Geography Quiz

1. A Plant which revolves very slowly around the sun is
a) Mercury
b) Pluto
c) Venus
d) Saturn

2. The Planet nearest to the sun is
a) Mars
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) Saturn

3. Tides in the ocean occurs due to
a) the attraction of the moon
b) the attraction of the sun
c) both of the above
d) spherical shape of the earth

4. The lowest layer of atmosphere is called
a) exosphere
b) troposphere
c) stratosphere
d) ionosphere

5. Lines drawn parallel to the equator is called
a) Latitudes
b) Longitudes
c) Meridians
d) None of these

6. Which of the following is nearest to the earth?
a) Sun
b) Mercury
c) Moon
d) None of These

7. Days and nights are caused by
a) Earth’s rotates on its axis
b) Earth revolution around the sun
c) change in sun’s temperature
d) Both (1) and (2)

8. The approximate time required for light from the moon to reach earth is about
a) 1 minute
b) 1 hour
c) 1 day
d) 1 Second

9. Mars, Mercury and Saturn are
a) Fixed stars
b) Heavily bodies
c) Planets
d) None of these

10. Earthquakes and Volcanoes are associated with
a) folded and faulted regions
b) deep sea plains
c) plateau regions
d) coastal regions