Top 1000+ Solved World Geography MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double stars when observed by a telescope, are known as :
a. cosmic stars
b. quasars
c. binaries
d. novae and supernovae
Q. What are Sun spots? [Railways 1994]
a. Regions on earth without winter climate
b. Desert areas on the sun
c. Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas
d. Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
Q. The brightest star in the sky is: [MBA 1995]
a. Alfa Centauri
b. Proxima Centauri
c. Sirius
d. Sun
Q. Pole Star is always seen at one point in the sky whereas other stars are not; this is because: [CDS 1993]
a. Pole star rotates with the same period as the earth
b. Pole star is a star of our own galaxy
c. Sun and Pole star are in two opposite directions relative to earth
d. Pole star lies in the axis of spin of the earth
Q. The outermost layer of Sun is called:
a. convection zone
b. photosphere
c. chromosphere
d. corona
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