Earth Quiz Set 2

Question 1. At the Winter Solstice the noon altitude of the Sun at the Tropic of Cancer is __________.

(A) 66.5º

(B) 47.0º

(C) 43.0º

(D) 23.5º

Question 2. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through_______. 

(A) Myanmar

(B) Iran

(C) India

(D) Egypt

Question 3. Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through_______.

(A) Brazil

(B) Argentina

(C) Paraguay

(D) Bolivia

Question 4. Which of the following phenomenon happens in India when the Sun-shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn?

(A) Temperature increases in North-West India

(B) No change in pressure occurs over North-West India

(C) Low pressure develops over North-West India

(D) High pressure develops over North-West India

Question 5. Where are day and night equal throughout year?

(A) Nowhere

(B) Equator

(C) South Pole

(D) North Pole

Question 6. At the time the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere the length of the day will be 12 hours at the_________.

(A) Equator

(B) Arctic Circle

(C) Tropic of Capricorn

(D) Tropic of Cancer

Question 7. On which date day and night are of equal duration?

(A) 21 February

(B) 22 Decembe

(C) 23 September

(D) 22 June

Question 8. Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on________.

(A) 22 July and 22 December

(B) 15 October and 23 April

(C) 21 March and 23 September

(D) 22 February and 23 August

Question 9. Shortest day of the year in Northern hemisphere is on_______.

(A) 22 June

(B) 21 June

(C) 22 December

(D) 21 December

Question 10. The longest day in Northern hemisphere is_______.

(A) 25 December

(B) 22 December

(C) 21 June

(D) 21 May

Question 11. Which of the following is the longest day of the year?

(A) 23 March

(B) 21 June

(C) 25 December

(D) 22 July

Question 12. The longest day in Southern Hemisphere is______.

(A) 22 September

(B) 21 March

(C) 22 December

(D) 22 June

Question 13. Summer Solstice occurs every year on______.

(A) 21 June

(B) 4 July

(C) 21 March

(D) 23 September

Question 14. On which of the following dates your shadow at noon is the smallest?

(A) 14 February

(B) 21 June

(C) 21 March

(D) 25 December

Question 15. Which of the following scholar has suggested that the Earth has originated from the gases and the dust particles? 

(A) O. Schmidt

(B) F. Hoyal

(C) H. Alfven

(D) James Jeans

Question 16. Which of the following method is used to determine the age of the Earth? 

(A) Carbon dating for age of the fossils

(B) Uranium dating

(C) Germanium dating

(D) All of the above

Question 17. What was the period of the Dinosaurs?

(A) Eighty crore years ago

(B) Forty crore years ago

(C) Eighteen crore years ago

(D) Five crore years ago

Question 18. Continents have drifted apart because of_______.

(A) Tectonic activities

(B) Folding and faulting of rocks

(C) Volcanic eruptions

(D) All of the above

Question 19. Great Ice-Age is related to_______.

(A) Eocene

(B) Holocene

(C) Oligocene

(D) Pleistocene

Question 20. Which of the following periods has generally been considered to be the ‘Littile Ice Age’?

(A) 8000 to 10,000 years B.P.

(B) 1650 A.D. – 1870 A.D.

(C) 950 A.D. – 1250 A.D.

(D) 750 A.D. – 850 A.D.

Question 21. India was the part of ancient Gondwana land Supercontinent. It includes the following landmass of the present________.

(A) South America

(B) Australia

(C) Africa

(D) All of the above

Question 22. On the Earth, originally there was only one huge landmass which is known as_________.

(A) Gondwana land

(B) Laurasia

(C) Pangea

(D) Panthalassa

Question 23. Which one of the following continuents was not a part of Gondwana Land? 

(A) Australia

(B) Africa

(C) South America

(D) North America

Question 24. First fossil evidence for the existence of life on Earth is________.

(A) 10 million years back

(B) 5 million years back

(C) 3.5 million years back

(D) 0.3 million years back

Question 25. Folding is the result of________.

(A) Exogenic force

(B) Orogenic force

(C) Coriolis force

(D) Epeirogenic force

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 3 and 4

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 27. Time of which of the following places is equal to the time of GMT?
1. Accra
2. Dublin
3. Madrid
4. Lisbon
Use the code below to select the correct answer. 

(A) 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 4

(C) 1, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Question 28. The standard time of the following countries is ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are East or West of the longitude passing through, Greenwich.
1. Cuba
2. Greece
3. Iraq
4. Costa Rica
5. Japan
Which one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT?

(A) 3, 5, 4, 1, 2

(B) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5

(C) 2, 4, 1, 3, 5

(D) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4

Question 29. Statement (A): Time interval at the dateline is 12 hours from the Greenwich.
Reason (R): Dateline is situated at 180º meridian.

Using following options choose the correct answer.

(A) (R) is correct, but (A) is false

(B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false

(C) (A) and (R) both are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) (A), (R) both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 30. Think about the followingb countries.
1. Australia
2. Namibia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
Tropic of Capricorn passes through which of the following countries?
Code 

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 2, 3 and 4

(D) Only 1

Question 31. Which of the following phenomenon might have influenced the evolution of organisms?
1. Continental drift
2. Glacial cycles
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 32. Consider the following.
1. Electromagnetic radiation
2. Geothermal energy
3. Gravitational force
4. Plate movements
5. Rotation of Earth
6. Revolution of the Earth
Which of the following above are responsible for bringing dynamic changes on the surface of the Earth? 

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

(B) 2, 4, 5 and 6

(C) 1, 3, 5 and 6

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4