INDIAN GEOGRAPHY MCQs

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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY MCQs

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1. Which of the following is rightly matched?
1. Planet nearest to earth- Mercury
2. Planet nearest to sun - Mercury
3. Planet with the most elliptical orbit- Uranus
4. Planet with the slowest rotation- Neptune

Answer b

2. Assuming the directions similar to those on the earth, which planet/planets will experience a sun-rise in the west?
1. Mercury
2. Uranus
3. Saturn
4. Venus

Answer b&d

3. The minimum distance between the sun and the earth occurs on
1. December 22
2. June 21
3. September 22
4. January 3

Answer d

4. On the day the sun is nearest to earth, the earth is said to be in
1. aphelion
2. perihelion
3. apogree
4. perigree

Answer b

5. The earth is at its maximum distance from the sun on
1. July 4
2. January 30
3. September 22
4. December 22

Answer a

6. The rate of rotation of earth on its axis is highest on
1. January 3
2. December 22
3. July 4
4. It never changes

Answer d

7. Which of the statements does not prove the spherical shape of the earth?
1. If the earth were flat one would come across some sharp edges
2. The sunrise not visible form all places at the same time
3. The shadow of the earth at the time of the solar eclipse is circular
4. The altitude of the stars from various points on the earth's surface varies

Answer c

8. What is International Date Line?
1. It is the equator
2. It is the the longitude
3. It is the 90 degree east longitude
4. It is the 180 degree longitude

Answer d

9. What is the relationship between solar day and sidereal day?
1. both are equal
2. solar day is longer than sidereal day
3. solar day is shorter than sidereal day
4. there is no relationship between the two

Answer b

10. One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between
1. Earth and Sun
2. Earth and the Moon
3. Jupiter and the Sun
4. Uranus and the Sun

Answer a

11. How much of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth?
1. more than 75%
2. only about 40%
3. about 59%
4. about 65%

Answer c

12. What is the unit of measurement of the distances of stars from the earth?
1. light year
2. fathoms
3. nautical miles
4. kilometers

Answer a

13. On the surface of the moon, the
1. mass and weight become lesser
2. mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
3. only the mass is lesser
4. mass and weight both remain unchanged

Answer b

14. Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in
1. 4.3 seconds
2. 4.3 minutes
3. 43 minutes
4. 4.3 years

Answer d

15. Which comet appears every 76 years?
1. Hailey's
2. Holme's
3. Donati's
4. Alpha Centauri

Answer a