Top 1000+ Solved World Geography MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately:
a. 1° per day
b. 2° per day
c. 3° per day
d. 5° per day
Q. There is a continual daylight or summer in the Arctic regions from:
a. 22nd December to 21st March
b. 21st March to 21st June
c. 21st March to 23rd September
d. 21st June to 22nd December
Q. Antipodes are:
a. lines joining places having a time difference of 12 hours
b. places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
c. places located at a point where degree of latitude is equal to degree of longitude
d. lines joining places having the same depths
Q. Which of the following pairs of metals are supposed to constitute the internal core ofthe earth?
a. Chromium and Iron
b. Magnesium and Lead
c. Iron and Copper
d. Nickel and Iron
Q. Consider a specific point on the surface of the earth (say Delhi). The temperature at a given time of day (say 12.00 Noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter. This is because: [IAS 1993]
a. the evaporation of water from atmosphere results in precipitation occurring in winter alone
b. Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
c. the earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter
d. the axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in winter
Q. Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth? [NDA2008]
a. Eratosthenes
b. Aristotle
c. Hecataeus
d. Herodotus
Q. Heat received by earth from the Sun is known as:
a. insolation
b. solar heat
c. solar radiation
d. thermal radiation
Q. Lunar eclipse is caused when the: [Hotel Management 1991]
a. moon comes between the sun and the earth
b. earth comes between the sun and the moon
c. sun comes between the earth and moon
d. none of these
Q. Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because:
a. the sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon
b. the moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth
c. the moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
d. none of these
Q. The Solar eclipse achieves totality only in limited geographical regions because: [IAS 1993]
a. the trajectories of the Earth around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth are not perfect circles
b. the size of the shadow of the Moon on the Earth is small compared to the cross-section of the Earth
c. sun rays can reach most of the peripheral regions of the shadow of the moon due to atmospheric refraction
d. the Earth is not a smooth flat surface, but has elevations and depressions
Q. Solar eclipse occurs when:
a. Earth comes between sun and moon
b. Moon is at right angle to the earth
c. Moon comes between sun and earth
d. Sun comes between moon and earth
Q. The position of a planet when it is nearest to the Sun, is called:
a. perihelion
b. apihelion
c. apigee
d. perigee
Q. The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Suncausing summer in the Northern hemisphere is :
a. Perihelion
b. Aplheuon
c. Perigee
d. Apogee
Q. The time of Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich time Cairo is situated at :
a. 27° East
b. 28° West
c. 30° East
d. 30° West