Top 1000+ Solved World Geography MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The amount of insolation received at a place on the surface of the earth depends on:
a. its climate
b. its latitude
c. its longitude
d. Both (a)and (b)
Q. If a place is located at 20°N, 80°E in which of the following continents does it lie? [CDS1989]
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. North America
Q. The longest circle which can be drawn on the earth's surface passes through: [AssttGrade 1993]
a. Equator
b. Tropic of Cancer
c. Arctic Circle
d. Tropic of Capricorn
Q. Japan is called ‘land of the rising sun’ because:
a. Sun rises there as soon as it sets
b. Sun always remains in the eastern part of the sky throughout the day in Japan
c. Japan being the Eastern most country in the World, it has the earliest sunrise
d. The rays of the sun get reflected from the waters of the sea and make the sunrise beautiful in Japan
Q. Which of the following phenomenon gives an evidence for the spherical shape of theearth?
a. Solar eclipse
b. Revolution
c. Lunar eclipse
d. Rotation of Earth
Q. The speed of rotation of the earth is: [IFS 1991]
a. 25 km/sec.
b. 31 km/sec.
c. 39.5 km/se
d. 9.72 km/sec.
Q. The point in the orbit of a moon that is farthest from the Earth and at which the moon'svelocity is at a minimum, the known as:
a. Apehelion
b. Apigee
c. Umbra
d. Perihelion
Q. Which of the following is not an effect produced by rotation of earth?
a. It causes days and nights
b. All heavenly bodies like sun, moon, planets appear to move from East to West
c. Winds change their directions
d. Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration
Q. 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 ?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. 1, 2, 3 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. 2, 3 and 4
Q. Albedo is defined as:
a. UV radiations sent out by the SUN
b. a substance contained in the upper atmospheric layers of the earth, which is responsible for the reflection of/a part of solar radiations
c. celestial bodies in earth's atmosphere which add to the greenhouse effect
d. the amount of insolation reflected back to the space by the top of atmosphere, by clouds and ice-covered areas of the Earth's surface
Q. The Sun shines vertically on the equator:
a. throughout the year
b. for six months
c. twice a year
d. once a year
Q. The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the:[Railways 1993]
a. rotation of the earth
b. revolution of the earth
c. elliptical path of the earth's orbit
d. parallelism of inclined axis of the earth
Q. What is 'Siderial Day'?
a. The day on which the duration of sunshine is the maximum
b. The day on which the duration of sunshine and darkness are equal
c. The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars
d. The day on which the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator
Q. The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of:
a. January
b. March
c. June
d. September