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  1. The International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180° meridian so that it ________

  2. A.

     Divides the land masses under the same administration

    B.

     Does not divide the Bering strait

    C.

     Does not divide a group of islands under the same administration

    D.

     Divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal halves


  3. Latitude of place is indicative of its ________

  4. A.

     Time

    B.

     Altitude

    C.

     Amount of rainfall

    D.

     Temperature


  5. Dolomite is a/an

  6. A.

     Sedimentary rock

    B.

     Plutonic rock

    C.

     Igneous rock

    D.

     Metamorphic rock


  7. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0 degree latitude and 0 degree longitude?

  8. A.

     In the South Atlantic Ocean

    B.

     In the Mediterranean Sea

    C.

     In Ghana, a West African-country

    D.

     At Greenwich Observatory in England


  9. What is the approximate circumference of Earth?

  10. A.

     40,000 Km

    B.

     60,000 Km

    C.

     80,000 Km

    D.

     1,00,000 Km


  11. 'Green House Effect' means ________

  12. A.

     Pollution in houses in tropical regions

    B.

     Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric oxygen

    C.

     Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric carbon dioxide

    D.

     Cultivation in green houses so as to check pollution


  13. Tides are caused by the gravitational forces of

  14. A.

     Of Earth on Moon

    B.

     Of Earth on Sun

    C.

     Of Sun and Moon on Earth

    D.

     Of Moon on Earth


  15. What is the alternate name for contour lines?

  16. A.

     Isopotential

    B.

     Isotherm

    C.

     Isohypse

    D.

     Isohyet


  17. 1-degree of latitude is equal to

  18. A.

     11 Km

    B.

     211 Km

    C.

     111 Km

    D.

     311 Km


  19. Equinox occurs when the Sun is vertically above

  20. A.

     Tropic of Capricorn

    B.

     Tropic of Cancer

    C.

     Poles

    D.

     Equator