SSC QUIZ ( GEOGRAPHY)

1.    One degree of longitude on the equator is equal to a distance of –

(1) 34.5 miles                    (2) 50 miles

(3) 60 miles                       (4) South pole

2.    The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of –

(1) Axis of the earth           (2) Equator

(3) North pole                    (4) South pole

3.    When would you record the maximum angle of incidence of the Sun’s       rays at the north pole?

(1) March 21                    

(2) September 21

(3) When the sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer

(4) When the Sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn  
                   

4.    Which of the following best describes longitude?

(1) A imaginary line joining north and south poles.

(2) The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian

(3) The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian

(4) The position of a place on earth’s surface with reference to the Prime meridian

5.    Latitude of place is indicated of its –

(1) Time                            (2) Altitude

(3) Amount of rain              (4) Temperature

6.    Which one of the following cities does not have same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?

(1) London (UK)                 (2) Lisbon (Portugal)

(3) Accra (Ghana)              (4) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

7.    The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22^nd December, is –

(1) Chennai                       (2) Madrid

(3) Melbourne                    (4) Moscow

8.    Geostationary orbit is at a height of –

(1) 6 km                            (2) 1000 km

(3) 3600 km                       (4) 36,000 km

9.    The earth is at the least distance from the sun (Perihelion) on –

(1) December 22^nd            (2) January 3^rd

(3) July 4^th                        (4) June 21^st

10.  The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion) on –

(1) June 21^st                      (2) January 3^rd

(3) July 4^th                         (4) September 23rd

11.  At the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere which of the following latitudes will have the largest night?

(1) 45­­­⁰N                            (2)33^oN

(3) 66⁰N                            (4) 66⁰S

12.  What is the International Date Line?

(1) It is equator                 

(2) It is the 0⁰ longitude

(3) It is the 90⁰ east longitude

(4) It is the 180^olongitude

13.  The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich. Hence, it is located at

(1) 30⁰ W longitude           (2) 30⁰ E longitude

(3) 28⁰ E longitude            (4) 28⁰ W longitude

14.  The Magnitude of Earthquake is measured on the –

(1) Barometer                   (2) Anemometer

(3) Kelvin meter                (4) Richter scale

15.  Dome mountain are the result of –

(1) Intrusion of magma

(2) Folding

(3) Frictions at the joints of the rocks

(4) Faulting

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