World Geography MCQs

Q41. Cairo time is two hours ahead of Greenwich time, so it is located in
(A) 30° west longitude
(B) 30° East longitude
(C) 28° East longitude
(D) 28° west longitude

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Q42. When it is noon at 82°30′ E longitude, then at what longitude or degree will it be 6.30 in the morning?
(A) 165°E
(B) 67°30′ West
(C) 0° East or West
(D) 82°30′ West

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Q43. When an object is taken from the Earth to the Moon then
(A) Its weight increases
(B) Its weight decreases
(C) There is no change in its weight
(D) It becomes completely weightless

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Q44. The distance of the moon from the earth is
(A) 384 thousand km
(B) 300 thousand km
(C) 446 thousand km
(D) 350 thousand km

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Q45. What is the name given to a group of small pieces of rock that revolve around the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
(A) Meteor
(B) Comet
(C) Meteorite
(D) Asteroid

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Q46. Asteroids are small celestial bodies in the solar system. These are found between the planets
(A) Mercury and Venus
(B) Mars and Jupiter
(C) Jupiter and Saturn
(D) Varuna (Neptune) and Saturn

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Q47. Whose name is ‘Hale-Bopp’?
(A) Comet
(B) Cartoon character
(C) International company
(D) A toy

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Q48. ‘Light year’ is the unit of
(A) Of time
(B) Distance
(C) Brightness
(D) None of the above

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Q49. The unit to measure distance between stars is
(A) Steeler Mile
(B) Cosmic kilometer
(C) Galactic unit
(D) Light years

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Q50. If an observer sees the stars rising perpendicularly from the horizon, he is located
(A) On the Equator
(B) On the Tropic of Cancer
(C) At the South Pole
(D) At the North Pole

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