geomorphology & earth landforms section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]

Captain of a ship moving Westward records the local time of 10:00 hrs Monday at 90º W. If the speed of the ship is the same as the speed of the rotation of the Earth, which of the following local time and day would be found by the captain at International date line?

a) 10:00 hrs, Tuesday

b) 04:00 hrs, Monday

c) 16:00 hrs, Tuesday

d) 10:00 hrs, Monday

Question : 7 [SSC SIG 2006]

The term ‘epicentre’ is associated with—

a) faulting

b) earthquake

c) earth’s interior

d) folding

Question : 8 [ UP (Pre) 2013]

Which of the following is not a temperate grassland?

a) Downs

b) Pampas

c) Savanna

d) Veld

Question : 9 [SSC CPO 2016]

An Equinox is when:

a) Day is of the longest duration in the year

b) Day and night are of equal length

c) Day when maximum rainfall of the year occurs

d) Day is of the shortest duration during the year

Question : 10 [UPPCS (Pre) 1992]

Which of the following is the longest day of the year?

a) 21 June

b) 22 July

c) 23 March

d) 25 December