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Earth Multiple Choice Questions & Answers
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1. Through which one of the following countries the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through?
2. Which of these statements are correct? ,1. Earth is the fourth largest planet of the solar system,2. Earth’s circumference is about 45000 km,3. Earth’s polar diameter is about 43 km shorter than its equatorial diameter,4. Earth has a total surface area of 510 million sq.km
3. What is the meaning of “Midnight Sun”?
4. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse?
5. 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?
6. ‘Green House Effect’ means ________
7. At neap tide:,1. the sun and moon exert their force at right angles,2. the tidal amplitude is high,3. the low tides are very low
8. When it is 12.00 noon at Delhi (77° 10’E), people at another place on earth take their 6 o’clock morning tea. The longitude of that place is ________
9. Japan is called ‘land of the rising sun’ because ________
10. Bridgmanite is
11. Geostationary orbit is at a height of ________
12. The Equator does not pass through which of the following?
13. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would likely to be ________
14. Tides are caused by the gravitational forces of
15. Which part of the earth’s surface receives the highest amount of insolation?
16. What is the alternate name for contour lines?
17. How much is the difference of time between any two consecutive longitudes?
18. Isobar lines show
19. What are the imaginary lines encircling the Earth horizontally called?
20. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?
21. Which of the following pair is CORRECT?,
I. Prime Meridian – Longitude,,
II. Tropic of Cancer – Latitude,,
III. Equator – Latitude
22. A radio broadcast from Delhi on Monday at 7.30 p.m. is heard at New York on ________
23. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150°W, what will be the time at 150°E ?
24. The Earth rotates-around an axis pointing towards ________
25. 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 ?