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Question |
Answer |
| 1 |
Correct Latitudinal position of a place that could be possible is – |
450 South |
| 2 |
Which of the following is not a great circle on the globe – |
600 North latitude |
| 3 |
Zero–degree latitude and zero degree longitude lies in the – |
Atlantic Ocean |
| 4 |
Point of intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian is located at – |
Atlantic Ocean |
| 5 |
A plane starts flying from 300 northern latitude and 500 eastern longitude and lands at the opposite end of the earth, where will it land – |
300 Southern latitude, 1300 Western longitude |
| 6 |
Among the following cities which one lies in the farthest North? |
Rome |
| 7 |
The country which has the longest north–south (latitudinal) extension of its territory is – |
Chile |
| 8 |
The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich. Hence, it is located at – |
30° E longitude |
| 9 |
When it is noon along 820 30’ E longitude along what degree of longitude it will be 6.30 a.m.? |
At 00 East or West |
| 10 |
If the difference of longitudes for the two places is 900,the time interval between these places will be – |
6 hr |
| 11 |
Which one of the following longitudes along with the Prime Meridian forms a great circle on the globe – |
180° |
| 12 |
In the New Millennium, the first ray of the Sun was seen in which of the following Meridians of India – |
930 30’E |
| 13 |
The basis of deciding the standard time of any place is – |
Prime Meridian |
| 14 |
The Prime Meridian does not pass through – |
Niger |
| 15 |
International Date Line passes through – |
Pacific Ocean |
| 16 |
There is no minimum distance between two places on the globe – |
International Date Line |
| 17 |
If the earth’s direction of rotation is reversed, what should be the IST when it is noon at the International Date Line? |
06.30 hrs |
| 18 |
Which one of the following Straits is nearest to the International Date Line? |
Bering Strait |
| 19 |
Which path must be followed by a Ship to move from one place to another in the least time – |
Meridian |
| 20 |
The local time of a place is 6.00 AM when the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is 3:00 AM, what is the longitude of the place? |
45° East |
| 21 |
The total length of Earth’s equator is about – |
40,000 km |
| 22 |
Through which, one of the following groups of countries does the Equator pass? |
Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia |
| 23 |
The Equator does not pass through which of the following countries? |
Mexico |
| 24 |
The equator passes through – |
Kenya |
| 25 |
The latitude at which the annual Range of Temperature remains minimum is – |
Equator |
| 26 |
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a lowpressure zone, is located – |
at the equator |
| 27 |
The Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, all three pass through which one of the following Continents? |
Africa |
| 28 |
At the Winter Solstice the noon altitude of the Sun at the Tropic of Cancer is – |
43.0° |
| 29 |
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through – |
Iran |
| 30 |
Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through – |
Bolivia |
| 31 |
On which date day and night of equal duration? |
23 September |
| 32 |
Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on – |
21 March and 23 September |
| 33 |
Where are day and night equal throughout the year? |
Equator |
| 34 |
At the time of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere the length of the day will be 12 hours at the – |
Equator |
| 35 |
The shortest day of the year in Northern hemisphere is on – |
22 December |
| 36 |
Which of the following is the longest day of the year? |
21 June |
| 37 |
The Longest day in the southern Hemisphere is – |
22 December |
| 38 |
Summer Solstice occurs every year on – |
21 June |
| 39 |
On 21st June, the Sun – |
does not set below the horizon at the Arctic Circle |
| 40 |
On which of the following dates your shadow at noon is the smallest? |
June 21 |
| 41 |
Who is the scholars has suggested that the Earth has originated from the gases and the dust particles – |
O. Schmidt |
| 42 |
Which of the following Method is used to determine the age of the Earth – |
Uranium dating |
| 43 |
The Great Ice Age is related to – |
Pleistocene |
| 44 |
What was the period of the Dinosaurs? |
Eighteen crores years ago |
| 45 |
Continents have drifted apart because of – |
Tectonic activities |
| 46 |
Cocos Plate the between – |
Central America and Pacific Plate |
| 47 |
On the earth, originally, there was only one huge landmass which is known as – |
Pangea |
| 48 |
Folding is the result of – |
Orogenic force |
