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 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Indian desert has ..... climate. A) Arid. B) Both. C) Semi Arid. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arid. 2. What causes the tilt of the Earth's axis? A) Gravitational interactions with other celestial bodies. B) The Earth's distance from the sun. C) The Earth's magnetic field. D) The Earth's rotation speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravitational interactions with other celestial bodies. 3. What is a orbital plane A) Plane formed by axis. B) Plane formed by orbit. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plane formed by orbit. 4. What would happen if the earth did not rotate? A) The portion of the earth facing the sun would always experience day, thus bringing continuous warmth to the region. B) Life would not have been possible in such extreme conditions. C) The other half would remain in darkness and be freezing cold all the time. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. The period of diffused light after sunset A) Dusk. B) Dawn. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dusk. 6. State True or False-Summer solstice happens on 22nd December while winter solstice happens on 21st June. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. A narrow gap in a mount air range providing access to the other side is? A) Mound. B) Pass. C) Strait. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pass. 8. On which of the following does the Earth rotate on? A) Orbital Plane. B) Nothing. It just spins on it's own. C) Axis. D) Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axis. 9. All the planets spin on their axis. This motion is known as A) Rotation. B) Revoloution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 10. How many latitudes are there in total. A) 180. B) 90. C) 130. D) 360. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 180. 11. What are the two motions of the Earth? A) Axis, Revolution. B) Rotation, Revolution. C) North & Soth Pole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation, Revolution. 12. Leap year consists of ..... days. A) 364. B) 370. C) 365. D) 366. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 366. 13. What is angle of inclination of the Earth's axis with its orbital plane? A) 661/2 degree. B) 231/2 degree. C) 0 degree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 661/2 degree. 14. Seasons change due to A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Circle of illumination. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 15. Which of the following is called the land of the midnight sun A) North cape in Norway. B) Mumbai in India. C) Tokyo in Japan. D) Sydney in Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North cape in Norway. 16. On 22nd December, the ..... receives direct rays of the sun as the South Pole tilts towards it. A) Tropic of Capricorn. B) Tropic of Cancer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Capricorn. 17. The period of one rotation of the earth is known as A) The sun day. B) The moon day. C) The earth day. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The earth day. 18. Cycle of day and night caused due to A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Hemisphere. D) Gravitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 19. All places lying on the same ..... have the same time. A) Longitude. B) Area. C) Latitude. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitude. 20. The Earth's orbit is ..... in shape. A) Elliptical. B) Elliptical. C) Triangular. D) Circular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elliptical. 21. What is revolution? A) The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit. B) Running around everywhere. C) Rotation of the Sun around the Earth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit. 22. What is meant by Equinox? A) North Pole is tilted towards Sun. B) South Pole is tilted towards Sun. C) Neither of the poles is tilted towards the sun. D) Both Poles are tilted towards Sun,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither of the poles is tilted towards the sun. 23. Daily Motion of Earth is A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Centralization. D) Illumination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 24. Who has stated, "The earth is round and rotates on its own axis" ? A) M.S. Dhoni. B) B.R. Ambedkar. C) Cristiano Ronaldo. D) Aryabhata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aryabhata. 25. Christmas is celebrated in Australia in the A) Summer season. B) Spring season. C) Winter season. D) Autumn season. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer season. 26. What is the rotation of the Earth? A) The rotation of the Earth is from north to south. B) The rotation of the Earth is from east to west. C) The rotation of the Earth is from west to east. D) The rotation of the Earth is from top to bottom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rotation of the Earth is from west to east. 27. The longest day and the shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere is on which date? A) 22 December. B) 23 September. C) 21 March. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 28. What is the summer solstice? A) I.the other name for summer. B) Ii. the day on which the the sun falls directly on the tropic of cancer. C) Iii. June 21st. D) Iv.both i and ii. E) V. both ii and iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) V. both ii and iii. 29. Every five years, February is of 29 days instead of 28 days. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. How many motions does the Earth experience? A) 2. B) 1. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 31. What keeps the Earth and other planets in orbit? A) Earth's magnetic field. B) Tides. C) The sun. