1).What is the relationship between solar day and sidereal day?
a) There is no relationship between the two
b) Both are equal
c) Solar day is shorter than Sidereal day
d) Solar day is longer than Sidereal day
Answer : d) Solar day is longer than Sidereal day
2).The moon’s period of revolution with reference to the Sun is ________.
a) Equal to one solar month
b) Equal to one synodic month
c) Equal to one sidereal month
d) None of these
Answer : b) Equal to one synodic month
3).One the surface of the moon, the ________.
a) Mass and weight become lesser
b) Only the mass is lesser
c) Mass and weight both remain unchanged
d) Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
Answer: d) Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
4).A day is added when one crosses ______.
a) 108o longitude from west to east
b) The equator from south to north
c) The equator from north to south
d) 180o longitude from east to west
Answer : d) 180o longitude from east to west
5).What is the unit of measurement of the distances of stars from the earth?
a) Light year
b) Nautical miles
c) Fathoms
d) kilometers
Answer: a) Light year
6).One astronomical unit is the average distance between _________.
a) Mars and the Sun
b) Earth and the Sun
c) Earth and the moon
d) Jupiter and the Sun
Answer : b) Earth and the Sun
7).The surface of the moon is visible from the earth __________.
a) About 59%
b) About 60%
c) About 75%
d) About 40%
a) There is no relationship between the two
b) Both are equal
c) Solar day is shorter than Sidereal day
d) Solar day is longer than Sidereal day
Answer : d) Solar day is longer than Sidereal day
2).The moon’s period of revolution with reference to the Sun is ________.
a) Equal to one solar month
b) Equal to one synodic month
c) Equal to one sidereal month
d) None of these
Answer : b) Equal to one synodic month
3).One the surface of the moon, the ________.
a) Mass and weight become lesser
b) Only the mass is lesser
c) Mass and weight both remain unchanged
d) Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
Answer: d) Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
4).A day is added when one crosses ______.
a) 108o longitude from west to east
b) The equator from south to north
c) The equator from north to south
d) 180o longitude from east to west
Answer : d) 180o longitude from east to west
5).What is the unit of measurement of the distances of stars from the earth?
a) Light year
b) Nautical miles
c) Fathoms
d) kilometers
Answer: a) Light year
6).One astronomical unit is the average distance between _________.
a) Mars and the Sun
b) Earth and the Sun
c) Earth and the moon
d) Jupiter and the Sun
Answer : b) Earth and the Sun
7).The surface of the moon is visible from the earth __________.
a) About 59%
b) About 60%
c) About 75%
d) About 40%
Answer : a) About 59%
8).The order of the layers in the atmosphere, upwards from below, is ___________.
a) Stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere and exosphere
b) Exosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and stratosphere
c) Troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere
d) Troposphere, exosphere, stratosphere, ionosphere
Answer: c) Troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere
9).Where is the doldrums belt located?
a) On the Tropic of Capricorn
b) On the Tropic of Cancer
c) Near the Polar areas
d) Near the equator
Answer : d) Near the equator
10).The temperature at which an air parcel will become saturated with the present
amount of water vapour is called_______.
a) Critical temperature
b) Dew point
c) Saturation point
d) Condensation point
Answer: c) Saturation point
11).The theory suggesting that the continents of South America and Africa were once
joined together was the _______.
a) Ritter’s Theory
b) Tetrahedral Theory
c) Continental drift theory
d) Kant’s Theory
Answer : c) Continental drift theory
12).Which layer of the atmosphere maintains an almost uniform horizontal temperature?
a) Troposphere
b) Magnetosphere
c) Stratosphere
d) exosphere
Answer: c) Stratosphere
13).Which one is an anticyclone?
a) High pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
b) Low pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
c) High pressure system with clockwise winds in the Southern hemisphere
d) Low pressure system with clockwise winds in the Southern hemisphere
Answer : a) High pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
14).One of the warm currents in the Indian ocean is the _______.
a) Humboldt Current
b) Agulhas Current
c) Curoshio Current
d) Labrador Current
Answer : b) Agulhas Current
15).Farrel’s Law is concerned with the _________.
a) Velocity of winds
b) Intensity of waves
c) Direction of winds
d) None of these
Answer : c) Direction of winds
16).The thickness of the troposphere increase in _______.
a) Antumn
b) Spring
c) winter
d) summer
Answer: d) summer
17).In which of the following areas is salinity likely to be the highest
a) North Atlantic
b) Red Sea
c) North Pacific
d) Indian Ocean
Answer:b) Red Sea
18).Fall in air temperature with increasing elevation is known as ________.
a) Thermal reduction
b) Lapse rate
c) Thermal anomaly
d) Temperature fall
Answer : b) Lapse rate
19).Amount of water vapour in a given volume of air is known as _________.
a) Specific humidity
b) Relative humidity
c) Absolute humidity
d) Mixing ratio
Answer: c) Absolute humidity
20).The name given to winds blowing from subtropical high pressure regions, to the
equator_________.
a) Doldrums
b) Westerlies
c) Tropical easterlies
d) High latitude easterlies
Answer: c) Tropical easterlies
21).What is fog?
