Earth MCQs

Question 1

How many Geo-synchronous satellites are required for uninterrupted world broadcasting?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

1

Question 2

What is known as High Pressure Subtropical Latitude?

Accepted Answer

Horse latitudes

Answer

Roaring forties

Answer

Furious fifties

Answer

Screaming sixties

Question 3

Consider the following statements:1. The tropical year is shorter than the sidereal year. 2. The solar day is longer than the sidereal day. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

Both 1 and 2

Answer

1 only

Answer

2 only

Answer

Neither 1 nor 2

Question 4

The Synchronous satellite moves around the Earth from

Accepted Answer

West to East

Answer

East to West

Answer

North to South

Answer

South to North

Question 5

What is 'Sidereal Day'?

Accepted Answer

The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars

Answer

The day on which the duration of sunshine is the maximum

Answer

The day on which the duration of sunshine and darkness are equal

Answer

The day on which the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator

Question 6

The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________

Accepted Answer

1° per day

Answer

2° per day

Answer

3° per day

Answer

5° per day

Question 7

The equatorial circumference is greater than the polar circumference by approximately ________

Accepted Answer

67 km

Answer

22 km

Answer

125 km

Answer

625 km

Question 8

Why does Russia have many local time differences?

Accepted Answer

Because of its long east-west stretches

Answer

Because it keeps trade relations with many countries of the world

Answer

Because it experiences a wide range of climatic conditions

Answer

Because it is divided into a number of states on political grounds

Question 9

Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________

Accepted Answer

The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth

Answer

The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon

Answer

The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth

Answer

None of these