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1] The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge mass called: 

A) Indiana
B) Aryavarta
C) Angaraland
D) Gondwana lans

2] Which one of the following is the dominant element of the earth crust? 

A) Aluminium
B) Iron
C) Oxygen
D) Silicon

3] The highest salinity is found in which of the following lakes?

A) Dead sea
B) Balkhash lake
C) Baikal lake
D) Van lake

4] The deepest lake of the world is

A) Crater
B) Baikal
C) Nyasa
D) Tanganyika

5] Which sea is the largest in area?

A) Bering Sea
B) Sea of Japan
C) The Philippine Sea
D) Sea of China

6] The biggest island in the Indian Ocean

A) Maldives
B) Madagascar
C) Lakshadweep
D) Sumatra

7] Earth’s albedo is largely affected by

A) Cloudiness

B) Dust particles in atmosphere
C) Atmospheric layers
D) Nature of the earth’s surface

8] The largest volume and mass of the earth is found in

A) Crust
B) Mantle
C) Outer Core
D) Inner Core

9] The earth is the _____ biggest planet in the solar system

A) 2nd

B) 3rd
C) 4th

D) 5th

10] What is the equinox?

A) When day and night are equal
B) When Day is longer than Night

C) When night is longer than day

D) When day is the shortest

11] The position of the earth or any other planet in its orbit when it is at its nearest point to the sun, is called

1. Aphelion
2. Perihelion
3. Solstice
4. Equinox

12) The position of the earth or any other planet in its orbit when it is at its distant point from the sun, is called

1. Perihelion
2. Aphelion
3. Solstice
4. Equinox

13) When the sun is overhead on the tropics, it is called

1. Equinox
2. Solstice
3. Aphelion
4. Perihelion

14) When the Earth is so located in its orbit that the sun is overhead on the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 Degree North) is called

1. Summer Solstice
2. Winter Solstice
3. Solstice
4. Equinox 

15) On which date does the northern hemisphere experience the longest day

1. 22nd December
2. 21st June
3. 21st March
4. 23rd September

16) On which day does the northern hemisphere experience the shortest day?

1. 22nd December
2. 21st June
3. 21st March
4. 23rd September

17) What happened on the day of the Winter Solstice?

1. The northern hemisphere experiences the longest day
2. The southern hemisphere experiences the shortest day
3. Both the hemisphere experience the equal day
4. The southern hemisphere experiences the longest day

18) The vernal equinox occurs on

1. 21st March
2. 22nd December
3. 23rd September
4. 21st June

19) The spring equinox in the northern hemisphere occurs on 

1. 21st March
2. 22nd December
3. 21st June
4. 23rd September

20) The autumnal equinox occurs on 

1. 22nd December
2. 23rd September
3. 21st March
4. 21st June

21) Which place is called ‘Place of midnight sun’?

A) Kolkata

B) America

C) Greenland

D) Norway

22) Which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the sun?

1. Earth
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Venus

23) Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following?

1. Revolution of the earth
2. Rotation of the earth
3. Rotation of the Moon
4. Revolution of the Moon

24) Which is the largest planet?

1. Jupiter
2. Mercury
3. Earth
4. Venus

25) Which is the brightest planet?

1. Jupiter
2. Mars
3. Venus
4. Earth

26) Which is the densest planet?

1. Jupiter
2. Mars
3. Venus
4. Earth

27) Which is the smallest planet?

1. Mars
2. Venus
3. Pluto
4. Mercury

28) The exact time taken by the Earth for the single rotation on its own axis is

1. 24 hours
2. 24 hours 35 seconds
3. 23 hours 50 minutes 7.2 seconds
4. 23 hours 56 minutes 4.09 seconds

29) Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets?

1. Venus
2. Mars
3. Earth
4. Mercury

30) A star which appears blue is

1. Cooler than the Moon
2. Hotter than the sun
3. As hot as the sun
4. Cooler than the sun

31) The Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following countries?

