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This section includes 97 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Physical Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
Towards which direction does the magnetic north pole show a declination from the geographic north pole ? |
| A. | East |
| B. | West |
| C. | North |
| D. | South |
| Answer» C. North | |
| 52. |
Light year |
| A. | Intensity of Light |
| B. | Mass |
| C. | Time |
| D. | Distance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 53. |
Which is the closest star to earth ? |
| A. | Sirius |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Rigel |
| D. | Deneb |
| Answer» C. Rigel | |
| 54. |
Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs in |
| A. | December, 22 |
| B. | September, 23 |
| C. | June, 21 |
| D. | March, 21 |
| Answer» B. September, 23 | |
| 55. |
The Excluding the moon the celestial object the appear brightest in the sky is |
| A. | Sirus |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Polestar |
| Answer» D. Polestar | |
| 56. |
The approximate diameter of the earth is |
| A. | 4,200 km |
| B. | 6,400 km |
| C. | 12,800 km |
| D. | 15,600 km |
| Answer» D. 15,600 km | |
| 57. |
The Total surface area of earth is |
| A. | 510 million sq. km |
| B. | 610 million sq. km |
| C. | 710 million sq .km |
| D. | 810 million sq. km |
| Answer» B. 610 million sq. km | |
| 58. |
The earth rotate around its axis from |
| A. | North to South |
| B. | East to west |
| C. | South to north |
| D. | West to East |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
Which among the following planets is smaller in size than the Eatth |
| A. | Neptune |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Uranus |
| Answer» C. Saturn | |
| 60. |
What can be the Maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse ? |
| A. | 12.5 minutes |
| B. | 7 minutes 40 seconds |
| C. | 1 hour 40 seconds |
| D. | There is no maximum duration |
| Answer» C. 1 hour 40 seconds | |
| 61. |
Which part of the earth's surface receive the highest amount of insolation ? |
| A. | Tropical deserts |
| B. | Equatorial region |
| C. | Savanna region |
| D. | No such criteria |
| Answer» B. Equatorial region | |
| 62. |
The astrnomical unit is the average distance between |
| A. | The Earth and the Sun |
| B. | The Earth and the Moon |
| C. | The Jupiter and the Sun |
| D. | The Pluto and the Sun |
| Answer» B. The Earth and the Moon | |
| 63. |
Which one of the following is not connected with proofs of the earth' shape ? |
| A. | Rotation and revolution |
| B. | Circum navigation |
| C. | The Earth's shadow on the moon during an eclitse |
| D. | The Bedford level canal experiment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 64. |
The Earth makes one complete revolution in |
| A. | 365 days |
| B. | 360 days |
| C. | 365 1/2 days |
| D. | 1 day |
| Answer» D. 1 day | |
| 65. |
The maen radius of the earth is- |
| A. | 3200 km |
| B. | 6400 km |
| C. | 9600 km |
| D. | 12800 km |
| Answer» C. 9600 km | |
| 66. |
Which of the following planets rotates clock wise ? |
| A. | Pluto |
| B. | Jupiter |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Mercury |
| Answer» D. Mercury | |
| 67. |
In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmospheric obtained |
| A. | Free oxygen |
| B. | No oxygen |
| C. | Oxygen in fixed form |
| D. | Oxygen bound to carbon |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
Which one of the planet is known as |
| A. | Mars |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Neptune |
| D. | Saturn |
| Answer» B. Venus | |
| 69. |
If a solare eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would be likely to be |
| A. | Total |
| B. | Partial |
| C. | Annular |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 70. |
The visible part of sun's surface is called |
| A. | Isosphere |
| B. | Photosphere |
| C. | Hydrosphere |
| D. | Mesosphere |
| Answer» C. Hydrosphere | |
| 71. |
The Sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the |
| A. | Zenith |
| B. | Solstice |
| C. | Equinox |
| D. | Noontime |
| Answer» C. Equinox | |
| 72. |
Which of the following phenomenon is /are the effect of the rotation of the earth ? |
| A. | 1 and 3 |
| B. | 2 and 3 |
| C. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| D. | All |
| Answer» E. | |
| 73. |
Satellites used for telecommunication relay are kept in a geostationary orbit. A satellite is said to be in such an orbit when. |
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 only |
| B. | 1, 3 and 4 only |
| C. | 2 and 4 only |
| D. | 1, 2 3 and 4 |
| Answer» B. 1, 3 and 4 only | |
| 74. |
On December 22, the Sun |
| A. | 1 and 3 |
| B. | 2, 3 and 4 |
| C. | 1, 3 and 4 |
| D. | all |
| Answer» D. all | |
| 75. |
The inclination of the earth's axis to the orbital plane is |
| A. | 21 1/2 |
| B. | 23 1/2 |
| C. | 66 1/2 |
| D. | 90& |
| E. | <sup>deg;</sup> |
| Answer» D. 90& | |
| 76. |
Primitive ape |
| A. | Palaeozoic era |
| B. | Mesozoic era |
| C. | Cenozoic era |
| D. | Cretaceaus era |
| Answer» D. Cretaceaus era | |
| 77. |
What is the difference between asteroids and comets ? |
| A. | 1 and 2 only |
| B. | 1 and 3 only |
| C. | 3 only |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» C. 3 only | |
| 78. |
Days and night are caused by |
| A. | Only 1 is correct |
| B. | 1 and 2 is correct |
| C. | 2 and 3 are correct |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» B. 1 and 2 is correct | |
| 79. |
