GK: Our Universe, Physical Geography, Part 03

GK: Our Universe, Physical Geography, Part 03

1.Megnetic meridian is an imaginary:

A) Line along north-south
B) Horizontal plane
C) Vertical plane
D) Point

... Answer is C)

2. Name the planet that has moon called:

A) Jupiter
B) Venus
C) Mars
D) Saturn

... Answer is A)

3. Which one of the following was to be discovered first in the chromosphere of the sun?

A) Neon
B) Argon
C) Helium
D) Xenon

... Answer is C)

4. Variation in the lenght of daytime and nighttime from season to season are due to:

A) The earth's rotation on its axis
B) The earth's revolution round the sun in an elliptical manner
C) Latitudinal position of the place
D) Revolution of the earth on a tilted axis

... Answer is D)

5. Which of the following ststement regarding the duration of day and night is correct?

A) Difference is least near the Equator and progressively increases away from it.
B) Difference is maximum at the Equator and progressively decreases away from it.
C) Differences is least at the Tropics and progressively increases towards the Equator and Poles.
D) Difference is maximum at the Tropices and progressively decreases towards the Equator and Poles.

... Answer is A)

6. On average, air contain __________% of water vapour.

A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 7

... Answer is B)

7.The twinkling of a star is due to:

A) The variation in the intensity of light emitted by it with time.
B) The variation in the composition of the star with time.
C) The transit of other celestial objects across the line of sight.
D) The atmospheric refractrion of starlight.

... Answer is D)

8. On which day does the Summer Solistice occur in Northern Hemisphere?

A) 22nd December
B) 21st March
C) 23rd September
D) 21st June

... Answer is D)

9.In a solar or lunar eclipse, the region of earth's shadow is divided into:

A) Four parts
B) Five parts
C) Two parts
D) Three parts

... Answer is C)

10. ________ is the hottest planet of the solar system.

A) Mercury
B) Earth
C) Mars
D) Venus

... Answer is D)

11.The solar eclipse occur when:

A) An asteroid comes between the sun and the moon.
B) The moon moves too far away from the sun
C) The sun comes between the moon and the earth
D) The moon comes between the earth and the sun.

... Answer is D)

12.'God Particle' is:

A) Neutrino
B) Higgs Boson
C) Meson
D) positron

... Answer is B)

13. Planetary scientists call the thin gaseous envelope around the Moon as the _____.

A) Lunar endosphere
B) Lunar stratosphere
C) Lunar exosphere
D) Lunar thermosphere

... Answer is C)

14.What is the other name of 'Orion' Constellation?

A) Piper
B) Fighter
C) Predator
D) Hunter

... Answer is D)

15.Black-hole is:

A) A flight recorder in aeroplane
B) A spot on the sun
C) A place in Antarctica
D) A collapsed star

... Answer is D)

16.Where among these places the Sun will rise the earliest?

A) New York
B) Hong-Kong
C) New Delhi
D) Tokyo

... Answer is D)

17.The tides in the sea are primary due to

A) The atmospheric effect of the Earth
B) The grasvitational effect of Venus on the Earth
C) The gravitational effect of the sun on the earth
D) The gravitational effect of the moon on the earth.

... Answer is D)

18.The summer solstic 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere will occur on-----

A) 21st June
B) 20th June
C) 24th June
D) 26th June

... Answer is A)

19. The word 'blood moon' is used for:

A) Lunar eclipse
B) Full moon
C) Solar eclipse
D) Half moon

... Answer is A)

20. Which Greek philoshoper coined the term 'Geography' in the 3rd century BC?

A) Euclid
B) Plato
C) Eratosthenes
D) Clio

... Answer is C)