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1. The minimum distance between the sun and the earth occurs on ?

(1) January 3
(2) June 21
(3) September 22
(4) December 22
Correct Answere: January 3
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2. On the day the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in ?

(1) Aphelion
(2) Apogee
(3) Perihelion
(4) Perigee
Correct Answere: Perihelion
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3. How much of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth ?

(1) More than 75%
(2) Only about 40%
(3) About 59%
(4) About 65%
Correct Answere: About 59%
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4. Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in ?

(1) 4.3 Seconds
(2) 4.3 Minutes
(3) 43 Minutes
(4) 4.3 Years
Correct Answere: 4.3 Years
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5. The earth is its maximum distance from the sun on ?

(1) January 30
(2) July 4
(3) September 22
(4) December 22
Correct Answere: July 4
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6. Which of the following will never get the vertical rays of the sun ?

(1) Chennai
(2) Mumbai
(3) Srinagar
(4) Thiruvananthapuram
Correct Answere: Srinagar
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7. On the surface of the moon, the ?

(1) Mass and weight become lesser
(2) Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
(3) Only the mass is lesser
(4) Mass and weight both remain unchanged
Correct Answere: Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
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8. Which comet appears every 76 years ?

(1) Hailey's
(2) Holme's
(3) Donati's
(4) Alpha Centauri
Correct Answere: Hailey's
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9. The longest day in Australia will be on ?

(1) June 21
(2) September 22
(3) March 23
(4) December 22
Correct Answere: December 22
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10. One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between ?

(1) Earth and the Sun
(2) Earth and the Moon
(3) Jupiter and the Sun
(4) Mars and the Sun
Correct Answere: Earth and the Sun
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11. Which place will experience sunlight for the longest period in summer ?

(1) Chennai
(2) Mumbai
(3) Kolkata
(4) Srinagar
Correct Answere: Srinagar
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12. We always see the same face of the moon because ?

(1) It is smaller than the earth
(2) It revolves on its axis in a direcation opposite to than of the earth
(3) It takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
(4) It rotates at the same speed as the earth around the sun
Correct Answere: It takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
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13. What is the unit of measurement of the distances of stars from the earth ?

(1) Light year
(2) Fathoms
(3) Nautical miles
(4) Kilometres
Correct Answere: Light year
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14. A person planning to travel by the shortest route should follow ?

(1) The winds
(2) The rivers
(3) The latitudes
(4) The longitudes
Correct Answere: The longitudes
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15. What will happen if the temperature of water is lowered from 8 -Degrees to 3-degrees ?

(1) Water will freeze
(2) Water will not change in volume
(3) The volume will first increase, then decrease
(4) The volume will first decrease, then increase
Correct Answere: The volume will first decrease, then increase
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16. Farrel's Law is concerned with the ?

(1) Direction of winds
(2) Intensity of waves
(3) Velocity of winds
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Direction of winds
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17. A day is added when one crosses ?

(1) The equator from north to south
(2) 180-degrees longitude from west to east
(3) 180- degrees longitude from east to west
(4) The equator from south to north
Correct Answere: 180- degrees longitude from east to west
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18. Where is the doldrums belt located ?

(1) Near the equator
(2) Near the polar areas
(3) On the Tropic of Cancer
(4) On the Tropic of Capricorn
Correct Answere: Near the equator
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19. Which one of the following is a great circle ?

(1) Tropic of Cancer
(2) Tropic of Capricorn
(3) Equator
(4) Arctic circle
Correct Answere: Equator
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20. What is a cyclone ?

(1) A low pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
(2) A high pressure system with anticlock - wise winds in the northern hemisphere
(3) A low pressure system with anticlockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
(4) A high pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
Correct Answere: A low pressure system with anticlockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
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21. What is a tornado ?

(1) A very high pressure centre
(2) A very low pressure centre
(3) A very high ocean wave
(4) A planetary wind
Correct Answere: A very low pressure centre
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22. Which layer of the atmosphere maintains an almost uniform horizontal temperature ?

(1) Troposphere
(2) Tropopause
(3) Stratosphere
(4) All of these
Correct Answere: Stratosphere
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23. In which region can the phenomenon of midnight sun be observed ?

(1) In the tropical zone
(2) In warm temperate regions
(3) In the Arctic and Antarctic regions
(4) Anywhere at the time of solar eclipse
Correct Answere: In the Arctic and Antarctic regions
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24. What is meant by the term 'cirrus' ?

