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

Q81. Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above

(A) Tropic of Capricorn
(B) Tropic of Cancer
(C) Poles
(D) Equator

Answer: Equator

Q82. 1° of latitude is equal to

(A) 11 Km
(B) 211 Km
(C) 111 Km
(D) 311 Km

Answer: 111 Km

Q83. What is the alternate name for contour lines ?

(A) Isopotential
(B) Isotherm
(C) Isohypse
(D) Isohyet

Answer: Isohypse

Q84. Tides are caused by the gravitational forces of

(A) Of Earth on Moon
(B) Of Earth on Sun
(C) Of Sun and Moon on Earth
(D) Of Moon on Earth

Answer: Of Sun and Moon on Earth

Q85. ‘Green House Effect’ means __

(A) Pollution in houses in tropical regions
(B) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen
(C) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
(D) Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution

Answer: Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide

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Q86. What is the approximate circumference of Earth ?

(A) 40,000 Km
(B) 60,000 Km
(C) 80,000 Km
(D) 1,00,000 Km

Answer: 40,000 Km

Q87. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude ?

(A) In the South Atlantic Ocean
(B) In the Mediterranean Sea
(C) In Ghana, a West African-country
(D) At Greenwich Observatory in England

Answer: In the South Atlantic Ocean

Q88. Dolomite is a/an

(A) Sedimentary rock
(B) Plutonic rock
(C) Igneous rock
(D) Metamorphic rock

Answer: Sedimentary rock

Q89. Latitude of place is indicative of its __

(A) Time
(B) Altitude
(C) Amount of rainfall
(D) Temperature

Answer: Temperature

Q90. The International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180° meridian so that it __

(A) Divides the land masses under the same administration
(B) Does not divide the Bering strait
(C) Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration
(D) Divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal halves

Answer: Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration