Earth MCQs

Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on ________

Solar eclipse occurs when ________

Which of the following statements is correct ? 1. All meridians are of the same length 2. All latitudes are of the same length 3. The Prime Meridian is the longest meridian 4. The Equator is the longest latitude

The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because 1. the Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the Poles towards the Equator. 2. the Equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the Sun. 3. the intensity of sunlight received at the Equator is greater than that at the Poles.

Which of the following countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian? 1. Algeria 2. Germany 3. Guinea 4. Iceland

Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about ________

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given continents in the decreasing order of their percentage of Earth's land?

What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?

Who among the following was first to measure the circumference of the Earth?