This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > Geography > Motions Of The Earth > Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On 23rd September, mid-day sun is overhead at the- A) Antarctic Circle. B) Tropic of cancer. C) Tropic of Capricorn. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equator. 2. The sun's rays fall vertically on the Tropic of ..... on 21st June. A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Cancer. 3. The surplus day added to the month A) March. B) February. C) April. D) January. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) February. 4. Which one of the following is the source of light on the earth? A) The sun. B) The moon. C) The satellite. D) The space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 5. The ancient Indian astronomer ..... had started that the earth is round and rotates on its axis. A) Dr BR Ambedkar. B) Dr.Abdul Kalam. C) NASA. D) Aryabhata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryabhata. 6. What angle does the axis of the Earth makes to the Orbit or path of Earth's Revolution? A) 23 1/2 $^{0}$. B) 66 1/2 $^{0}$. C) 32 1/2 $^{0}$. D) 36 1/2 $^{0}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 66 1/2 $^{0}$. 7. What are Meteorites and meteors A) They are moons of a planet. B) They are planets. C) Meteorites and meteors are dust, debris, fragments of rock and iron from outer space. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorites and meteors are dust, debris, fragments of rock and iron from outer space. 8. How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation? A) 24 hours. B) 1 week. C) 12 hours. D) 48 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 hours. 9. What is the revolution of the Earth? A) Rotation on its axis. B) Traveling to the moon. C) Orbit around the Sun. D) Spinning around Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orbit around the Sun. 10. If 2020 was a leap year, which will be the next leap year: A) 2024. B) 2023. C) 2025. D) 2022. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2024. 11. What is the name of the North Star? A) Rigel. B) Betelgeuse. C) Polaris. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polaris. 12. When the Northern Hemisphere is having winter, the Southern Hemisphere is having A) Winter. B) Autumn. C) Spring. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summer. 13. What is the imaginary line that separates the lighted portion of the Earth(DAY) from the dark one(night) called? A) Dusk. B) Circle of illumination. C) Twilight. D) Dawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle of illumination. 14. The plane on which the earth orbits the sun is known as the ..... A) Orbital plane. B) Spherical plane. C) Elliptical plane. D) Rotational plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orbital plane. 15. It is the movement of an object on its axis. A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 16. The Earth revolves around the sun in a ..... A) Ellipts orbit. B) Elliptical orbit. C) Ellipticals of the orbit. D) Elliptic circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elliptical orbit. 17. What is the degree of the angle at which the earth is tilted A) 23.5. B) 23.7. C) 23.9. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23.5. 18. What causes day and night cycles? A) Earths rotation. B) Seasons. C) Mars. D) Moon phases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earths rotation. 19. Motion of the earth on its axis in about 24 hours is called? A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 20. What is the circle that divides the day from night on the globe? A) Circle of Illumination. B) Circle of Earth. C) Circle of Happiness. D) Circle of Victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle of Illumination. 21. What would happen if the earth was moving faster A) The days would be faster. B) The days would be slower. C) The days would be like it is now. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The days would be faster. 22. WHAT IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH IN ITS ORBIT CALLED? A) ORBIT. B) ASTROIDS. C) REVOLUTION. D) ROATATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) REVOLUTION. 23. When an object orbits another object, it ..... A) Explodes. B) Rotates. C) Vibrates. D) Revolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolves. 24. The axis of the earth is a/an ..... A) Straight line. B) Curved line. C) Imaginary line. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imaginary line. 25. How long does it take for one complete rotation? A) 12 hours. B) 15 hours. C) 24 hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 26. The position of the Earth on 21st june is called A) Summer solstice. B) Winter solstice. C) Spring season. D) Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer solstice. 27. What is the effect of the Earth's axial tilt on the length of the day? A) It causes the day to be longer in the northern hemisphere. B) It causes the day to be longer in the southern hemisphere. C) It has no effect on the length of the day. D) It causes the day to be shorter in both hemispheres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It causes the day to be longer in the northern hemisphere. 28. A year with 366 days is called A) Leap year. B) Annual year. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leap year. 29. The longitudinal valleys lying between Lesser Himalaya's and Shivaliks are A) Kangra Valley. B) Patki-Bum. C) Passes. D) Duns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duns. 30. When do equinoxes occur on the earth? A) March 21. B) September 23. