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This section includes 97 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Physical Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The Earth rotates around its axis from |
| A. | North to South |
| B. | South to North |
| C. | East to West |
| D. | West to East |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
What is meant by the term "Midnight Sun" ? |
| A. | Twilight |
| B. | Rising sun |
| C. | Very bright moon |
| D. | Sun shining in the polar circle for long time |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Which of the following planets is known as "Red Planet" ? |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Saturn |
| Answer» C. Jupiter | |
| 4. |
Time taken by Moon's light to reach Earth is |
| A. | 58 sec |
| B. | 1.34 sec |
| C. | 1.58 sec |
| D. | 2.32 sec |
| Answer» C. 1.58 sec | |
| 5. |
To a space traveller on moon, the sky in day appears |
| A. | white |
| B. | black |
| C. | blue |
| D. | red |
| Answer» C. blue | |
| 6. |
Which one of the following planets rotates clockwise ? |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Mercury |
| Answer» D. Mercury | |
| 7. |
The nuclear fuel in the Sun is |
| A. | Helium |
| B. | Hydrogen |
| C. | Oxygen |
| D. | Uranium |
| Answer» C. Oxygen | |
| 8. |
The longitude of a place is its |
| A. | angular distance east or west of the prime meridian |
| B. | angular distance north or south of the equator |
| C. | angular distance east or west of International Date Line |
| D. | angular distance with respect to the pole star |
| Answer» B. angular distance north or south of the equator | |
| 9. |
The outermost layer of the sun is called |
| A. | Chromosphere |
| B. | Photosphere |
| C. | Lithosphere |
| D. | Corona |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The surface temperature of sun is nearly |
| A. | 2000 K |
| B. | 4000 K |
| C. | 6000 K |
| D. | 8000 K |
| Answer» D. 8000 K | |
| 11. |
On which date is the earth in perihelion ? |
| A. | June 21 |
| B. | Dec 22 |
| C. | January 3 |
| D. | July 4 |
| Answer» D. July 4 | |
| 12. |
The earth is in aphelion on |
| A. | June 21 |
| B. | Dec. 22 |
| C. | Sept. 23 |
| D. | July 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
The latitude is the angular distance of a point on the earth's surface with respect to the |
| A. | equator |
| B. | prime meridian |
| C. | pole star |
| D. | Tropic of Cancer |
| Answer» B. prime meridian | |
| 14. |
The sun is veritical over the Tropic of Cancer on |
| A. | March 21 |
| B. | June 21 |
| C. | Sept. 23 |
| D. | Dec. 22 |
| Answer» C. Sept. 23 | |
| 15. |
What is the primary cause of the day and night ? |
| A. | Earth's annual motion |
| B. | Earth's daily motion |
| C. | Inclination of the earth's axis and its rotation |
| D. | Inclination of the earth's axis and its revolution |
| Answer» C. Inclination of the earth's axis and its rotation | |
| 16. |
On which planet would one witness sunrise in the west ? |
| A. | Jupiter |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Mercury |
| Answer» C. Saturn | |
| 17. |
How much time does earth take in completing one rotation on its axis in relation to sun ? |
| A. | 24 hours |
| B. | 23 hours 56 minutes |
| C. | 24 hours 4 minutes |
| D. | 24 hours and 6 minutes |
| Answer» B. 23 hours 56 minutes | |
| 18. |
The planet Pluto has been abandoned from the group of conventional planet and kept in the group of dwarf planet by a summit held in |
| A. | Paris |
| B. | London |
| C. | Geneva |
| D. | Prague |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The black part of the moon is always calm and dark which is called |
| A. | Sea of tranquility |
| B. | Ocean of storms |
| C. | Area of storms |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Ocean of storms | |
| 20. |
On the surface of the moon |
| A. | the mass of an object is more but it weighs lesser |
| B. | the mass and weight both remain unchanged |
| C. | the mass is the same but the weight is lesser |
| D. | the mass is more but the weight is lesser |
| Answer» D. the mass is more but the weight is lesser | |
| 21. |
Two planets which have no satellites |
| A. | Earth and Uranus |
| B. | Mercury and Venus |
| C. | Mercury and Mars |
| D. | Venus and Mars |
| Answer» C. Mercury and Mars | |
| 22. |
The Earth becomes minimum distance from the sun ? |
| A. | 3rd January |
| B. | 4th July |
| C. | 22nd March |
| D. | 21st September |
| Answer» B. 4th July | |
| 23. |
Which planet is surrounded by ring ? |
| A. | Saturn |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Earth |
| Answer» B. Mars | |
| 24. |
Which planet is called "Evening star" ? |
| A. | Mars |
| B. | Jupiter |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Saturn |
| Answer» D. Saturn | |
| 25. |