(1) A low cloud
(2) A rain - bearing cloud
(3) A high cloud
(4) A hail - bearing cloud
Correct Answere: A high cloud
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25. One of the warm currents in the Indian Ocean is the ?

(1) Agulhas Current
(2) Curoshio Current
(3) Humboldt Current
(4) Labrador Current
Correct Answere: Agulhas Current
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26. The velocity of winds is governed by ?

(1) Pressure gradient
(2) Farrel's Law
(3) Rortation of the earth
(4) Temperature
Correct Answere: Pressure gradient
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27. In which of the following areas is salinity likely to be the highest ?

(1) Indian Ocean
(2) Red Sea
(3) North Pacific
(4) North Atlantic
Correct Answere: Red Sea
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28. What is fog ?

(1) A cumulonimbus cloud
(2) A low stratus cloud
(3) A cirro stratus cloud
(4) An altocumulus cloud
Correct Answere: A low stratus cloud
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29. The order of the layers in the atmosphere, upwards from below, is ?

(1) Stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere and exosphere
(2) Exosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and stratosphere
(3) Troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere
(4) Troposphere, magnetosphere, stratosphere and exosphere
Correct Answere: Troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere
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30. The leeward side of a mountain which does not receive rain is known as the ?

(1) Dry zone
(2) Desert area
(3) Rain - shadow area
(4) Adiabatically dry area
Correct Answere: Rain - shadow area
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31. Lines joining places experiencing a thunderstorm at the same time are known as ?

(1) Isohyets
(2) Isochrones
(3) Isobronts
(4) Isophenes
Correct Answere: Isobronts
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32. Isohalines are the isopleths of ?

(1) Height
(2) Salinity
(3) Hail
(4) Transport cost
Correct Answere: Salinity
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33. What is the name given to native American Indians ?

(1) Amerinds
(2) Alpine
(3) Bushmen
(4) Mestizoes
Correct Answere: Amerinds
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34. Metamorphic rocks originate from ?

(1) Igneous rocks
(2) Sedimentary rocks
(3) Both igneous and sedimentary rocks
(4) None of these
Correct Answere: Both igneous and sedimentary rocks
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35. Isochrones are lines joining places with equal ?

(1) Longitude
(2) Travelling time from a point
(3) Rainfall
(4) Frost
Correct Answere: Travelling time from a point
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36. Bindibu are natives of ?

(1) Australia
(2) Canada
(3) North Europe
(4) South America
Correct Answere: Australia
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37. Which one is wrongly matched ?

(1) Pygmies - Zaire Basin
(2) Veddas - Nepal
(3) Kikuyu - Kenya
(4) Papuans - New Guinea
Correct Answere: Veddas - Nepal
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38. Isobaths are used to show ?

(1) Depth
(2) Rainfall
(3) Pressure
(4) Time
Correct Answere: Depth
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39. The best way to define rock types will be ?

(1) Igneous - carbonate - metamorphic
(2) Sedimentary - igneous - limestone
(3) Igneous - sedimentary - metamorphic
(4) Igeous - metamorphic - marble
Correct Answere: Igneous - sedimentary - metamorphic
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40. One of the froups of people inhabiting the Asiatic tundra is the ?

(1) Guacho
(2) Pygmy
(3) Samoyed
(4) Vedda
Correct Answere: Samoyed
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41. The homeland of the Yakuts is ?

(1) Iran
(2) Kenya
(3) Russian tundra
(4) North India
Correct Answere: Russian tundra
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42. The indigenous people living in the steppes of the Russia are the ?

(1) Bhils
(2) Bushmen
(3) Kirghiz
(4) Tuareg
Correct Answere: Kirghiz
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43. Isohels are the isopleths of ?

(1) Sunshine
(2) Flowering time
(3) Clouds
(4) Rain
Correct Answere: Sunshine
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44. Lapps inhabit ?

(1) East Africa
(2) European steppes
(3) European tundra
(4) South American grasslands
Correct Answere: European tundra
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45. What is meant by 'willy - willy' ?

(1) A very high tide
(2) A tropical cyclone near India
(3) An earthquake
(4) Tropical cyclone near Australia
Correct Answere: Tropical cyclone near Australia

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