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Geography

31)Duncan passage is located between
South and little Andaman. Little and great Nicobar.
North and Middle Andaman. Middle and South Andaman.
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32)The main area of production of icebergs is found in
the West Coast of Greenland. the East Coast of Japan.
the North Coast of Siberia. the West Coast of Africa.
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33)Which of the following cities will not get vertical rays of the sun?
Srinagar Mumbai
Chennai Trivandrum
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34)The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from ________ to _______.
equator, pole pole, equator
tropic of Cancer, equator tropic of cancer, tropic of capricon
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35)Which of the following is wrong?
The sun never shines vertically beyond the tropics At the pole there is light for half the year
The sun never shines vertically over the tropic of cancer at the time of the winter solistice When the sun shines vertically over the equator, it is called an equinox
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36)Equinoxes occur on
January 4 and September 22 March 21 and September 23
December 22 and June 21 March 21 and December 22
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37)The standard time of India is
4 hours ahead of Greenwich time 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich time
5.5 hours behind Greenwich time 4.5 hours behind Greenwich time
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38)The South Pole experiences continuous light at the time of
winter solistice summer solistice
vernal equinox autumn equinox
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39)To travel by the shortest route one should follow
the winds the rivers
the latitudes the longitudes
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40)A day is added when one crosses
the equator from north to south 180 degree longitude from west to east
180 degree longitude from east to west the equator fro south to north
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41)A day is subtracted when one crosses
the equator from north to south 180 degree longitude from west to east
180 degree longitude from east to west the equator fro south to north
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42)The order of the layers of atmosphere, upwards from below
stratosphere, troposphere, ionosphere and exosphere exosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and stratosphere
troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere and exosphere stratosphere, ionosphere, troposphere and exosphere
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43)Which of the following gases has the maximum volume in the atmosphere?
nitrogen, methane nitrogen, oxigen
oxygen, carbondioxide hydrogen, nitrogen
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44)Most of the weather phenomena take place in the
stratosphere troposphere
ionosphere exosphere
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45)Which layer of the atmosphere maintains almost uniform temperature?
troposphere stratosphere
ionosphere exosphere
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