What is the correcture sequence of the following the context of the age of the earth since its origin ? |
| A. | 4,3,1,2 |
| B. | 3,4,2,1 |
| C. | 3,4,1,2 |
| D. | 4,3,2,1 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 80. |
Match List - I (Characteristic) with List - II (Area in which it exists) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |
| 81. |
Match List - I (Scholars) with List - II (Hypotheses Regarding Origin of the Earth) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : |
| A. | A. |
| B. | B. |
| C. | C. |
| D. | D. |
| Answer» C. C. | |
| 82. |
which of the following layers of the earth is believed to have the |
| A. | Central core |
| B. | Crust |
| C. | Mantle |
| D. | Both (b) and (c) |
| Answer» B. Crust | |
| 83. |
The Earth revolves around the sun in an elliptical path and the sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the Earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. which one among the following would result in under that situation |
| A. | It would not make any difference |
| B. | Difference between seasons will be reduced |
| C. | The Earth would become very hot |
| D. | The Earth would become very cold |
| Answer» C. The Earth would become very hot | |
| 84. |
What is meant by the eclipse of moon ? |
| A. | It is path along which the moon revolves. |
| B. | When the moon comes between the Sun and the Earth it cause the shadows of the moon to fall on Earth. |
| C. | It occurs when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon and the centres of all three are on the same straight line. |
| D. | For any place, it is the average angle made by a line drawn from the moon to place and horizontal at midnight. |
| Answer» C. It occurs when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon and the centres of all three are on the same straight line. | |
| 85. |
When the sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricon at midday |
| A. | Days and nights are of equal length in the Northern Hemisphere |
| B. | Nights are longer than days in the Southern Hemisphere |
| C. | Days and nights are equal length at the poles |
| D. | Night is equal to 24 hours of the North pole |
| Answer» C. Days and nights are equal length at the poles | |
| 86. |
The inexhaustible sources of energy of the stars is due to |
| A. | Conversion of Hydrogen to Helium |
| B. | Conversion of Helium to Hydrogen |
| C. | Decay of radioactive elements |
| D. | Excess of oxygen that helps buning and release of energy |
| Answer» B. Conversion of Helium to Hydrogen | |
| 87. |
Which of the following statements can be taken as evidence to show that the Earth is spherical ? |
| A. | The rotation of the earth from west to east. |
| B. | Some parts of the earth have day when other parts have night |
| C. | The earth horizon is seen to be curved when seer from an aeroplane. |
| D. | The earth's revolution around the sun |
| Answer» C. The earth horizon is seen to be curved when seer from an aeroplane. | |
| 88. |
Springs tides occur when |
| A. | The moon is nearest to the earth |
| B. | The moon is farthest from the earth |
| C. | The moon, the sun and the earth are right angles with the earth are in the same line |
| D. | The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
Comets are luminous celestial bodies |
| A. | Jupiter |
| B. | Sun |
| C. | Moon |
| D. | Earth |
| Answer» C. Moon | |
| 90. |
The points where the sun crosses the equator moving north or south are called |
| A. | Tropic of Cancer |
| B. | Summer and winter solstics |
| C. | North and South celestial |
| D. | Autumnal or vernal equinox |
| Answer» E. | |
| 91. |
The distance of the earth from the sun is about |
| A. | 1500 million km |
| B. | 300 million km |
| C. | 227 million km |
| D. | 149 million km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
An eclipse of the sun, takes place |
| A. | When the moon passes between the sun and the earth |
| B. | Once every five years |
| C. | When the moon is full |
| D. | when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon |
| Answer» B. Once every five years | |
| 93. |
Meteorites are the heavenly bodies |
| A. | Between the Mars and the Jupiter |
| B. | Between the Saturn and the Neptune |
| C. | Between the Mars and the Venus |
| D. | That burn brightly on entering the Earth atmosphere |
| Answer» E. | |
| 94. |
The permanent tilt of the earth's axis and the revolution of the earth its orbit together cause |
| A. | Day and night |
| B. | Varying lengths of day and night at different times of the year |
| C. | Differences in time between place on different meridian |
| D. | The deflection of wind |
| Answer» C. Differences in time between place on different meridian | |
| 95. |
Which of the following statements with regard to the term |
| A. | Equator is a great circle |
| B. | A ship can save fuel and time by following the great circle are between two points |
| C. | Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere |
| D. | A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere |
| Answer» D. A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere | |
| 96. |
Variation in duration of day and night is due to |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 2 and 3 |
| C. | 1 and 3 |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» C. 1 and 3 | |
| 97. |
At neap tide |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 and 3 |
| C. | 1 and 2 |
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| Answer» B. 2 and 3 | |