GEOGRAPHY MCQs

Geography

1. The moon's period of revolution with reference to the sun is
1. equal to one solar month
2. equal to one sidereal month
3. equal to one synodic month
4. none of the above

Answer c

2. We always see the same face of the moon because
1. it is smaller than the earth
2. it revolves on its axis in a direction opposite to that of earth
3. it takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
4. it rotates at the same speed as the earth around the sun

Answer c

3. On which days do the spring tides occur?
1. new moon
2. first quarter of the moon
3. third quarter of the moon
4. full moon

Answer a & d

4. What is a tidal bore?
1. a tidal wave resulting in from seismic activity
2. a deposit of sand in coastal areas
3. a formation of polyps just above high tide level
4. a high tidal wave moving upstream in the mouth of a river

Answer d

5. Which of the following are wrongly matched?
1. Tropic of Cancer- 23.5 degree N latitude
2. Tropic of Capricorn- 66.5 degree N latitude
3. International Date Line- 0 degree longitude
4. Antarctic Circle- 66.5 degree S longitude

Answer b & c

6. Which of the following will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
1. Srinagar
2. Mumbai
3. Chennai
4. Thiruvananthapuram

Answer a

7. The longest day in Australia will be on
1. June 21
2. September 22
3. December 22
4. March 23

Answer c

8. The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from the ____ to ____
1. equator, poles
2. poles, equator
3. tropic of cancer, equator
4. tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn

Answer a

9. Which of the following is wrong?
1. the sun never shines vertically beyond the tropics
2. at the poles there is light for half the year
3. the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Cancer at the time of the winter solstice
4. when the sun shines vertically over the equator, it is called an equinox

Answer c

10. Which of the following are wrongly matched?
1. Summer solstice-March 21
2. Winter solstice - December 22
3. Autumnal equinox- June 21
4. Vernal equinox- September 23

Answer a,b & d

11. Which place will experience sunlight for the longest period in summer?
1. Mumbai
2. Srinagar
3. Chennai
4. Kolkata

Answer b

12. The South Pole experiences continuous light at the time of
1. winter solstice
2. summer solstice
3. vernal equinox
4. autumnal equinox

Answer a

13. Name the planets whose position, in terms of the distance from the sun, keeps changing
1. Uranus
2. Jupiter
3. Neptune
4. Pluto

Answer c & d

14. A person planning to travel by the shortest route should follow
1. the winds
2. the rivers
3. the latitudes
4. the longitudes

Answer d

15. A day is added when one crosses
1. the equator form north to south
2. 180 degree longitude from west to east
3. 180 degree longitude from east to west
4. the equator from south to west

Answer c

16. The order of the layers in the atmosphere, upwards from below, is
1. stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere and exosphere
2. exosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and stratosphere
3. troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere
4. troposphere, magnetosphere, stratosphere and exosphere

Answer c

17. The most prominent gases in the atmosphere, is terms of volume, are
1. nitrogen and methane
2. nitrogen and oxygen
3. oxygen and carbon dioxide
4. hydrogen and nitrogen

Answer b

18. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the
1. stratosphere
2. troposphere
3. ionosphere
4. exosphere

Answer b

19. Which layer of the atmosphere maintains an almost uniform horizontal temperature?
1. troposphere
2. tropopause
3. stratosphere
4. all of these

Answer c

20. The thickness of the troposphere increases in
1. summer
2. winter
3. spring
4. autumn

Answer a