Q.1
The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________
Q.2
The equatorial circumference is greater than the polar circumference by approximately ________
Q.3
Why does Russia have many local time differences?
Q.4
Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________
Q.5
A person sets off from Alaska on a Tuesday and reaches New Zealand the next day which will be ________
Q.6
How many Geo-synchronous satellites are required for uninterrupted world broadcasting?
Q.7
What is known as High Pressure Subtropical Latitude?
Q.8
Consider the following statements:
1. The tropical year is shorter than the sidereal year.
2. The solar day is longer than the sidereal day.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q.9
The Synchronous satellite moves around the Earth from
Q.10
What is 'Sidereal Day'?
Q.11
World's longest land border is between which two contries?
Q.12
What is the term used for the day on 23 September when day and night are equal throughout the world?
Q.13
When it is noon along 82° 30' longitude, along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m.?
Q.14
The Gutenberg discontinuity is between ________
Q.15
The approximate circumference of the Earth is
Q.16
Which of the following are true regarding equinoxes?
1. They occur on March 21st and September 23rd
2. They depict equal days and equal nights on March 21st and September 23rd on all places of the earth
3. All places on the earth have equal temperature during equinoxes.
Q.17
In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained ________
Q.18
Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on ________
Q.19
Solar eclipse occurs when ________
Q.20
Which of the following statements is correct ?
1. All meridians are of the same length
2. All latitudes are of the same length
3. The Prime Meridian is the longest meridian
4. The Equator is the longest latitude
Q.21
Which of these statements are correct?
1. Ocean currents are the slow-surface movement of water in the ocean
2. Ocean currents assist in maintaining the Earth's heat balance
3. Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by prevailing winds
4. Ocean current are affected by the configuration of the ocean
Q.22
________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole
Q.23
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through ________
Q.24
The mapping of which of the following is most difficult ?
Q.25
The speed of rotation of the earth is ________
Q.26
Which of the following statements is true?
Q.27
The area of the Earth's total surface is of the order of ________.
Q.28
The distance of the equator from either of the poles is ________
Q.29
The Earth rotates-around an axis pointing towards ________
Q.30
When a ship crosses Date line from west to east ________
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