Indian Geography Test (Part-1) Answers Explanations

Geography Test (Part-1) Answers Explanations

Indian Geography is most expected questions are given in below. It is very helpful for the preparation of Competitive exam Aspirants Like IAS exam, TNPSC, SSC, RRB, etc.

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Questions and Answer Explanation

1.)Who has created the First map of India?

Geography	Contributors
First person to calculate the circumference of the earth	Eratosthenes
The created first map of the World	Anaximander
Made the first Map of India	Annville
First presented India on the World map	Ptolemy
Anthropogeography	Friedrich Ratzel

2.)Which is a field of Physical Geography?

Geomorphology
Hydrology
Climatology
Pedology
Glaciology
Biogeography

3.)Which is a field of Human Geography?

Cultural Geography
Development Geography
Economic Geography
Health Geography
Historical Geography
Political Geography
Population Geography
Settlement Geography

4.)"The Universe is supposed to be expanding and contracting alternatively"
EVOLUTION OF UNIVERSE
1.Big Bang Theory
2.Steady State Theory
3.The Pulsating Theory

5.)Which is called "Explosion of the star to Form Neutron Stars"?

An explosion of the star to form neutron stars called Pulsar
Collapse and compaction of the star to form Black Holes

6.)Chose Inner Planets ......

Classification of Planets

1.)Inner Planet	Mercury Venus Earth Mars
2.)Outer Planet	Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

7.)When Discovered PLUTO in the Solar system?
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930

8.)Earth is also called as ________ ?

Earth is the third Planet from the Sun and the fifth-largest of the Eight planets in the Solar System
It is also the largest of the solar system's four terrestrial planets.
Earth is also called as Blue Planet

9.)How many Days of the Earth revolves around the sun in an Orbit?

The earth moves in space in two distinct ways:

Rotation	It rotates on its own axis from West to East once Every 24 hours. It causes day and night.
Revolution	It revolves around the sun in an orbit once in every 365.25 Days. It causes the seasons and the year.

10.)How much % Oxygen available on earth?
A composition of the Earth's Crust

Oxygen	46 %
Silicon	28 %
Aluminum	8 %
Iron	6 %
Calcium	3.6 %
Sodium	2.8 %
Potassium	2.6 %
Magnesium	1.5 %

11.)How much time taken by Moonlight to reach Earth?

Specifics of Moon
Distance from Earth	382200 km
Diameter	3475 km
Time is taken by the moon to Reach Earth	1.3 sec
A speed of Revolution around Earth	3680 kmph
Revolution period around Earth	27 Days,7 hr,43 min and 11.47 sec
Rotation Speed	3680 kmph

12.)A part of Composition of the Earth :
Iron - 35%
Oxygen - 30%
Sulphur - 1.9%
A composition of Whole Earth:

Iron - 35%
Oxygen - 30%
Silicon - 15%
Magnesium - 13%
Nickel - 2.4%
Sulphur - 1.9%
Calcium - 1.1%
Aluminium - 1.4%
Others - 0.5%

13.)Which planet is called "VEILED" Planet?

Venus is also called as the Veiled planet.
known as (Evening and Morning Star) as it is seen in the East in the morning and the west in the Evening.

14.)How many days the Mars revolute the Sun?

PLANETS	ROTATION and REVOLUTIONS
Mercury	Rotation : 58.65 Days Revolution : 88 Days
Venus	Rotation : 257 Days Revolution : 224.7 Days
Earth	Rotation : 24 hours Revolution : 365 Days 6 hours
Mars	Rotation : 24.6 hours Revolution : 687 Days
Jupiter	Fastest Rotational Velocity (9.8 hrs)
Saturn	Rotation : 10.3 hours
Uranus	It’s actually rolls, apparently from North to South
Neptune	Rotation : 15.7 Days Revolution : 165 years