Free Online Geography Model Test Paper

Free Online Geography Model Test Paper
Practice Test Paper Of Geography
1. Which of the following are true regarding the crust of the earth?
I. It is the outer thin layer with a total thickness of about 100 km
ll. It forms around 0.5 percent of the earth’s volume
lll. The outer covering of the crust is of sedimentary material
IV. The lower layer of the crust consists of basaltic and ultra-basic rocks
(a) I and II
(b) I, II and III
(c) I, II and IV
(d) I, ll, Ill and IV
Answer. (c)

2. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?
(a) 30,000 km
(b) 35,000 km
(c) 40,000 km
(d) 45,000 km
Answer. (c)

3. The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December is:
(a) Chennai
(b) Madrid
(c) Melbourne
(d) Moscow
Answer. (c)

4. Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls
short of the equatorial radius by about:
(a) 22 km
(b) 36 km
(c) 41 km
(d) 53 km
Answer. (a)

5. The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Aphelion) on:
(a) June 21st
(b) January 3rd
(c) July 4th
(d) September 23rd
Answer. (c)

6. Which part of the earth’s surface receives the highest amount of insulation?
(a) Tropical deserts
(b) Equatorial region
(c) Savanna region
(d) No such criteria
Answer. (a)

7. Which of the following layers of the earth is believed to have the heaviest mineral
materials of highest density?
(a) Central core
(b) Crust
(c) Mantle
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer. (a)

8. Tides in the sea have stored in them:
(a) Hydraulic energy
(b) Kinetic energy
(c) Gravitational potential energy
(d) A combination of all the above three forms of energy.
Answer. (d)

9. Which one of the following would have occurred if the earth had NOT been inclined
on its own axis?
(a) All the seasons would have been of same duration
(b) The seasons would not have changed
(c) The summers would have been of longer duration
(d) The winters would have been of longer duration
Answer. (b)

10. The upper part of the mantle upon which the crust of the Earth floats is called:
(a) Bar sphere
(b) Mesophere
(c) Mohorvicic discontinuity
(d) Asthenosphere
Answer. (d)

11. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth?
1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.
2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator.
3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset
4. Magnetic field of the earth.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer. (d)

12. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of
percent by mass in the earth‘s crust?
(a) Silicon
(b) Oxygen
(c) Carbon
(d) Calcium
Answer. (b)

13. The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from:
(a) West to east
(b) East and west of the prime meridian
(c) Poles to equator
(d) Equator to poles
Answer. (d)

14. Which of the following statements with regard to the term ‘great circle’ is not correct?
(a) Equator is a great circle
(b) A ship can save fuel and time by following the great circle arc between two points
(c) Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
(d) A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere
Answer. (c)

15. The total surface area of earth is:
(a) 510 million sq km
(b) 610 million sq km
(c) 710 million sq km
(d) 810 million sq km
Answer. (a)

16. The approximate diameter of the earth is:
(a) 4,200 km
(b) 6,400 km
(c) 12,800 km
(d) 15,600 km
Answer. (c)

17. Geostationary orbit is at a height of:
(a) 6 km
(b) 1000 km
(c) 3600 km
(d) 36,000 km
Answer. (d)


18. The Earth rotates around an axis pointing towards:
(a) The moon
(b) The pole star
(c) The sun
(d) Venus
Answer. (b)

19. Which one of the following cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other
three cities at any given instant?
(a) London (U.K.)
(b) Lisbon (Portugal)
(c) Accra (Ghana)
(d) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Answer. (d)

20. In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmosphere contained:
(a) Free oxygen
(b) No oxygen
(c) Oxygen in fixed form
(d) Oxygen bound to carbon
Answer. (d)

21. Who among the following was first to measure the circumferences of the Earth?
(a) Eratosthenes
(b) Aristotle
(c) Hecate’s
(d) Herodotus
Answer. (a)

22. Latitude of place is indicative of its:
(a) Time
(b) Altitude
(c) Amount of rainfall
(d) Temperature
Answer. (d)

23. Tides are complied and they vary from place to place because of:
(a) The movement of Moon in relation to Earth
(b) Uneven distribution of water over the globe
(c) Irregularities in the configuration of oceans
(d) All of the above
Answer. (d)

24. If there are four places on the same meridian 500 km apart and the local time at one place
is 12 : 00 noon, what will be the time at the three other places?
(a) 12 : 00 noon
(b) 1 : 00 pm
(c) 2 : 00 pm
(d) Different time at different places
Answer. (a)

25. Assume that the moon takes exactly 30 days to complete the cycle and also assume that it
rises in the east exactly at 6 : 48 pm, on the first day. On the fourth day, at what time will it use?
(a) 8 : 24pm
(b) 9 : 12pm
(c) 10 : 00 pm
(d) 11 : 48 pm
Answer. (c)