The Earth MCQ with Answers

Question. Systematic approach is one of the major approach to study geography. The systematic approach was introduced by:
(a) Eratosthenese
(b) Ptolemy
(c) Alexander Von Humboldt
(d) Karl Ritter

Answer: C

Question. In which among the following countries is the river island Yeouido located?
(a) Brazil
(b) South Korea
(c) China
(d) Hungary

Answer: B

Question. What is the density of the rocks between the adjoining line on mantle and core?
(a) 3-4 gm. per sq. cm
(b) 5 gm. per sq. cm
(c) 4-5 gm. per sq. cm
(d) 6 gm. per sq. cm

Answer: B

Question. What type of a landform is Ejecta blanket?
(a) Fluvial landform
(b) Impact landform
(c) Karst landform
(d) Lacustrine landform

Answer: B

Question.What kind of a landform are stone-lattices?
(a) Erosional landform of the wind
(b) Depositional landform of the wind
(c) Depositional landform of the river
(d) Erosional landform of the glacier

Answer: A

Question.The annual average rate of net plant production is highest in which of the following ecosystems?
(a) Temperate Grasslands
(b) Temperate Forests
(c) savannah
(d) Tundra

Answer: B

Question. Which among the following is a constellation in the southern sky?
(a) Draco
(b) Indus
(c) Ursa Minor
(d) Gemini

Answer: B

Question. Degree of hardness of Minerals is measured by which of the following scale?
(a) Litho Scale
(b) Mohs’ Scale
(c) Aesthono Scale
(d) Sima Sclae

Answer: B

Question. What is the thickness of the earth’s crust in the Himalayan region?
(a) 75 kms
(b) 60 kms
(c) 70 kms
(d) 65 kms

Answer: A

Question. The upper portion of mantle is known as
(a) Asthenosphere
(b) Crust
(c) Lithosphere
(d) Fossil Sphere

Answer: B

Question. The mean distance between the sun and the earth is
(a) 149,598,000 km
(b) 159,598,000 km
(c) 149,498,000 km
(d) 149,5,980 km

Answer: A

Question. Which one is known as an inner planet?
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Earth
(d) all of the options

Answer: D

Question. Expansion of universe means
(a) increase in the number of stars.
(b) increase in space between the galaxies.
(c) discovery of new celestial bodies.
(d) increase in the speed of rotation of planets.

Answer: A

Question. Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?
(a) These planets are smaller
(b) They could not hold the escaping gases
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question. The Chihuahuan Desert is located in which among the following continents?
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) North America
(d) Asia

Answer: C

Question What is the angle of inclination of Earth’s Axis to its orbital plane?
(a) 66½ degree
(b) 66¾ Degree
(c) 23½ degree
(d) 90 degree

Answer: A

Question.Which canyon is also referred to as the ‘Grand Canyon of the South’?
(a) Salt River Canyon
(b) Cataract Canyon
(c) Breaks Canyon
(d) Nine Mile Canyon

Answer: C

Question. Which among the following volcanoes is formed from Felsic lava?
(a) Lassen Peak
(b) Mauna Loa
(c) Kilauea
(d) Mount Merapi

Answer: A

Question. Which among the following statements is not correct about the coastal city Rio de Janeiro?
(a) It is known as the Marvelous city
(b) It is Brazil’s second largest city
(c) It is dedicated to the fallen soldiers of World War I
(d) It is famous for the 98 feet high ‘Christ the Redeemer’.

Answer: C

Question. Which one of the following is a direct source of the information about the interior of the Earth?
(a) Earthquake waves
(b) Volcanoes
(c) Gravitational force
(d) Earth magnetism

Answer: A

Question. The oceans were formed within __________ from the formation of the earth.
(a) 500 million years ago
(b) 300 million years ago
(c) 400 million years ago
(d) 200 million years ago

Answer: A

Question. Which one of the following has the longest duration?
(a) Eons
(b) Period
(c) Era
(d) Epoch

Answer: A

Question. Which among the following statements is/are correct about Cirque?
Cirque is an amphitheatre like valley formed by glacial erosion.
Glacial cirques are found amongst mountain ranges throughout the world
Cirques are also formed due to fluvial erosion.
Select the correct code from the options given below:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 3
(c) 1, 2 & 3
(d) Only 1 & 2

Answer: C

Question. Which is the deepest canyon in the world?
(a) The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon
(b) Antelope Canyon
(c) Copper Canyon
(d) Fish River Canyon

Answer: A

Question. Which instrument is used to measure the wind direction?
(a) Barometer
(b) Thermometer
(c) Weather vane
(d) Hygrometer

Answer: C

Question.Which among the following atoll is located near the coast of Maharashtra?
(a) Minicoy Atoll
(b) Ari Atoll
(c) Angria Atoll
(d) Truk Lagoon

Answer: C

Question. The formation of stars have taken place before
(a) 5 million years
(b) 5 billion years
(c) 6 million years
(d) 5 to 6 billion years ago.

Answer: D

Question. What is the speed of light?
(a) 300,000 km/second
(b) 330,000 km/second
(c) 30,000 km/second
(d) 3.0 km/second

Answer: D

Question. The wrong statement in relation to terrestrial planets is
(a) they are formed at quite a distant location.
(b) they have low gravitational pull.
(c) they could not hold the escaping gases.
(d) they are made up of rocks and metal, and have relatively high densities.

Answer: A

Question. What is the diameter of Galaxies?
(a) Between 80 thousands to 1, 50,000 light years
(b) Between 70 thousands to 1, 30,000 light years
(c) Between 50 thousands to 1, 10,000 light years
(d) Between 30 thousands to 1, 20,000 light years

Answer: A

Question. On 22nd Dec, where does the day is longest and night is shortest?
(a) Beijing
(b) Melbourne
(c) Washington DC
(d) Chennai

Answer: B

Question. Which among the following kinds of glass is used generally in making of the Bullet proof screens?
(a) Pyrex glass
(b) Jena glass
(c) Reinforced Glass
(d) Flint Glass

Answer: C

Question. Which is largest freshwater lake by volume in the world?
(a) Lake Michigan
(b) Lake Tanganyika
(c) Lake Baikal
(d) Lake Victoria

Answer: C

Question. The magnitude of earthquake is measured in
(a) Richter Scale
(b) Mercalli scale
(c) Measuring scale
(d) Seismograph

Answer: A

Question. When was nebular hypothesis revised?
(a) 1796
(b) 1900
(c) 1950
(d) 1920

Answer: A

Question. When did the event of Big Bang take place?
(a) 13.6 million years ago
(b) 13.7 billion years ago
(c) 4.6 billion years ago
(d) 4.6 million years ago

Answer: B

Question. What is the average radius of Earth?
(a) 8000 Km
(b) 5000 Km
(c) 6400 Km
(d) 4600 Km

Answer: C

Question. At which among the following the “Quick Sand” will be found?
(a) Deltas
(b) Deserts
(c) riverbanks, near lakes, or in marshes
(d) Coastal Areas of Seas

Answer: C