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 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If the earth does not rotate will life exist A) Yes it will. B) Don't know. C) Maybe maybe not. D) No it wont. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No it wont. 2. What is the distance of the Earth when it is farthest from the sun A) 162 million km. B) 172 million km. C) 142 million km. D) 152 million km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 152 million km. 3. The North Pole experiences continuous daylight for six months due to: A) Earth's Revolution and tilt. B) Ocean Currents. C) Solar Radiation. D) Earth's Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's Revolution and tilt. 4. About how long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun? A) 29.5 days. B) 12 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 365 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 365 days. 5. It takes Earth 365 days and A) 4 hrs. B) 6 hrs. C) 5 hrs. D) 10 hrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6 hrs. 6. The highest peak in India is? A) News. B) Mt. Everest. C) Kanchenjung. D) Nanda Devi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanchenjung. 7. What would happen if Earth started to spin faster? A) Each year would be shorter. B) Nothing would change on Earth. C) Each day would be shorter than 24 hours. D) Each day would be longer than 24 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each day would be shorter than 24 hours. 8. What causes more heat, indirect sunlight or direct sunlight? A) Indirect. B) Direct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct. 9. Which of the places enjoys equal day and night throughout the year? A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Equator. D) Arctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 10. What Earth's daily motion? A) Revolution. B) Day and Night. C) Rotation. D) Seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotation. 11. The position of the earth on 22nd December is called A) Summer solstice. B) Equinox. C) Autumn season. D) Winter solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter solstice. 12. Cycle of the seasons is caused due to- A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Gravitation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 13. When do you have the Autumn Equinox A) 23 September. B) 13 November. C) 23 November. D) 13 September. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23 September. 14. The peninsular plateau of India belongs to? A) Angara Land. B) Tethys Sea. C) Eurasian Plate. D) Gondwanaland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gondwanaland. 15. The surplus 6hrs every year are added to ..... and form ..... A) February, leap day. B) January, leap day. C) January, leap year. D) February, leap year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) February, leap year. 16. At what angle is the axis of the earth tilted to the vertical plane? A) 66 1/2 Degrees. B) 23 1/2 Degrees. C) 32 1/2 Degrees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 1/2 Degrees. 17. HOW MUCH TIME DOES LIGHT TAKE TO COME ON EARTH FROM SUN? A) 8 MINUTES. B) 12 MINUTES. C) 2 MINUTES. D) 25 MINUTES. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 MINUTES. 18. The earth's axis makes an angle of ..... degrees from the vertical or perpendicular line. A) 23.5. B) 66.5. C) 82.5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23.5. 19. What season will occur in the United States when the earth is closest to the sun? A) Winter. B) Spring. C) Summer. D) Fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter. 20. How many days a leap year has? A) 365. B) 367. C) 360. D) 366. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 366. 21. Days and nights occur on earth due to A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 22. ..... is a fixed path on which the Earth revolves around the sun. A) Axis. B) Orbit. C) North pole. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orbit. 23. Spring Equinox takes place on? A) 22 December. B) 21 June. C) 21 March. D) 23 September. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21 March. 24. Earth has ..... types of motions. A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 25. Earth rotates in which direction? A) West to East. B) North to South. C) East to West. D) South to North. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West to East. 26. How many Meridians are there in all? A) 0. B) 175. C) 360. D) 181. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 360. 27. How long is a year? A) 365 Days. B) 360 Days. C) 365 Days and 6 Hours. D) 365 Days and 12 Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 365 Days and 6 Hours. 28. Earth takes 365 1/4 days to ..... around the sun. A) Rotate. B) Revolve. C) Elliptical orbit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolve. 29. HOW MANY DAYS DOES IT TAKE TO GO AROUND THE SUN? A) 364 DAYS. B) 365 DAYS. C) 400 DAYS. D) 300 DAYS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 365 DAYS. 30. The cycle of the seasons is caused due to A) Gravitation. B) Force. C) Revolution. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolution. 31. What would have happened if the earth did not rotate? A) Cold conditions on earth's half portion. B) Warm conditions on earth's another half portion. C) No life possible in such extreme conditions. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 32. When do the longest day and the shortest day occur in the northern hemisphere? A) 21st July. B) 21st June. C) 21st grows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 21st June. 33. The axis of earth makes an angle of- A) Greenwich. B) 0 degrees. C) 66 1/2 degrees. D) 23 1/2 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 66 1/2 degrees. 34. What will happen on 21 March? In Southern Hemisphere. A) Summer Solstice. B) Winter Sotstice. C) Autumnal Equinox. D) None of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autumnal Equinox. 35. Day and night is caused by the ..... of earth on its axis. A) Revolution. B) Orbit. C) Rotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotation. 36. Earth around the sun in a fixed path called ..... A) Orbit. B) Axis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orbit. 37. The speed of the Earth Revolution is about ..... per hour. A) 17 miles. B) 24 miles. C) 19 miles. D) 18 miles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18 miles. 38. The earth rotates on its axis from A) South to north. B) West to east. C) North to south. D) East to west. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West to east. 39. The angle of earth's axis to the plane & vertical respectively A) 23.5, 23.5. B) 65.5, 65.5. C) 66.5, 23.5. D) 23.5, 66.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 66.5, 23.5. 40. The circle that divides the day from night in the globe is called the A) Earthday. B) Circle of Illumination. C) Motion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle of Illumination. 41. One rotation makes an A) Earth day. B) Solar day. C) Planet day. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 42. The circle that divides the day from night on the globe is called: A) Orbital plane. B) Circle of Illumination. C) Degree of inclination. D) Circle of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle of Illumination. 43. Shape of the Earths orbit is A) Circle. B) Like egg. C) Elliptical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elliptical. 44. One rotation in the Earth takes: A) 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds. B) 66.5 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 23.5 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 45. The circle that divides the day and night on the globe is called ..... A) Orbit. B) Axis. C) Circle of illumination. D) Earth day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle of illumination. 46. A normal year has 365 days? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit. A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Circle. D) Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 48. The axis of the Earth which is an imaginary line, makes an angle of 66 1/2 degrees with its circle of illumination. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis one time? A) 24.25 hours. B) 365 days. C) 365.25 days. D) 24 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24 hours. 50. It is also called 'annual motion'. A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) APELION. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 51. The movement of the Earth as it spins and reaches the point from where it started is called? A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 52. The movement of the earth on its axis is called ..... A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Illumination. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 53. What is the solar system A) The solar system is the gravitational bound system of the Sun and the objects orbiting it. B) The solar system is plants near the sun. C) The solar system is a galaxy. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The solar system is the gravitational bound system of the Sun and the objects orbiting it. 54. The motion of the earth on its own axis is known as ..... A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Orbit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 55. The time taken by our planet to complete one rotation around its axis is known as one ..... A) Sun day. B) Earth day. C) Year. D) Month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth day. 56. The earth is going around the sun in an ..... orbit. A) Circular. B) Elliptical. C) Rectangular. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elliptical. 57. The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 58. Direct sun rays falls on the equator on ..... A) 21st March. B) 23rd Sep. C) Both of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 59. Due to the ..... shape of the earth, it gets half of the light from sun at a time. A) Spherical. B) Square. C) Circle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spherical. 60. On 21st June rays of the sun are vertical at ..... A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Arctic Circle. C) Antartic Circle. D) None of the above. 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