Which of the following does not belong to solar system ? |
| A. | Asteroids |
| B. | Comets |
| C. | Planets |
| D. | Nebulae |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
How much time does the light from the nearest star take in reaching the earth ? |
| A. | 12 minutes |
| B. | 4.3 minutes |
| C. | 4.3 hours |
| D. | 4.3 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
How much is the approximate time gap between two successive high tides ? |
| A. | 6 hours |
| B. | 9 hours |
| C. | 11.5 hours |
| D. | 12.5 hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Which one of the following planets is nearest to the earth ? |
| A. | Mercury |
| B. | Venus |
| C. | Mars |
| D. | Uranus |
| Answer» C. Mars | |
| 29. |
Cycle of sun spots is |
| A. | 9 years |
| B. | 10 years |
| C. | 11 years |
| D. | 12 years |
| Answer» D. 12 years | |
| 30. |
The group of small pieces of rocks revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called |
| A. | Meteors |
| B. | Comets |
| C. | Meteorites |
| D. | Asteroids |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Which of the following planets has largest number of satellites or moons ? |
| A. | Jupiter |
| B. | Neptune |
| C. | Earth |
| D. | Saturn |
| Answer» B. Neptune | |
| 32. |
The approximate diameter of Earth is |
| A. | 4200 km |
| B. | 6400 km |
| C. | 3400 km |
| D. | 12800 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Time taken by Sun's light to reach Earth is |
| A. | 8 min 18 sec |
| B. | 9 min |
| C. | 9 min 18 sec |
| D. | 6 min 18 sec |
| Answer» B. 9 min | |
| 34. |
Which planet was named after the Roman God Zeus ? |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Venus |
| D. | Jupiter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
The largest planet in our solar system is |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Uranus |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Saturn |
| Answer» D. Saturn | |
| 36. |
Which of the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth ? |
| A. | Venus |
| B. | Uranus |
| C. | Saturn |
| D. | Neptune |
| Answer» B. Uranus | |
| 37. |
How much is the mass of the moon when compared with that of the earth ? |
| A. | 1/49 |
| B. | 1/81 |
| C. | 1/51 |
| D. | 1/8 |
| Answer» C. 1/51 | |
| 38. |
The distance of Moon from the Earth is |
| A. | 364 thousand kms. |
| B. | 300 thousand kms. |
| C. | 350 thousand kms. |
| D. | 446 thousand kms. |
| Answer» B. 300 thousand kms. | |
| 39. |
Who discovered the solar system ? |
| A. | Aryabhatta |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Copernicus |
| D. | Kepler |
| Answer» D. Kepler | |
| 40. |
Which of the following planets is called "Blue planet" ? |
| A. | Venus |
| B. | Earth |
| C. | Uranus |
| D. | Mercury |
| Answer» C. Uranus | |
| 41. |
Which of the following planet is known as "Red Planet" ? |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Mars |
| C. | Jupiter |
| D. | Saturn |
| E. | . |
| Answer» C. Jupiter | |
| 42. |
Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the sun ? |
| A. | Earth |
| B. | Jupiter |
| C. | Mars |
| D. | Venus |
| Answer» C. Mars | |
| 43. |
What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth ? |
| A. | A circle |
| B. | A sphere |
| C. | A geoid |
| D. | An oblate sphere |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The average distance between the moon and the earth's |
| A. | 384,000 km |
| B. | 267,000 km |
| C. | 540,000 km |
| D. | 576,000 km |
| Answer» B. 267,000 km | |
| 45. |
How much of the total surface area of the moon is never visible from the earth |
| A. | 41 per cent |
| B. | 47 per cent |
| C. | 53 per cent |
| D. | 59 per cent |
| Answer» B. 47 per cent | |
| 46. |
Which one of the following conditions is most relevant for the presence of life on mars ? |
| A. | Atmospheric composition |
| B. | Thermal conditions |
| C. | Occurrence of ice cap and frozen water |
| D. | Occurrence of ozone |
| Answer» D. Occurrence of ozone | |
| 47. |
The energy of sun is produced by |
| A. | Nuclear fission |
| B. | Ionisation |
| C. | Nuclear fusion |
| D. | Oxidation |
| Answer» D. Oxidation | |
| 48. |
When the earth is at its maximum distance from the sun it is said to be in |
| A. | aphelion |
| B. | perihelion |
| C. | apogee |
| D. | perigee |
| Answer» B. perihelion | |
| 49. |
Lunar eclipse occurs |
| A. | When moon lies between earth and sun |
| B. | When earth lies between sun and moon |
| C. | When sun lies between earth and moon |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. When sun lies between earth and moon | |
| 50. |
What happens when one crosses 180 longitude from east to west ? |
| A. | One gains a day |
| B. | One looses a day |
| C. | One neither gains nor looses a day but the time changes |
| D. | There is no change in time or day |
| Answer» B. One looses a day | |