Dear Students, SSC CGL Pre 2017 Exam is scheduled tentatively in the month of AUGUST 2017. At SSC ADDA, we are providing Geography Quiz of 15 important last year question. GS questions are also asked in SSC CPO and MTS Exam. SSC repeats many previous years questions. Every day, we provide quizzes on all the topics of General Studies. We have also provided study notes on GS topics.
Q1. Earth is the third planet from the sun and is located between
(a) Venus and Mars
(b) Mars and Jupiter
(c) Venus and Jupiter
(d) Mercury and Venus
Q2. How many days the moon take to revolve around the Earth?
(a) 26 1/3
(b) 27 1/3
(c) 28 2/3
(d) 29 1/2
Q3. Kohoutek is the name of a/an
(a) Comet
(b) Planet
(c) Star
(d) Asteroid
Q4. On which planet are scientists hopeful of the existence of some type of life?
(a) Pluto
(b) Saturn
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Q5. The Earth completes one rotation on its axis in
(a) 23 h 30 min
(b) 23 h 56 min 49 s
(c) 24 h
(d) 23 h 10 min 2 s
Q6. The Earth is
(a) Spherical
(b) Elliptical
(c) Oblate spheroid
(d) Prolate spheroid
Q7. The Earth is elliptical because of its
(a) Revolution round the sun
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Centrifugal force of rotation
(d) Inclination on its own axis
Q8. The earth’s natural satellite is
(a) Mars
(b) Moon
(c) Venus
(d) Neptune
Q9. The equatorial radius of the Earth is approximately
(a) 12,700 km
(b) 6,900 km
(c) 6,400 km
(d) 11,600 km
Q10. The imaginary line on the Earth’s surface, which closely follows the 180° meridians, is called the
(a) International Date Line
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) Equator
(d) Prime Meridian
Q11. The mass of the moon in comparison to the Earth is
(a) 1/4
(b) 1/80
(c) 1/100
(d) None of these
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(a)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(c)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(c)
S10. Ans.(a)
S11. Ans.(b)
S12. Ans.(c)
(b) Mars and Jupiter
(c) Venus and Jupiter
(d) Mercury and Venus
Q2. How many days the moon take to revolve around the Earth?
(a) 26 1/3
(b) 27 1/3
(c) 28 2/3
(d) 29 1/2
Q3. Kohoutek is the name of a/an
(a) Comet
(b) Planet
(c) Star
(d) Asteroid
Q4. On which planet are scientists hopeful of the existence of some type of life?
(a) Pluto
(b) Saturn
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Q5. The Earth completes one rotation on its axis in
(a) 23 h 30 min
(b) 23 h 56 min 49 s
(c) 24 h
(d) 23 h 10 min 2 s
Q6. The Earth is
(a) Spherical
(b) Elliptical
(c) Oblate spheroid
(d) Prolate spheroid
Q7. The Earth is elliptical because of its
(a) Revolution round the sun
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Centrifugal force of rotation
(d) Inclination on its own axis
Q8. The earth’s natural satellite is
(a) Mars
(b) Moon
(c) Venus
(d) Neptune
Q9. The equatorial radius of the Earth is approximately
(a) 12,700 km
(b) 6,900 km
(c) 6,400 km
(d) 11,600 km
Q10. The imaginary line on the Earth’s surface, which closely follows the 180° meridians, is called the
(a) International Date Line
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) Equator
(d) Prime Meridian
Q11. The mass of the moon in comparison to the Earth is
(a) 1/4
(b) 1/80
(c) 1/100
(d) None of these
Q12. The planet nearest to the Earth is
(a) Mercury
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus
(d) Pluto
Q13. The polar diameter of the Earth is shorter than its equatorial diameter by
(a) 25 km
(b) 80 km
(c) 43 km
(d) 30 km
Q14. The term that best describes the shape of the Earth is
(a) Geoid
(b) Globe
(c) Sphere
(d) Ellipse
Q15. What is the approximate circumference of the Earth?
(a) 25,000 km
(b) 16,000 km
(c) 40,000 km
(d) 50,000 km
Solutions..
S1. Ans.(a)
S2. Ans.(b)
S3. Ans.(a)
S4. Ans.(c)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(c)
S7. Ans.(c)
S8. Ans.(b)
S9. Ans.(c)
S10. Ans.(a)
S11. Ans.(b)
S12. Ans.(c)
S13. Ans.(c)
S14. Ans.(a)
S15. Ans.(c)