Geography GK Questions and Answers

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Question :: Which is the closest planet to the sun?

(A) Earth

(B) Mercury

(D) Saturn

Answer :: (B) Mercury

Question :: What is the average circumference of the earth?

(A) 20000 km

(B) 30000 km

(D) 50000 km

Answer :: (C) 40000 km.

Question :: Which planet has maximum number of satellites?

(A) Saturn

(B) Jupiter

(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

(D) Earth

Answer :: (D) Earth

Question :: What is the angular value of the equator?

(A) 23°

(B) 0°

(D) 90°

Answer :: (B) 0°

Question :: What is the time difference between India and Britain?

(A) 4 hrs

(B) 5.30 hrs

(D) 8.30 hrs

Answer :: (B) 5.30 hrs

Question :: What is the time difference per longitude?

(A) 1 min

(B) 4 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

(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

(D) Galileo

Answer :: (A) S. Chandashekhar

Question :: ‘Super Nova’ is a/an ____

(A) Dying star

(B) Black hole

(D) Asteroid

Answer :: (A) Dying star

Question :: ‘Light Year’ is the unit of ____

(A) Time

(B) Electricity

(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

(D) Nicolaus Copernicus

Answer :: (D) Nicolaus Copernicus

Question :: The Earth is located between ____

(A) Mars and Jupiter

(B) Mercury 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

(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

(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

(D) Venus

Answer :: (A) Jupiter

Question :: To complete one revolution around the Sun, Uranus takes ___

(A) 33 Years

(B) 56 Years

(D) 68 Years

Answer :: (C) 84 Years

Question :: Which planet is the second largest planet in the solar system?

(A) Earth

(B) Neptune

(D) Saturn

Answer :: (D) Saturn

Question :: Which one of the following is the heaviest planet of our Solar System?

(A) Mars

(B) Pluto

(D) Neptune

Answer :: (C) Jupiter

Question :: Miranda is the satellite of ____

(A) Uranus

(B) Neptune

(D) Jupiter

Answer :: (A) Uranus

Question :: ‘Titan’ is the largest satellite of which planet?

(A) Mars

(B) Jupiter

(D) Saturn

Answer :: (D) Saturn

Question :: Which is the smallest planet in solar system?

(A) Venus

(B) Mars

(D) Earth

Answer :: (C) Mercury

Question :: Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

(A) Mercury

(B) Venus

(D) Jupiter

Answer :: (B) Venus

Question :: Which is the largest Planet in the Solar System?

(A) Jupiter

(B) Earth

(D) Saturn

Answer :: (A) Jupiter

Question :: Which is the nearest planet to the Earth?

(A) Saturn

(B) Venus

(D) Mars

Answer :: (B) Venus

Question :: Which is the biggest natural satellite in the solar system?

(A) Titon

(B) Ariel

(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

(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

(D) Jupiter and Saturn

Answer :: (C) Mars and Jupiter

Question :: The circumference of the moon is about ____

(A) 13567 km

(B) 11000 km

(D) 15529 km

Answer :: (B) 11000 km

Question :: Hailey’s comet appears in every ____

(A) 54 years

(B) 5 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

(D) 1667

Answer :: (D) 1667

Question :: The earth reaches its aphelion on _____

(A) July 4

(B) January 3

(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

(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

(D) None of the above

Answer :: (A) oblate ellipsoid

Question :: Which is the longest day in North Hemisphere?

(A) Dec 22

(B) July 4

(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

(D) 20 core km

Answer :: (B) 14 core km

Question :: Date of Vernal equinox is ___

(A) July 4

(B) Jan 30

(D) Mar 21

Answer :: (D) Mar 21

Question :: One degree latitude is equal to approx. ___

(A) 111 km

(B) 5 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

(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

(D) 178

Answer :: (B) 181