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 32. Earth is the ..... planet from the Sun.Fill in the blanks. A) Fifth. B) Ninth. C) Third. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third. 33. Sun is overhead on the equator on A) 23 December. B) 23 September. C) 21 June. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 September. 34. The British Royal Observatory is located in ..... A) London. B) Europe. C) Greenland. D) Iceland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London. 35. The days and nights occur because of the ..... A) Revolution of the Earth. B) Change in seasons. C) Shapes of the Earth. D) Rotation of Earth on its axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotation of Earth on its axis. 36. How many years once leap year occurs A) 1. B) 5. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 37. Seasons change due to the ..... of our earth A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 38. F the Earth stopped rotating, what would happen? A) E) The Earth would collapse under its own gravity. B) F) Seasons would become irrelevant. C) A) Continuous day on one side and continuous night on the other. D) G) The atmosphere would be sucked into space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A) Continuous day on one side and continuous night on the other. 39. The Earth is constantly spinning on its axis, like you might spin a basketball on your finger.It is this spinning of the Earth that causes: A) The summer-time heat. B) The need for a leap year. C) The changes in the seasons. D) The cycle of night and day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cycle of night and day. 40. What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun? A) Triangular. B) Hexagonal. C) Spiral. D) C) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C) Elliptical. 41. Imagine:It's Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. What will happening in the Southern Hemisphere A) It will experience the Autumnal Equinox. B) It will experience the Vernal Equinox. C) It will experience the Winter Solstice. D) None of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It will experience the Winter Solstice. 42. The earth revolves along its orbit at what speed? A) 29.6 km per second. B) 69.2 km per second. C) 26.9 km per second. D) 62.9 km per second. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 29.6 km per second. 43. What happens during an equinox? A) F) Seasons change abruptly. B) E) The sun rises in the west. C) C) Days and nights are equal. D) G) The Earth is flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Days and nights are equal. 44. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere and it celebrates Christmas during summers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. How many motions does earth has ..... A) 6. B) 1. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 46. The earth orbits around ..... A) The moon. B) The Milky Way. C) The sun. D) Other planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 47. Winter Solstice occurs on ..... A) 21st June. B) 22nd December. C) 23rd September. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22nd December. 48. The places on Earth experiences the which of following 6 stages and then dawn again A) Dusk, sunrise, midday, midnight, sunset, dawn. B) Dawn, sunrise, midday, dusk, sunset, midnight. C) Sunrise, dawn, midday, sunset, dusk, midnight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dawn, sunrise, midday, dusk, sunset, midnight. 49. Why do we ignore 6 hours as a part of earth's revolution A) For fun. B) For no reason. C) To make our counting convenient. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make our counting convenient. 50. When the earth experiences equal hours of day and equal hours of night, it is called ..... A) Rotation. B) Summer Solstice. C) Equinox. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equinox. 51. The earth completes one rotation on its axis in ..... A) 24 hours. B) 12 hours. C) 30 hours. D) 22 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 hours. 52. Equinoxes (Spring and Autumn) and solstices (Summer and Winter) correspond are reverse to the conditions prevalent in ..... A) Western Hemisphere. B) Southern Hemisphere. C) Eastern Hemisphere. D) Northern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern Hemisphere. 53. When do you have the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere? A) 13 November. B) 23 September. C) 13 September. D) 23 November. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 September. 54. The daily motions of the earth A) Function. B) Rotation. C) Gravitation. D) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 55. The earth is tilted on its ..... A) Equator. B) Axis. C) Line. D) $_{}$core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axis. 56. The earth travels around the sun in ..... orbit. A) Extra Ordinary. B) Elliptical. C) Illimination. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elliptical. 57. Who discovered asteroids and in what year A) Johan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1900. B) Jan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1700. C) Johan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1800. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Johan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1800. 58. Earth's orbit shape is ..... A) Ecliptic. B) Circle. C) Cylinder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecliptic. 59. When the sun is highest in the sky, the time is A) Midnight. B) Morning. C) Solar noon. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar noon. 60. The time between today's sunrise and Tomorrow's sunrise is about ..... A) 24 hours. B) 12 hours. C) 36 hours. D) 48 hours. 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