The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the sun causing summer in the Northern Hemisphere is:
A.Perihelion
B.Aphelion
C.Perigee
D.Apogee
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Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching of the earth’s ______ and where the _____ goes thin.
A.Surface, crust
B.Plate, surface
C.Crust, crust
D.Plate, crust
Bay of Cambay is situated in ________ :
A.Atlantic Ocean
B.Pacific Ocean
C.Arabian Sea
D.None of these
The sun is vertically overhead at the equator on
A.22-Dec
B.21-Mar
C.21-Jun
D.None of the above
A Seismograph is an instrument used to detect
A.Volcanoes
B.Earthquakes
C.Cyclones
D.Landladies
Panama Canal was completed in:
A.1911
B.1912
C.1913
D.1914
The International Date-line passes through the:
A.Bering Strait
B.Florida Strait
C.Gibraltar Strait
D.Malacca Strait
Rhodesia is now called:
A.Kampuchea
B.Harare
C.Zimbabwe
D.Indo-China
The earth’s annual circuit round the sun covers a distance of:
A.1096 million im
B.966 million km
C.1036 million km
D.None of these
The Black Sea and the Mediterranean are connected by
A.Shaff-al-Arab
B.Dardanelles
C.Strait of Gibraltar
D.Bay of Bengal
