Q1. Cartography is
(a) Mapmaking
(b) Mapmaking through graphic representation
(c) Mapmaking through measurement
(d) All of these
Q2. Physical geographic features include
(a) Climate
(b) Land
(c) Water
(d) All of the above
Q3. Equinox means the
(a) Days are longer than nights
(b) Nights are longer than days
(c) Days and nights are equal
(d) Shortest day and shortest night in a year
Q4. Excluding the moon, the celestial object that appears brightest in the sky is
(a) Venus
(b) Jupiter
(c) Polestar
(d) Sirus
Q5. Lines drawn parallel to the equator are called
(a) Latitudes
(b) Longitudes
(c) Meridians
(d) None of these
Q6. One Lunar day is equal to
(a) 1 earth year
(b) 365 earth days
(c) 14 earth days
(d) 28 earth days
Q7. The distance between consecutive longitudes at the poles is
(a) Zero
(b) 18 km
(c) 25 km
(d) 10 km
Q8. The latitude ‘AA’ on the map represents the
(a) Tropic of Cancer
(b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Equator
(d) None of these
Q9. The line passing through places which have the same height above sea level is known as
(a) Contour
(b) Isolyet
(c) Parallel
(d) Isobars
Q10. The rising of the evening star indicates the
(a) South Pole
(b) North Pole
(c) East
(d) West
Q11. Which of the following is a great circle?
(a) Arctic Circle
(b) Equator
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Tropic of Capricorn
Q12. The smallest division of geological time scale is
(a) Eon
(b) Eras
(c) Stage
(d) Periods
Q13. There are __________ major eras in modern geological time scale.
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Only two
Q14. The Paleozoic era contains __________ time periods
(a) Six
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Seven
Q15. The periods of different eras are further divided into
(a) Eons
(b) Epochs
(c) Stages
(d) None of these
Solutions
1.D
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.A
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.A
10.D
11.B
12.C
13.A
14.A
15.C
