Top 150+ Solved The Earth MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The mapping of which of the following is most difficult ?
a. Mountains
b. Plateaus and Plains
c. Interior of the Earth
d. Oceans and their depth
Q. Tides in the sea have stored in them: [CDS 1994]
a. hydraulic energy
b. kinetic energy
c. gravitational potential energy
d. a combination of all the above three forms of energy
Q. In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained : [UDC 1993]
a. free oxygen
b. no oxygen
c. oxygen in fixed form
d. oxygen bound to carbon
Q. Which one of the following would have occured if the earth had NOT been inclined on its own axis? [CDS 2002]
a. All the seasons would have been of same duration
b. The seasons would not have changed
c. The summers would have been of longer duration
d. The winters would have been of longer duration
Q. Latitude of place is indicative of its: [Asstt Comm PF 2002]
a. time
b. altitude
c. amount of rainfall
d. temperature
Q. The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is called: [IAS2003]
a. barysphere
b. mesophere
c. mohorovic discontinuity
d. asthenosphere
Q. Tides are complied and they vary from place to place because of: [IAS 2003]
a. the movement of Moon in relation to Earth
b. Uneven distribution of water over the globe
c. irregularities in the configuration of oceans
d. all of the above
Q. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth? [IAS2003] 1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. 2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator. 3. Occurrence of' sunrise, noon and sunset 4. Magnetic field of the earth.
a. 1 and 3
b. 2 and 3
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q. The earth rotates around its axis from: [RRB 1991]
a. north to south
b. east to west
c. south to north
d. west to east
Q. Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on :
a. December 22
b. September 23
c. June 21
d. March 21
Q. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures(approx.) :
a. 100km
b. 111km
c. 151km
d. 175km
Q. Spring tides occur when: [CDS 1993]
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 at right angles with the earth at the apex
d. the moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line