Geography GK Questions and Answers
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Question :: Which is the closest planet to the sun?
(A) Earth
(B) Mercury
(C) Jupiter
(D) Saturn
Answer :: (B) Mercury
Question :: What is the average circumference of the earth?
(A) 20000 km
(B) 30000 km
(C) 40000 km
(D) 50000 km
Answer :: (C) 40000 km.
Question :: Which planet has maximum number of satellites?
(A) Saturn
(B) Jupiter
(C) Mars
(D) Venus
Answer :: (A) Saturn
Question :: According to the distance from the sun which is the third planet in the solar system ?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Mercury
(D) Earth
Answer :: (D) Earth
Question :: What is the angular value of the equator?
(A) 23°
(B) 0°
(C) 180°
(D) 90°
Answer :: (B) 0°
Question :: What is the time difference between India and Britain?
(A) 4 hrs
(B) 5.30 hrs
(C) 7 hrs
(D) 8.30 hrs
Answer :: (B) 5.30 hrs
Question :: What is the time difference per longitude?
(A) 1 min
(B) 4 min
(C) 8 min
(D) 12 min
Answer :: (B) 4 min
Question :: In 140 AD Ptolemy propounded the theory that ____
(A) The earth is the centre of universe
(B) The sun is the centre of universe
(C) The earth is the centre of solar system
(D) The sun is the centre of solar system
Answer :: (A) The earth is the centre of universe
Question :: The “Black Hole‟ theory was propounded by ___
(A) S. Chandrasekhar
(B) Ptolemy
(C) Nicolaus Copernicus
(D) Galileo
Answer :: (A) S. Chandashekhar
Question :: ‘Super Nova’ is a/an ____
(A) Dying star
(B) Black hole
(C) Galaxy
(D) Asteroid
Answer :: (A) Dying star
Question :: ‘Light Year’ is the unit of ____
(A) Time
(B) Electricity
(C) Distance
(D) None of the above
Answer :: (C) Distance
Question :: Who among the following scientist first discovered the Earth revolves the Sun?
(A) Galileo
(B) Ptolemy
(C) Newton
(D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer :: (D) Nicolaus Copernicus
Question :: The Earth is located between ____
(A) Mars and Jupiter
(B) Mercury and Mars
(C) Venus and Mars
(D) Jupiter and Saturn
Answer :: (C) Venus and Mars
Question :: When does Solar eclipse occur?
(A) When Earth comes between Sun and Moon
(B) When Moon comes between Earth and Sun
(C) When Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon
(D) None of the above
Answer :: (B) When Moon comes between Earth and Sun
Question :: Which of the following planets does not have a satellite?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Saturn
(D) Mercury
Answer :: (D) Mercury
Question :: Among the following planets which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Earth
(C) Mars
(D) Venus
Answer :: (A) Jupiter
Question :: To complete one revolution around the Sun, Uranus takes ___
(A) 33 Years
(B) 56 Years
(C) 84 Years
(D) 68 Years
Answer :: (C) 84 Years
Question :: Which planet is the second largest planet in the solar system?
(A) Earth
(B) Neptune
(C) Venus
(D) Saturn
Answer :: (D) Saturn
Question :: Which one of the following is the heaviest planet of our Solar System?
(A) Mars
(B) Pluto
(C) Jupiter
(D) Neptune
Answer :: (C) Jupiter
Question :: Miranda is the satellite of ____
(A) Uranus
(B) Neptune
(C) Mars
(D) Jupiter
Answer :: (A) Uranus
Question :: ‘Titan’ is the largest satellite of which planet?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Venus
(D) Saturn
Answer :: (D) Saturn
Question :: Which is the smallest planet in solar system?
(A) Venus
(B) Mars
(C) Mercury
(D) Earth
Answer :: (C) Mercury
Question :: Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
(A) Mercury
(B) Venus
(C) Mars
(D) Jupiter
Answer :: (B) Venus
Question :: Which is the largest Planet in the Solar System?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Earth
(C) Mars
(D) Saturn
Answer :: (A) Jupiter
Question :: Which is the nearest planet to the Earth?
(A) Saturn
(B) Venus
(C) Mercury
(D) Mars
Answer :: (B) Venus
Question :: Which is the biggest natural satellite in the solar system?
(A) Titon
(B) Ariel
(C) Nereid
(D) Ganymede
Answer :: (D) Ganymede
Question :: Apogee is ___
(A) the maximum distance of the moon from the earth
(B) minimum distance of the moon from the earth
(C) highest point of the earth
(D) none of the above
Answer :: (A) the maximum distance of the moon from the earth
Question :: Asteroids are lying between ____
(A) Earth and Venus
(B) Earth and Mars
(C) Mars and Jupiter
(D) Jupiter and Saturn
Answer :: (C) Mars and Jupiter
Question :: The circumference of the moon is about ____
(A) 13567 km
(B) 11000 km
(C) 9860 km
(D) 15529 km
Answer :: (B) 11000 km
Question :: Hailey’s comet appears in every ____
(A) 54 years
(B) 5 years
(C) 44 years
(D) 76 years
Answer :: (D) 76 years
Question :: The rotational velocity of the earth at the equator is approximately _____ km / hrs
(A) 1008
(B) 1300
(C) 1226
(D) 1667
Answer :: (D) 1667
Question :: The earth reaches its aphelion on _____
(A) July 4
(B) January 3
(C) December 25
(D) March 18
Answer :: (A) July 4
Question :: Perihelion is ____
(A) the nearest position of the moon to the sun
(B) the farthest position of the earth to the sun
(C) the nearest position of the earth to the sun
(D) None of the above
Answer :: (C) the nearest position of the earth to the sun
Question :: The shape of the earth is
(A) oblate ellipsoid
(B) exactly round
(C) plane
(D) None of the above
Answer :: (A) oblate ellipsoid
Question :: Which is the longest day in North Hemisphere?
(A) Dec 22
(B) July 4
(C) June 21
(D) Aug 29
Answer :: (C) June 21
Question :: The average distance of the earth from the sun is _____
(A) 10 core km
(B) 14 core km
(C) 17 core km
(D) 20 core km
Answer :: (B) 14 core km
Question :: Date of Vernal equinox is ___
(A) July 4
(B) Jan 30
(C) July 8
(D) Mar 21
Answer :: (D) Mar 21
Question :: One degree latitude is equal to approx. ___
(A) 111 km
(B) 5 km
(C) 98 km
(D) 360 km
Answer :: (A) 111 km
Question :: Latitude is ___
(A) imaginary line drawn from the centre of the earth
(B) angular distance from the centre of the earth
(C) imaginary lines drawn parallel to the equator
(D) none of the above
Answer :: (C) imaginary lines drawn parallel to the equator
Question :: The total number of latitude is _____
(A) 90
(B) 181
(C) 200
(D) 178
Answer :: (B) 181