1. China
2. Chile
3. Brazil
4. Uganda

32) The Tropic of Capricorn passes through which of the following countries?

1. Ecuador
2. Mexico
3. Chile
4. Somalia

33) The Equator passes through which of the following countries?

1. Kiribati 
2. Brazil
3. Indonesia
4. All of the above

34) What is the country on which the Tropic of Capricorn and The Equator pass through?

1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Mexico
4. Uganda

35) Which direction does the earth spin?

1. East to west
2. West to east
3. North to south
4. South to north

36) On which moon does the lunar eclipse take place?

1. New moon
2. Full moon
3. Both
4. Neither

37) What contributes to the red and orange colour of sunrise and sunset?

1. Dust
2. Clouds
3. Both
4. Neither

38) In which process, the sun releases a tremendous amount of energy in all directions?

1. Nuclear fission
2. Nuclear fusion
3. Both
4. Neither

39) What is the age of the earth?

1. 5000 million years
2. 4550 million years
3. 4000 million years
4. 3055 million years

40) What does ‘Asia’ mean?

1. The sky
2. The sea
3. The largest land
4. The rising sun

41) What is Ablation?

1. Fold in rock
2. Loss of ice in glacier
3. Loss of heat of the sun
4. None

42) The Indian Ocean is deeper than

1. Pacific Ocean
2. Arctic Ocean
3. Atlantic Ocean
4. None

43) Which of the following planets is called The ‘Morning Star’?

1. Venus
2. Mars
3. Pluto
4. Jupiter

44) Which of the following planets is called the ‘Veiled Planet’?

1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Venus

45) What is the largest of all inner planets?

1. Venus
2. Earth
3. Mars
4. Mercury

46) The study of the Moon is called

1. Selenology
2. Polotology
3. Monology
4. Munrology

47) What is the largest satellite of Saturn?

1. Ganymede
2. Titan
3. Deimos
4. Fobos

48) What is the highest land point of the Earth?

1. Mt. Kailash
2. Mt. Everest
3. K2
4. Tibet Plateau

49) What is the lowest land point of the earth?

1. Pacific
2. Jaisalmer
3. Dead sea
4. None

50) What place is located at the greatest ocean depth?

1. Dead Sea
2. Tundra Trench
3. Mariana Trench
4. None

51) What is the largest delta?

1. Sunderbans
2. Katiawar delta
3. Tamil Nadu delta
4. Baikal

52) Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?

1. Mercury
2. Jupiter
3. Venus
4. Earth

53) Super Nova is

1. An asteroid
2. A black hole
3. A comet
4. A dying star

54) The time required by moonlight to reach the Earth is

1. 1 second
2. 1.3 second
3. 2 second
4. 2.3 second

55) Which two planets of the solar system have no satellites?

1. Mercury and Venus
2. Venus and Mars
3. Mercury and Mars
4. Venus and Neptune

56) Comets revolve around

1. Sun
2. Earth
3. Venus
4. No single heavenly body

57) Which of the planets is nearest to the Earth?

1. Jupiter
2. Venus
3. Mercury
4. Mars

58) The distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million km) is

1. 111
2. 149
3. 168
4. 193

59) The planet having 13 moons is

1. Venus
2. Mars
3. Uranus
4. Neptune

60) The Earth rotates around its axis from

1. North to South
2. East to West
3. South to North
4. West to East

61) Latitude of place is indicative of its

1. Time
2. Altitude
3. Amount of rainfall
4. Temperature

62) The international Date Line passes through

1. Bering Strait
2. Gibraltar Strait
3. Florida Strait
4. Malacca Strait

63) In how many time zones has the world been divided into?

1. 15
2. 24
3. 90
4. 180

64) Who among the following was the first to measure the circumferences of the Earth?

1. Eratoshenes
2. Aristotle
3. Hecataeus
4. Herodotus

65) Which one of the following elements is the most abundant in the Earth’s crust?