a) An altocumulus cloud
b) A cumulonimbus cloud
c) A low stratus cloud
d) A cirro stratus cloud
Answer: c) A low stratus cloud
22).The stratosphere is said to be ideal for flying jet aircraft. This is because
a) This layer is out of the firing range of anti-aircraft guns.
b) This layer is rich in ozone which reduces fuel consumption
c) Of the absence of clouds and other weather phenomena
d) The temperature is constant and ideal for aircraft engine efficiency
Answer: c) Of the absence of clouds and other weather phenomena
23).The famous Tuscarora Deep located
a) Near the Australian coast
b) Off Japan
c) Off Lakshadeep
d) Near U.S.A
Answer : b) Off Japan
24).Blizzards are characteristic of _______ region.
a) Temperature
b) Tropical
c) Antarctic
d) Equatorial
Answer : c) Antarctic
25).Dew is caused when
a) Humid air condenses on cool surface
b) The air is colder than the earth’s surface
c) The sky is overcast at night
d) The wind is too dry to cause rainfall
Answer: a) Humid air condenses on cool surface
26).The velocity of wind is governed by
a) Pressure gradient
b) Temperature
c) Farrel’s law
d) Rotation of earth
Answer : a) Pressure gradient
27).Stated in terms of grams of water vapour per kilogram of moist air is
a) Vapour pressure
b) Absolute humidity
c) Relative humidity
d) Specific humidity
Answer: d) Specific humidity
28).The earth’s rotation does not cause
a) A deflection of ocean currents
b) Difference in time between two meridians
c) Phases of the moon
d) Tides
Answer: b) Difference in time between two meridians
29).’Jim Corbett National Park’ is situated in the Valley of the river
a) Ramganaga
b) Ghagra
c) Sarayu
d) Tapti
Answer : a) Ramganaga
30).Which of the following is a hot wind ?
a) Mistral
b) Pampero
c) Buran
d) Zonda
Answer: d) Zonda
31).Plants formed due to the filling up of lakes are called
a) flood plains
b) till plains
c) lacustrine plains
d) delta plain
Answer: c) lacustrine plains
32).Isochrones are lines joining places with equal
a) longitude
b) rainfall
c) frost
d) travelling time from a point
Answer: d) travelling time from a point
33).The layers in soil are referred as
a) horizons
b) pedocals
c) profile
d) hardpans
Answer : a) horizons
34).Most of the people of the middle-east belong to the following group of people
a) Negro
b) Nordic
c) Alpine
d) Mediterranean
Answer : d) Mediterranean
35).Plateaus situated in between plains and mountains are called
a) Intermontane plateaus
b) Piedmont plateaus
c) Peninsular plateaus
d) Continental plateaus
Answer : b) Piedmont plateaus
36).As one moves from the equator to the poles along a meridian
a) The variety of animals increases and of plants decreases
b) The variety of plants increases and of animals decreases
c) The variety of plants and of animals decreases
d) The variety of plants and of animals increases
Answer: c) The variety of plants and of animals decreases
37).Metamorphic rocks originate from
a) Igneous rocks
b) Sedimentary rocks
c) Both igneous and sedimentary rocks
d) None of these
Answer: c) Both igneous and sedimentary rocks
38).The best way to define rock types will be
a) Igneous-Sedimentary-Metamorphic
b) Igneous-Carborate-Metamorphic
c) Igneous-Metamorphic-Marble
d) Sedimentary-Igneous-Limestone
Answer: a) Igneous-Sedimentary-Metamorphic
39).The pedogenic regims is associated with hot dry climates is
a) laterisation
b) gleisation
c) salinisation
d) podzolisation
Answer: c) salinisation
40).When a ship crosses Date line from west to east
a) It loses one day
b) It gains one day
c) It loses half-a-day
d) It gains half-a-day
Answer: b) It gains one day
41).With what type of climate is the pedogenic regime of podzolisation associated?
a) Hot and dry
b) equatorial
c) cool and dry
d) humid temperature
Answer: d) humid temperature
42).Isohels are the Isopleths of
a) rain
b) clouds
c) flowering time
d) sunshine
Answer: d) sunshine
43) To which group does the black soil of India belong?
a) laterite
b) podzol
c) chernozem
d) alluvial
Answer : c) chernozem
44).Isobaths are used to show
a) pressure
b) depth
c) rainfall
d) time
Answer: b) depth
45).Isonif lines are the Isopleths of
a) Snowfall
b) rainfall
c) Sunshine
d) frost
Answer: a) Snowfall
46).One of the groups of people inhabiting the Asiatic tundra is the
a) Pygmy
b) Guacho
c) Samoyed
d) Vedda
Answer: Samoyed
47).Which countries are joined by the Palk Strait?
a) North and South Korea
b) Pakistan and China
c) Britain and France
d) India and Sri Lanka
Answer: d) India and Sri Lanka
48).Which countries lie on either side of the Radcliffe line?
a) India and Pakistan
b) Nepal and India
c) India and Afghan
d) India and Bangladesh
Answer: d) India and Bangladesh
49).The homeland of the Yakuts is
a) Russian tundra
b) Asiatic tundra
c) North India
d) Iran
Answer: Russian Tundra
50).Which one is wrongly matched?
a) Pygmies-Zaire Basin
b) Kikuyu-Kenya
c) Vedds-Nepal
d) Papuans-New Guinea
Answer: c) Vedds-Nepal
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