General Geography Compendium – Earth for Competitive Exams

General Geography Compendium – Earth

1. Shape of Earth can be best described as — Geoid
2. Earth’s rotational velocity at equator is — 1690 km/hr
3. A solar day is greater than a sidereal day by — 4 minute
4. Point in the orbit of Moon when it’s farthest from Earth — Apogee
5. Each degree of latitude equals — 111 km
6. A person crossing International Date Line from East to West — loses one day
7. The sun is vertically overhead at the equator on — March 21st (spring equinox)
8. Prime cause behind Earthquakes — Dislocation along fault
9. Elements constituting Earths crust — Oxygen (46.1%), Silicon (28%), Aluminium (8%), Iron (5%)
10. Mumbai is 18.55 degree north of the equator. Distance wise it equals — 2059 km
11. Point on Earth’s surface vertically above the seismic focus — Epicenter
12. Circum-Pacific belt is called Ring of Fire because — 80% of volcanic activity of Earth is there
13. When it’s noon in London, the local time for a place 90 degree west of it will be — 6 am
14. Lighthouse of the Mediterranean — Mt. Stromboli
15. Earth’s interior has a layered structure because of — density differentiation
16. The intensity of earthquake wave is recorded by — seismograph
17. Continental Drift Theory was given by — Alfred Wegenor
18. Meridian accepted as the Indian Standard Time — 82 1/2 degree east
19. A meteoric crater lake found in India — Lohar in Maharashtra
20. Mohorovicic discontinuity separates — Crust and Mantle
21. Gigantic seismic sea-waves are called — Tsunami
22. Earth’s tilted axis causes — Season
23. Hardest mineral — Diamond, and softest mineral — talc
24. Theory that considers Earth’s lithosphere as fractured along several faults — Tectonic Plate
25. Seismic wave transverse in nature which does not pass through molten outer core — s wave
26. Gutenberg discontinuity separates — mantle and core
27. Theory that explains Earthquakes — elastic rebound theory
28. Earth’s magnetic north and south poles are located on — Prince of Wales Island in North Canada
29. Layer beneath the lithosphere capable of flowing under stress — Asthenosphere
30. IST is ahead of GMT by — 5 hrs 30 minutes
31. Line joining places that experience earthquake at the same time — Homo seismal line
32. The only active volcano in India — Barron, Andaman, and Nicobar
33. Seismic wave that causes maximum destruction — L wave
34. The antipodal point of 10 degrees North 125 degree East is — 10 degrees South 55 degree West
35. The equatorial bulge on Earth is due to — centrifugal force
36. Magnitude of an earthquake is measured on — Richter Scale
37. Earth is round was first theorised by — Plato
38. The recent earthquake in Gujarat occurred due to — dislocation along all Allahbund fault in Sindh, Pakistan

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