EARTH SCIEENCE

1. On the surface of moon, the

a) Mass and weight become lesser
b) Mass remains constant and only the weight is lesser
c) Only the mass is lesser
d) Mass and weight both remain unchanged
2. The minimum distance between the sun and the earth occurs on
a) December 22 b) June 21
c) September 22 d) January 3
3. Which comet appears every 76 years?
a) Hailey’s b) Holme’s
c) Donati’s d) Alpha Centauri
4. On the day the sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in
a) Aphelion b) Perihelion
c) Apogee d) Perigee
5. We always see the same face of moon because
a) It is smaller than earth
b) It revolves on its axis in a direction opposite to that of earth
c) It takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its
on axis
d) It rotates at the same speed as the earth around the sun
6. What is the International Date Line?
a) It is the equator b) It is 00 longitude
0
c) It is the 90 east longitude d) It is the 180 longitude
7. The rate of rotation of the earth on its axis is highest on
a) January 3 b) December 22
c) July 4 d) It never changes
8. How much of the surface of the moon is visible from the earth?
a) More than 75% b) Only about 40%
c) About 59% d) About 65%
9. What is the unit of measurement of the distance of stars from the earth?
a) Light year b) Fathoms
c) Nautical miles d) Kilometers
10. The earth is at its maximum distance from the sun on
a) July 4 b) January 30
c) September 22 d) December 22
11. Which of the following will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
a) Srinagar b) Mumbai
c) Chennai d) Thiruvanthapuram
12. The difference in the duration of day and night increase as one moves from
the ─ to the ─
a) Tropic of Cancer, equator b) Poles, equator
c) Equator, poles d) None of the above
13. A person planning to travel by the shortest route should follow
 a) The winds b) The rivers
c) The latitudes d) The longitudes
14. The order of layers in the atmosphere, upward from below, is
a) Stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere and exosphere
b) Exosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and stratosphere
c) Troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere
d) None of these
15. Most of the weather phenomena takes place in the
a) Stratosphere b) Troposphere
c) Tropopause d) Ionosphere
16. Fall in air temperature with increase in elevation is known as
a) Thermal reduction b) Temperature fall
c) Lapse rate d) None of the above
17. What is the name given to winds blowing from subtropical high pressure
region, to the equator?
a) Westerlies b) Tropical easterlies
c) High latitude easterlies d) Doldrums
18. The velocity of wind is governed by
a) Pressure gradient b) Farrel’s law
c) Rotation of the earth d) Temperature
19. Name the instrument used for humidity
a) Barometer b) Thermometer
c) Hygrometer d) Hydrometer
20. Which of the following is not a planetary wind?
a) Easterlies b) Westerlies
c) Drainage winds d) Trade winds
21. The water content in the atmosphere
a) Is not dependent on temperature
b) Increases as temperature increases
c) Remains unchanged with change in temperature
d) Cannot be measured
22. Farrel’s law is concerned with the
a) Direction of winds b) Velocity of winds
c) Intensity of waves d) None of these
23. What is a cyclone?
a) A low pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
b) A high pressure system with anticlock-wise winds in the northern
hemisphere
c) A low pressure system with anticlock-wise winds in the northern
hemisphere
d) A high pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
24. An upper air wind system with very high velocities in certain parts of the
atmosphere is called
a) A cyclone b) An anticyclone
c) Monsoon d) jet stream
25. Snowfall occurs when
 a) Water droplets freezes as they fall to the ground
b) Raindrops are carried up by updraughts in air
c) Dew point of air is below freezing point
d) Air is highly moist and rises due to convection
26. What is tornado?
a) A very high pressure centre b) A very low pressure centre
c) A very high ocean wave d) A planetary wind
27. When humidity is expressed as percentage, it is called
a) Relative humidity b) Absolute humidity
c) Specific humidity d) Percentage humidity
28. What is meant by the term ‘cirrus’?
a) A low cloud b) A rain-bearing cloud
c) A high cloud d) A hail-bearing cloud
29. Rainfall caused due to the presence of mountains in the way of winds is
called
a) Orographic rain b) Cyclonic rain
c) Convectional rain d) Advectional rain
30. The leeward side of a mountain-which does not receive rain is known as the
a) Dry zone b) Desert area
c) Rain shadow area d) Adiabatically dry area
31. In which of the following areas is salinity likely to be the highest?
a) Indian Ocean b) Red Sea
c) North Pacific d) North Atlantic
32. What does the term ‘lithosphere’ refers to?
a) Plants & animals b) Interior of the earth
c) Crust of the earth d) None of these
33. The term ‘nife’ refers to
a) Earthquakes b) Core of the earth
c) Crust of the earth d) Ocean beds
34. The crustal layer of the earth is also called
a) Sial b) Sima
c) Moho d) Nife
35. What is measured by the sling psychrometer?
a) Temperature b) Humidity
c) Pressure d) Wind velocity
36. Wind velocity is measured by using
a) Barometer b) Potometer
c) Aneumometer d) Hygrometer
37. Which of the following is related to ‘seismograph’?
a) Rain b) Earthquakes
c) Temperature d) Pressure
38. The theory suggesting that the continents of South America and Africa were
once joined together was the
a) Continental drift theory b) Tetrahedral theory
c) Kant’s theory d) Ritter’s theory
39. The Red Sea is an example of a
 a) Folded structure b) Faulted structure
c) Lava structure d) Residual structure
40. Metamorphic rocks originate from
a) Igneous rocks b) Sedimentary rocks
c) Both igneous rocks & Sedimentary rocks d) None of these
41. Rocks formed deep inside the earth as a result of solidification of lava are
Called
a) Plutonic rocks b) Volcanic rocks
c) Metamorphic rocks d) Sedimentary rocks
42. Which soil is most common in the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
a) Podzol b) Alluvial
c) Laterite d) Regur
43. Which is an organic rock?
a) Marble b) Coal
c) Granite d) Slate
44. The layers in soil are referred to as
a) Horizons b) Profile
c) Hard pans d) Pedocals
45. The term epicentre is associated with
a) Earthquakes b) Folding
c) Faulting d) Earth’s interior
46. Lines joining places experiencing a thunderstorm at the same time are
known as
a) Isohyets b) Isochrones
c) Isobronts d) Isophenes
47. Isochrones are lines joining places with equal
a) Longitude b) Travelling time from a point
c) Rainfall d) Frost
48. Plains formed due to filling up of lakes are called
a) Delta plains b) Flood plains
c) Till plains d) Lacustrine plains
49. What is Gulf Stream?
a) A cold current in the Atlantic Ocean
b) A cold current in the Pacific Ocean
c) A warm current in the Atlantic Ocean
d) A warm current in the Pacific Ocean
50. Hail consist of
a) Granular ice b) Crystals of ice
c) Water droplets d) Masses of ice with concentric layers
 ANSWER KEY

1) b 2) d 3) a 4) b 5) c
6) d 7) d 8) c 9) a 10) a
11) a 12) b 13) d 14) c 15) b
16) c 17) b 18) a 19) c 20) c
21) b 22) a 23) c 24) d 25) c
26) b 27) a 28) c 29) a 30) c
31) b 32) c 33) b 34) a 35) b
36) c 37) b 38) a 39) b 40) c
41) a 42) b 43) b 44) a 45) a
46) c 47) b 48) d 49) c 50) d