Time ?

(A) Enrico Fermi
(B) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
(C) Sandford Fleming
(D) Benoit Fourneyron

Answer: Sandford Fleming

Q34. When the Moon completely covers the Sun, it is known as ?

(A) The Antumbra
(B) The Umbra
(C) The Penumbra
(D) None of these

Answer: The Umbra

Q35. Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere ?

(A) Earth is tilted towards the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere
(B) Northern Hemisphere receives more sunlight
(C) Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere
(D) Southern Hemisphere is less inhabited

Answer: Because of more iceberg activity in Southern Hemisphere

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Q36. How old is Earth, It is decided by which of the following processes ?

(A) Geologic Time Scale
(B) Radiometric Dating
(C) Gravity Method
(D) Fossil Dating

Answer: Radiometric Dating

Q37. The position of a planet when it is nearest to the Sun, is called __

(A) Perihelion
(B) Apihelion
(C) Apigee
(D) Perigee

Answer: Perihelion

Q38. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly

(A) 8 min.
(B) 2 min.
(C) 6 min.
(D) 4 min.

Answer: 8 min.

Q39. Tides in the sea have stored in them __

(A) Hydraulic energy
(B) Kinetic energy
(C) Gravitational potential energy
(D) A combination of all the above three forms of energy

Answer: A combination of all the above three forms of energy

Q40. The revelations of a satellite photograph of the earth are as follows:

1. the Southern hemisphere bulges slightly more than the Northern hemisphere

2. it is slightly pear shaped ellipsoid of rotation

3. the polar axis of the earth is slightly shorter than the equatorial axis

4. the equatorial circumference is about 40,000km

Which of the above statements are correct ?

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

Answer: 2, 3 and 4