1. Oxygen
2. Sulphur
3. Silicon
4. Carbon

66) Which one of the following minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust?

1. Bauxite
2. Silica
3. Manganese
4. Iron

67) The word used to describe the shape of the Earth is

1. Flat
2. Circle
3. Sphere
4. Oblate Spheroid

68) The mean radius of the earth is approximately

1. 3200 km
2. 6400 km
3. 9600 km
4. 12,800 km

69) The approximate diameter of the Earth is

1. 4200 km
2. 6400 km
3. 12800km
4. 15600 km

70) The distance between the Earth and the sun is smallest in the month of

1. January
2. March
3. June
4. September

71) The amount of actual water vapour of air is known as

1. Absolute humidity
2. Dew point
3. Relative humidity
4. Condensation point

72) Which one among the following is a high cloud?

1. Cirrus
2. Cumulonimbus
3. Nimbostratus
4. Stratus 

73) Jet streams are usually found in the 

1. Ozonosphere
2. Mesosphere
3. Tropopause
4. Ionosphere

74) The youngest mountain range in the world is

1. Western Ghats
2. Himalayas
3. Aravallis
4. Andes

75) The intensity of earthquake is measured on

1. Beaufort scale
2. Richter scale
3. Secant scale
4. Mercalli scale

76) The ‘ring of fire’

1. Is associated with earthquake
2. Is associated with volcanoes
3. Goes round the pacific ocean
4. Is associated with forest fires

77) In Brazil, Tropical Grasslands are called

1. Savannah
2. Campos
3. LIanos
4. Pampas

78) Which is the coldest inhabited place in the world?

1. Kargil
2. Srinagar
3. Leh
4. Drass

79) Atmospheric layer which reflects radio waves is called

1. Exosphere
2. Ionosphere
3. Stratosphere
4. Troposphere

80) In which part of India does the Great Indian Desert lie?

1. Western
2. Eastern
3. Northern
4. Southern

81) How many countries share land boundaries with India?

1. Five
2. Six
3. Seven
4. Nine

82) What is the second smallest continent?

1. Antarctica
2. Europe
3. Australia
4. North America

83) What is the largest island?

1. Europe
2. Australia
3. South america
4. North America

84) What is the smallest continent?

1. Europe
2. Australia
3. North America
4. South America

85) Which planet is now considered as a dwarf planet?

1. Neptune
2. Mercury
3. Pluto
4. Uranus

86) The Sun is composed mainly of

1. Hydrogen
2. Helium
3. Both
4. Neither

87) What is known as the Island Universe?

1. Star
2. Galaxy
3. Space
4. Sun

88) What is the 3rd largest continent in the world?

1. Asia
2. North America
3. South America
4. Africa

89) What is the largest continent in the world?

1. Asia
2. Africa
3. North America
4. South America

90) What is the 4th largest continent in the world?

1. Asia
2. Africa
3. North America
4. South America

91) The movement of earth plates occurs due to

1. Molten magma
2. Crust
3. Mantle
4. None of these

92) Bauxite is an ore of

1. Aluminium
2. Iron
3. Gold
4. Copper

93) How many countries does the Sahara desert touch?

1. 10
2. 8
3. 11
4. 5

94) Which of the following is a cold desert?

1. Thar
2. Sahara
3. Ladakh
4. None

95) How many layers does the Earth have?

1. 5 layers
2. 3 layers
3. 2 layers
4. 1 layer

96) In which continent is the world’s largest desert situated?

1. Asia
2. Africa
3. Australia
4. South America

97) What is the largest desert in the world?

1. Gobi
2. Sahara
3. Thar
4. Atacama

98) Smallest satellite is

1. Titan
2. Deimos
3. Moon
4. None

99) Phobos is one of the satellite of the planet

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Jupiter
4. Mars

100) Study of the earth is called

1. Cosmosology
2. Cosmology
3. Selenology
4. None