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

Q61. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Myanmar

Answer: Pakistan

Q62. Which of the following is not an effect produced by rotation of earth ?

(A) It causes days and nights
(B) All heavenly bodies like sun, moon, planets appear to move from East to West
(C) Winds change their directions
(D) Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration

Answer: Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration

Q63. Which one of the following is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star, called ?

(A) Lunar year
(B) Solar year
(C) Tropical year
(D) Sideral year

Answer: Sideral year

Q64. Lunar eclipse is caused when the __

(A) Moon comes between the sun and the earth
(B) Earth comes between the sun and the moon
(C) Sun comes between the earth and moon
(D) None of these

Answer: Earth comes between the sun and the moon

Q65. Bridgmanite is

(A) A bridge on the river Thames
(B) Name of a game
(C) Earth’s most abundant mineral
(D) Name of a music

Answer: Earth’s most abundant mineral

Q66. Which of the following best describes longitude ?

(A) An imaginary line joining north and south poles
(B) The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
(C) The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
(D) The position of a place on earth’s surface with reference to the Prime Meridian

Answer: The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian

Q67. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would likely to be __

(A) Total
(B) Partial
(C) Annular
(D) None of these

Answer: Annular

Q68. The Earth rotates on its axis at an inclination of

(A) 23.5°
(B) 22.5°
(C) 21.5°
(D) 20.0°

Answer: 23.5°

Q69. Days and nights are caused by :

1. rotation of the earth on its axis

2. revolution of the earth around the sun

3. inclination of the earth’s axis

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

Answer: Only 1 is correct

Q70. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures(approx.) __

(A) 100 km
(B) 111 km
(C) 151 km
(D) 175 km

Answer: 111 km