Geography Practice MCQ Set 3

Geography - Quiz Section

Geography - Multiple Choice Questions - SET 3

Specially Designed for UPSC-related exams, and State Level Group-1 & Group-2 Exams

Also Useful for SSC-CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, CDS, RRB, and all other Competitive Exams

Source of Questions - NCERT 6th to 12th Textbooks and

Questions Included from UPSC previous year papers, State level Group-1 and group-2 Previous Papers

1Q) Which of the following is an Ursa major constellation?

(1) Great Bear

(2) Saptarishi

(3) Big Dipper

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 1 and 2

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ Ursa Major is also known as the "Great Bear", the "Saptarishi", "the Wagon", "Charles's Wain", "the Plough", and the "Big Dipper".

⇨ Ursa Major is a constellation in the northern sky.

⇨ It is the third-largest constellation in the sky.

⇨ The brightest star in the Ursa Major Constellation is Alioth.

⇨ The most easily recognizable constellation is the Saptarishi (Saptaseven, rishi-sages).

⇨ It is a group of seven stars that forms a part of Ursa Major Constellation.

2Q) Which of the following constellations contains the Pole star?

(A) Ursa Major

(B) Ursa Minor

(C) Pleiades

(D) Scorpius

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⇨ Polaris is the pole star that lies in the constellation named Ursa Minor which includes the group of stars called the Little Dipper.

⇨ In India, the pole star is known as Dhruva. It is also known as the North Star.

⇨ Cassiopeia is a constellation located in the northern hemisphere that helps to locate the position of the pole star.

3Q) Which of the following planetsts have rings around them and These are belts of small debris?

(1) Mars

(2) Jupiter

(3) Saturn

(4) Uranus

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 2, 3, and 4

(D) Only 1, 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus have rings around them and These are belts of small debris.

⇨ These rings are cosmic dust and other small particles orbiting around a planet in a flat disc-shaped region.

4Q) Which of the following are the Inner planets in our solar system?

(1) Mercury planet

(2) Venus

(3) Earth

(4) Mars

(A) Only 1, 2, and 3

(B) Only 2, 3, and 4

(C) Only 1, 3, and 4

(D) Only 1, 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called Inner planets (or) terrestrial because they have a compact, rocky surface like Earth's terra firma.

⇨ Inner planets - very close to the sun. They are made up of rocks.

⇨ Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called the Outer planets in our Solar System.

⇨ Outer Planets - Very-very far from the sun and are huge planets made up of gases and liquids.

5Q) Meteorites are composed of which of the following?

(1) Olivine

(2) Pyroxene

(3) Nickel-iron metal

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 1 and 2

(C) Only 3

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ The most common meteorites are known as chondrites which are composed of olivine, pyroxene, and nickel-iron metal.

6Q) Which of the following will occur when Earth passes through the trail of dust and gas left by a comet?

(A) Meteor showers

(B) Leaves Ice and dust trail

(C) Expels sublimating gases

(D) Leaves meteoroid stream

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⇨ Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through the trail of dust and gas left by a comet.

⇨ Meteor showers like the Perseids and the Leonids, occur annually or at regular intervals as the Earth passes through the trail of dusty debris left by a comet.

7Q) Which of the following pair matches correctly?

(1) Saturn - Titan

(2) Uranus - Titania

(3) Neptune - Triton

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 3

(D) Only 1, 2, and 3

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⇨ Satellite Titan belongs to Saturn.

⇨ Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and the second-largest in the Solar System.

⇨ It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere.

⇨ Titania belongs to Uranus.

⇨ Titania is Uranus' largest moon.

⇨ Triton belongs to Neptune.

⇨ Triton is the largest of Neptune's 14 moons.

8Q) Who amongst the following was the first to state that the earth was spherical?

(A) Copernicus

(B) Aristotle

(C) StraboRead

(D) Ptolemy

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⇨ Aristotle in 340 B.C. first stated that the earth was spherical in his book “On the Heaven”.

9Q) Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 due to which of the following reason?

(1) It does not have sufficient mass.

(2) It has not “cleared the neighborhood” around its orbit.

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 Nor 2

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⇨ The three criteria of the IAU for a full-sized planet are:

⇨ (1) It is in orbit around the Sun.

⇨ (2) It has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape).

⇨ (3) It has “cleared the neighborhood” around its orbit.

⇨ Pluto fulfills only the first two of these criteria, but it does not meet the third.

10Q) Which of the following statements is correct about the Planet Mars?

(1) It has permanent polar ice caps.

(2) Mars has a lot of iron particles.

(3) Mars is less dense than Earth.

(4) Mars is about half the size of Earth.

(A) Only 1 and 3

(B) Only 1, 2, and 3

(C) Only 1, 3, and 4

(D) Only 1, 2, 3, and 4

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⇨ Some facts about Planet Mars:

⇨ It has permanent polar ice caps.

⇨ Mars has a lot of iron particles because it is called a red planet.

⇨ Earth's density is higher than that of Mars.

⇨ Earth's density is 5.514 g/cm3 while Mars's density is 3.93 g/cm3

⇨ Mars is only slightly more than half the size of Earth.

⇨ Mars's diameter is 6790 kilometers while Earth's diameter is 12750 kilometers

⇨ It is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury planet.

⇨ Red Planet Day is annually observed on November 28 as it commemorates the launch of the Spacecraft Mariner 4 by NASA in 1964, which was the first craft to ever reach Mars.

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