World Geography | Earth

World Geography | Earth

Nov 27, 2024 - 14:51 Updated: Nov 27, 2024 - 15:27
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1. Zero degree latitude and zero degree longitude lies in the

Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean

2. Point of intersection of Equator and the prime Meridian is located at

Atlantic Ocean
Ghana
Morocco
Pacific Ocean

3. Correct Latitudinal position of a place that could be possible is

91° North
45° East
45° South
91° West

4. Which of the following is not a great circle on the globe?

Equator
Prime meridition line
60° East longitude
60° North Latitude

5. A plane starts flying from 30° Northern latitude and 50º Eastern longitude and lands at opposite end of the Earth, where will it land?

30° Northern latitude, 50° Western longitude
30° Southern latitude, 50° Western longitude
50° Northern latitude, 30° Western longitude
30° Southern latitude, 130° Western longitude

6. Among the following cities which one lies in the farthest North?

Beijing
New Delhi
New York
Rome

7. If the difference of longitudes for the two places is 90°, then time interval between these places will be

3 hrs
6 hrs
9 hrs
12 hrs

8. When there is mid-day in the Greenwich, local time of a place is 5 O' clock evening. At which of the following longitude (meridians) that place will be located?

75° E
75° W
150° E
150° W

9. The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich. Hence, it is located at

30° W longitude
30° E longitude
28° E longitude
28° W longitude

10. When it is noon along 82°30' E longitude along what degree of longitude it will be 6:30 a.m.?

At 165° East
At 67°30' West
At 0° East or West
At 82°30' West

11. Which one of the following longitudes alongwith the prime Meridian forms a great circle on the globe?

0°
90° E
90° W
180°

12. In the New Millennium first ray of the Sun was seen in which of the following Meridians of India?

2°30' W
82°30' E
92°30' W
93°30' E

13. The basis of deciding standard time of any place is

Longitude
Latitude
International Date Line
Prime Meridian

14. The Prime Meridian does not pass through

Algeria
France
Niger
Spain

15. Which one of the following Cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other three Cities at any given instant?

London (UK)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Accra (Ghana)
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

16. When there is noon at I.S.T. meridian people another place of the Earth are taking their 6 O' clock morning tea. The longitude of the place is

17°30' E
7°30' W
172°30' E
90° W

17. A telegram was sent from Greenwich at 12:00 Noon. The time for transmission was 12 minutes. It reached a town at 6:00 p.m. The longitude of the town will be

97° E
87° E
87° W
97° W

18. The shortest distance between two places on the globe is along

45° N Latitude
45° S Latitude
Prime Meridian
International Date Line

19. If the Earth's direction of rotation is reversed, what should be the IST when it is noon at the International Date Line?

06:30 hrs
05:30 hrs
18:30 hrs
17:30 hrs

20. Which one of the following Straits is nearest to the International Date Line?

Malacca Strait
Bering Strait
Strait of Florida
Strait of Gibraltar

21. A ship is moving from the Eastern side of Aleutian Islands towards Dutch harbor. It crosses 180° meridian on 1st January, 1999 at 23:30 hr. After crossing the meridian captain of the ship will note what time and date in his diary?

January 1, 00:30 hr
January 2, 00:30 hr
January 3, 00:30 hr
January 4, 00:30 hr

22. Captain of a ship moving Westward records the local time of 10:00 hrs Monday at 90° W. If the speed of the ship is the same as the speed of the rotation of the Earth, which of the following local time and day would be found by the captain at International date line?

04:00 hrs, Monday
10:00 hrs, Monday
10:00 hrs, Tuesday
16:00 hrs, Tuesday

23. Which path must be followed by a Ship to move from one place to another in least time?

Sea or Ocean Current
Sea-breez
Meridian
Longitude

24. The local time of a place is 6:00 A.M. when the Greenwitch Mean Time (GMT) is 3:00 A.M., what is the longitude of the place?

45° West
45° East
120° East
120° West

25. The Equator does not pass through which of the following countries?

Kenya
Mexico
Indonesia
Brazil

26. The Equator passes through

Cameroon
Costa Rica
Kenya
Venezuela

27. The total length of Earth's equator is about

6,400 km
12,800 km
40,000 km
5,000 km

28. Through which one of the following groups of countries does the Equator pass?

Brazil, Zambia and Malaysia
Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia
Brazil, Sudan and Malaysia
Venezuela, Ethiopia and Indonesia

29. The latitude at which 'Annual Range of Temperature' remains minimum is

Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
North Pole Circle

30. Which one of the following cities is nearest to the equator?

Colombo
Jakarta
Manila
Singapore

31. The Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, all the three pass through which one of the following Continents?

Africa
Asia
North America
South America

32. At the Winter Solstice the noon altitude of the Sun at the Tropic of Cancer is

23.5°
43.0°
47.0°
66.5°

33. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

Egypt
India
Iran
Myanmar

34. Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through

Bolivia
Paraguay
Argentina
Brazil

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

High pressure develops over North-West India
Low pressure develops over NorthWest India
No change in pressure occurs over North-West India
Temperature increases in NorthWest India

36. Where are day and night equal throughout year?

North Pole
South Pole
Equator
Nowhere

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

Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Equator

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

22 June
23 September
22 December
21 February

39. Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on

21 March and 23 September
22 February and 23 August
15 October and 23 April
22 July and 22 December

40. Shortest day of the year in Northern hemisphere is on

21 December
22 December
21 June
22 June

41. The longest day in Northern hemisphere is

21 May
21 June
22 December
25 December

42. Which of the following is the longest day of the year?

22 July
25 December
21 June
23 March

43. The longest day in Southern Hemisphere is

22 June
22 December
21 March
22 September

44. Summer Solstice occurs every year on

23 September
21 March
4 July
21 June

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

25 December
21 March
21 June
14 February

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

James Jeans
H. Alfven
F. Hoyal
O. Schmidt

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

Carbon dating for age of the fossils
Germanium dating
Uranium dating
All of the above

48. What was the period of the Dinosaurs?

Five crore years ago
Eighteen crore years ago
Forty crore years ago
Eighty crore years ago

49. Continents have drifted apart because of

Volcanic eruptions
Tectonic activities
Folding and faulting of rocks
All of the above

50. Great Ice-Age is related to

Pleistocene
Oligocene
Holocene
Eocene

51. Which of the following periods has generally been considered to be the 'Littile Ice Age'?

750 A.D. - 850 A.D.
950 A.D. - 1250 A.D.
1650 A.D. - 1870 A.D.
8000 to 10,000 years B.P. (Before Present)

52. India was the part of ancient Gondwana land Supercontinent. It includes the following landmass of the present

South America
Africa
Australia
All of the above

53. On the Earth, originally there was only one huge landmass which is known as

Panthalassa
Pangea
Laurasia
Gondwana land