Quiz on Geography (Earth and related stuff)

Q 1:Name the highest place on the earth?
Mt Blanc
Mt Everest
K2

Q 2:The Earth has how many natural satellites?

2
1
4

Q 3:Nearest position of earth to sun is called?
aphelion
perigee
perilion

Q 4:The earth reaches its perihelion on ............... every year at a distance of about 147 million-Kilometers.
Dec 21
Jan 3
June 22

Q 5:Aphelion: Farthest position of earth from sun. The earth reaches its aphelion on ..............., when the earth is at a distance of 152 million Kilometers.
Jan 3
July 4
Dec 21

Q 6:Earth's motion in ................. orbit around the sun.
cycloidal
spheroidal
elliptical

Q 7:On .........................the sun is directly overhead the equator. This is the season of spring in the northern hemisphere.
March 21
June 21
September 23

Q 8:...............is the 'Greatest Circle' that can be drawn on the earth's surface.
Artic Cricle
Equator
Tropic of Cancer

Q 9:.......................is the 180° meridian running over the Pacific Ocean, deviating at Aleutian Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Gilbert Islands.
Equator
Arctic Circle
International Date Line

Q 10:Each meridian of longitude is a semi-circle. 180° meridian (International Date Line) lies exactly opposite to ° meridian. Such points are called
Antinodl Points
Antipodl Points
Antipolar Points

Q 11:The earth is divided into ...... longitudinal zones, each being 15° or 1 hour apart in time (4 minutes / degree).
24
42
26

Q 12:India, whose longitudinal extent is approx. 30°, has adopted only one time zone, selecting the 82.5°E for the standard time which is .......... ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

6 hr 25 min
5 hr 30 min
4 hr 50 min

Q 13:Kanyakumari, also known as ............
Cape Piai
Indira Point
Cape Comorin

Q 14:The Moon's orbit around the Earth is ?
elliptical
solenoidal
circular

Q 15:The Earth is ...th largest planet in our solar system.
6
5
3

Q 16:How many countries are there on the earth?
192
198
195

Q 17:The peak of the volcano Chimborazo in ............. at 20,561 feet (6267 m) is farthest from the center of the earth due to its location near the equator and the oblateness of the Earth.
Ecaudor
Mexico
Peru

Q 18:Nations and other entities are islands that border no other countries are
92
98
105

Q 19:The greatest ocean depth is the ?
Red Sea
Dead Sea
Mariana Trench

Q 20:Which atmospheric layer's outer part is called Magnetosphere.
Exosphere
Ionosphere
Mesosphere

Q 21:The final boundary between the earth and the outer space is called ?
Magnetopause
Magnetosphere
Ozone layer

Q 22:The auroras are produced by the charged particles from the sun captured by earth's magnetic field at heights of about ?

500km
100km
1000km

Q 23:Layer nearest to earth's surface?
Ionosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere

Q 24:1 fathom = ?
1.8 m
1.5 m
1.2 m

Q 25:The boundary between continental shelf and slope is known as ........... Line
Maginot
Andestine
Majan