📊 Geography
Q. Which among the following statements about the international date line is not correct?
  • (A) The international date line is largely based on the 180 degree meridian
  • (B) The difference in time between the places just either side of the international date line is almost one day
  • (C) The difference in time to the extent of one day on either side of the international date line is caused by inclined axis of the earth
  • (D) The international date line mostly passes through the Pacific Ocean
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) The difference in time to the extent of one day on either side of the international date line is caused by inclined axis of the earth
📊 Geography
Q. Which parts of the Earth surface experience least variation in incoming solar radiation throughout the year?
  • (A) Poles
  • (B) Equatorial regions
  • (C) Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
  • (D) Arctic and Antarctic circles
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) Equatorial regions
📊 Geography
Q. Nearly 30% of the solar radiations returned back to the space without contributing anything to the Earth's surface temperature. this amount of radiation is known as
  • (A) Black body
  • (B) Tropopause
  • (C) Earth's albedo
  • (D) Mesopause
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) Earth's albedo
📊 Geography
Q. Which one among the following statements is not correct?
  • (A) Solar noon occurs simultaneously at locations with the same longitude
  • (B) One meridian, which is directly under the sun, experiences solar noon at a given time
  • (C) Places having same longitude experience solar noon at different times
  • (D) Solar noon occurs at different times at locations with the same latitude
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) One meridian, which is directly under the sun, experiences solar noon at a given time
📊 Geography
Q. The circle of illumination divides Earth into two hemispheres known as
  • (A) East and West
  • (B) North and South
  • (C) Day and night
  • (D) Summer and winter
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) Day and night
📊 Geography
Q. Satellite having the same orbital period as the period of rotation of the earth about its own axis is known as
  • (A) Polar satellite
  • (B) Geostationary satellite
  • (C) Stationary satellite
  • (D) INSAT
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) Geostationary satellite
📊 Geography
Q. Albedo effect would be relatively higher in
  • (A) Early morning and late evening
  • (B) Early morning only
  • (C) Noon
  • (D) Late evening only
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) Early morning and late evening
📊 Geography
Q. Composite volcanic cone is also called strata cone because of the
  • (A) Alternating sheets of Lava and pyroclastic materials
  • (B) Uneven streams of Lava flow
  • (C) Cataclysmic eruption
  • (D) Eruption of Lava flow from a fissure
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) Cataclysmic eruption
📊 Geography
Q. Which of the following statements regarding the duration of day and night is correct?
  • (A) Difference is least near the equator and progressively increases away from it
  • (B) Difference is maximum at the equator and progressively decreases away from it
  • (C) Difference is least at the tropics and progressively increases towards the equator and poles
  • (D) Difference is maximum at the tropics and progressively decreases towards the equator and poles
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) Difference is least near the equator and progressively increases away from it
📊 Geography
Q. Which of the following is/are a direct source (s) of information about the interior of the earth?
1. Earthquake waves
2. Volcano
3. Gravitational force
4. Earth magnetism
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
  • (A) 1 and 2
  • (B) Only 2
  • (C) 3 and 4
  • (D) All of these
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) 1 and 2

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