1 |
What is the axial tilt of the Earth? |
24.5 degrees
17.5 degrees
12.7 degrees
23.5 degrees
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2 |
What is the approximate diameter of the earth? |
7926.2 miles (12.756 km)
12,000 miles (19,300 km)
22,000 miles (34,400 km)
25,000 miles (40,200 km)
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3 |
What is the exact time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun? |
365 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes, and 18 seconds
365 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 49 seconds
364 days, 11 hours, 50 minutes, and 38 seconds
365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds
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4 |
Earth rotates in about how many hours? |
26 hours
12 hours
24 hours
23 hours
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5 |
Saturn was the first planet known to have: |
Rings
Sunspots
Satellites
Craters
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6 |
At one time, Greeks associated Venus with what goddess? |
Aphrodite
Andromeda
Cassiopeia
Athena
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7 |
What is the object called when we see the streak of light in the sky? |
Meteor
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Jupiter
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8 |
Who among the following contributed most to be development of Astronomy? |
Greeks
Romans
Indians
Arabs
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9 |
Spring tide means: |
Higher high tide, higher low tide
Higher high tide, lower low tide
Lower high tide, lower low tide
Lower high tide, higher low tide
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10 |
What river separates the Libyan Desert from the Nubian? |
Nile
Orange
Zambezi
Vaal
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11 |
Which one of the following latitudes forms a Great Circle? |
0 degree
23-1/2 degree
66-1/2 degree
90 degree
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12 |
The tropical cyclone of the Bay of Bengal are usually calle: |
Hurricanes
Typhoons
Depression
Tornadoes
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13 |
Greenwich Mean Time is the local time of: |
180 degree longitude
80 degree west longitude
0 degree longitude
80 degree East longitude
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14 |
The lower layer of the atmosphere is known as-- |
Mesosphere
Ionosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
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15 |
The spring tide occurs when the moon, the sun and the earth make in angle of- |
180<sup>o</sup>
90<sup>o</sup>
45<sup>o</sup>
33<sup>o</sup>
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16 |
Lines joining places receiving equal amount of rainfall are called: |
Isohalines
Isobars
Isotherms
Isohyets
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17 |
What is Great Barrier Reef? |
A belt of Coral along the east coasts of Australia
A cave between Sydney and Melbourne
A fish found area in the sea near New Zealand
A mine situated in the Great Victoria Valley
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18 |
The original inhabitants of New Zealand are known as- |
Maoris
Bedouins
Magyars
Tartars
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19 |
Which of the following is the chief crop of Australia? |
Rice
Maize
Wheat
Potato
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20 |
Which part of Australia receives rain throughout the year? |
Western part
Eastern part
Southern part
Northern part
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21 |
What is the chief export from New Zealand? |
Wool
Oil
Motor Car
Cigarette
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22 |
Which country's name used to be the United Arab Republic and what is the current name for this country? |
Morocco
Egypt
Algeria
Libya
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23 |
Which of the following countries got status of landlocked country on 28th June 2006? |
Montenegro
Serbia
San Marino
Bolivia
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24 |
Which of the following countries is landlocked country? |
Switzerland
Belarus
Austria
All of above
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25 |
Which country gained its independence from France on March 20, 1956? |
Morocco
Tunisia
Egypt
Algeria
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26 |
What is the biggest island in South Africa? |
Ascension
Marion
Gough
Tristan Cunha
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27 |
Which continent is host to the most countries in the world? |
America
Asia
Africa
Europe
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28 |
Which land is famous for maximum biodiversity? |
Monsoon lands
Steppes
Savanna
Prairies
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29 |
Which land is famous for mixed farming? |
Monsoon Lands
Steppes
Savanna
Prairies
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30 |
Which land is famous for Break basket? |
Monsoon lands
Steppes
Savanna
Prairies
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31 |
Most of the weather phenomena take place in troposphere only because: |
Temperature remains almost constant in troposphere
It contains electrically charged particles
It absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun
It contains almost all the water vapour and most dust particles
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32 |
The percentage of radiant energy, reflected back by a surface is called: |
Albedo
Insolation
Greenhouse effect
Refraction
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33 |
Which is the lowest water body on earth? |
Black Sea
Dead Sea
Aral Sea
Red Sea
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34 |
Which one of the following countries is not in Africa? |
Kenya
Nigeria
Bolivia
Ethiopia
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35 |
Which is the mountain between the Black sea and Caspian Sea? |
Ural
Caucasus
Alps
Balkan
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36 |
Which is the hottest place of the word? |
Aziziyah
Seville
Death Valley
JaccZ
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37 |
One degree of longitude/ latitude covers approximately: |
70 miles
56.6 miles
66.6 miles
28.6 miles
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38 |
The Celtic Sea is located between which two countries. |
Australia and New Zealand
India and Sri Lanka
Zanzibar and Tanzania
England and Ireland
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39 |
"Bandar Bushehr" is the seaport of: |
Egypt
Syria
Iran
India
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40 |
Which neighbour country of Pakistan is called landlocked country? |
Iran
India
China
Afghanistan
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41 |
Which of the following countries are landlocked countries? |
Chad
Switzerland
Uganda
All of above
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42 |
Israel has common borders with: |
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt
Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Jordan
Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt
Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
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43 |
Hanging valleys are formed due to the action of: |
Volcanic eruption
Glacier
Waves of Ocean
River
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44 |
Soils are usually formed by the process of- |
Erosion
Deposition
Denudation
Weathering
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45 |
In 2013, the government of Pakistan handed over Gwadar port operations to: |
Indonesia
Malaysia
China
Singapore
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