Objective Geography- Solar Systems and General Geography-Solar Systems and General Geography
1. They are concentric circles numbered
from 0° to 90°.
2. They are circles on a globe which are
parallel to the equator.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
2. Foucault experiment is proof of which one
of the following?
A. Revolution of Earth
B. Rotation of Earth
C. Rotation of Moon
D. Revolution of Moon
3. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
Month | Position of Sun
A. June | Midday Sun over-
head at tropic of Cancer.
B. December | Mid-day Sun over-
head at tropic of Capricorn.
C. March | Mid-day Sun over-
head on Equator
D. September | Mid-day Sun over-
head on Arctic Circle
4. Which of the following statements is/are
correct with regard to Milky way?
1. It is a spiral galaxy.
2. The solar system resides in one of its
spiral arms.
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 more
5. Which one of the following is the time
required for the earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed stars called?
A. Lunar year
B. Solar year
C. Tropical year
D. Sidereal year
6. How much of a time period 15° of longitudes account for?
A. 4 Minutes
B. 15 Minutes
C. 30 Minutes
D. 60 Minutes
7. The Sun is visible a little before the actual
sunrise because of which one of the following?
A. Atmospheric reflection
B. Atmospheric dispersion
C. Atmospheric diffraction
D. Atmospheric refraction
8. Assertion (A): The tail of comet is
always away from the Sun.
Reason (R): The tail of comet is made
up of gases and small ice particles.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
A. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not
the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
9. Which of the following is called a 'red
planet'?
A. Earth
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Mars
10. Assertion (A): Venus is the brightest
object in the sky after the Sun.
Reason (R): Venus is the second planet
from the Sun in hour solar system.
Codes:
A. Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not
the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is False
D. A is false but R is true
11. If there are four places on the same
meridian 500km apart and the local time at one place is 12.00 noon. What will be the time at the three other places?
A. 12.00 noon
B. 1.00 pm
C. 2.00 pm
D. Different time at different places
12. Which one of the following figures represents the age of the earth?
A. 4.6 million years
B. 4.6 billion years
C. 13.7 billion years
D. 13.7 trillion years
13. The moon is showing its same face to the
earth because:
A. It is not rotating about its own axis
B. Its rotation and revolution are opposite
C. Its periods of rotation and revolution
are the same
D. Its rotation is faster than its
revolution
14. The difference in the duration of day and
night increases as one moves from:
A. west ot east
B. east and west of the prime meridian
C. poles to equator
D. equator to poles
15. Which of the following planets does not
belong to the group of terrestrial planets?
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Uranus
D. Earth
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ANSWER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C B D C D D D C D B
11 12 13 14 15
A B C D C
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