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 31. The circle that divides the day from night on the globe is called the ..... A) Orbital plane. B) Elliptical object. C) Circle of illumination. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle of illumination. 32. Days are shorter during ..... season. A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Spring. D) Autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter. 33. How many hours are saved each year to form one day over a span of four years? A) 3. B) 10. C) 12. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 34. The point in the moon's orbit when it is farthest from the earth is A) Apogee. B) Perihelion. C) Perigee. D) APELION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apogee. 35. In a leap year, to which month is an extra day added? A) June. B) February. C) January. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) February. 36. In the Summer Solstice the following happens. A) Days are longer than nights. B) The northern hemisphere experiences maximum warmth and sunlight. C) Sun shines vertically overhead Tropic of Cancer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. The angel of sun rays on 21st june on the Tropic of Cancer is- A) 90 degree. B) 23 & 1/2 degree. C) 50 degree. D) 66 & 1/2degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90 degree. 38. The Earth takes ..... to complete one revolution. A) 365 days. B) 24 hours. C) 365 days and 6 hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 365 days and 6 hours. 39. Who stated that the Earth is round with it's own axis? A) Vikram Sarabhai. B) Homi Jehangir. C) Ravikriti. D) Aryabhata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryabhata. 40. The Movement of earth on Its Axis is called? A) Lunar Cycle. B) Revolution. C) Refraction. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotation. 41. Day and night on the earth due to rotation A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. If there was not a axis what would happen A) There would not be day and night. B) It would be the same as like there was a axis. C) Half of the earth would have day for there whole life and the other half would have night for there whole life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half of the earth would have day for there whole life and the other half would have night for there whole life. 43. How long does it actually take for the Earth to go around the Sun? A) 365 days. B) 366 days. C) 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds. D) 365 and 3/4 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds. 44. The shape of the Earth's orbit A) Spherical. B) Round. C) Elliptical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elliptical. 45. It takes ..... days (one year) to revolve around the sun. A) 356 1/4. B) 365 1/4. C) 344 1/2. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 365 1/4. 46. THE CHANGE OF SEASONS IS CAUSED DUE TO ..... A) SPHERICAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH. B) REVOLUTION. C) ROATATION. D) MOVEMENT OF THE SUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) REVOLUTION. 47. How much time does the earth take to rotate on its axis? A) 10 Hours. B) 24 Hours. C) 7 Hours. D) 42 Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 Hours. 48. The circle that divides the globe into day and night is called A) Circle of day and night. B) Circle of illumination. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle of illumination. 49. The largest delta in the world is ..... delta. A) Ganga. B) Godavari. C) Mahanadi. D) Sunderban. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunderban. 50. What is orbital plane? A) Plane formed by the axis. B) Plane formed by the orbit. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plane formed by the orbit. 51. Orbit is a ..... line. A) Coloured. B) Transparent. C) Imaginary. D) Path. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imaginary. 52. Seasons change due to the change in the position of the earth around the sun ! A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. When do equinoxes occure on earth A) 21 February. B) 22 December. C) 21 june. D) 21 march. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21 march. 54. A year is usually divided into ..... Seasons. A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 55. Poles experience 6 months day and 6 months night. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. What is an equinox? A) When the sun is directly above Earth's equator. B) When the moon is directly about the Earth's equator. C) When the sun is directly below the earth's equator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the sun is directly above Earth's equator. 57. The Earth's ..... is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole. A) Solar flare. B) Axis. C) Solar eclipse. D) Vernal equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axis. 58. A year with 366 days is known as ..... year. A) Half. B) Full. C) Leap. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leap. 59. When the moon passes between the sun and the earth, A) An earth eclipse occurs. B) A solar eclipse occurs. C) High tide occurs. D) A lunar eclipse occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A solar eclipse occurs. 60. Why do areas near the poles receive less heat? A) Due to direct sun rays on the poles. B) Due to slanting sun rays on the poles. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Due to slanting sun rays on the poles. 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