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 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is summer in the southern hemisphere with longer days and shorter nights. Then, what will be in the northern hemisphere? A) Winter. B) Spring. C) Equinox. D) Autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter. 2. The Tropic of Cancer is located at ..... A) 23 1/2 $^\circ$ N. B) 66 1/2 $^\circ$ N. C) 23 1/2 $^\circ$S. D) 66 1/2 $^\circ$ S. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23 1/2 $^\circ$ N. 3. Winter Solstice happens when A) Sun rays are vertical at the Tropic of Capricorn. B) Sun rays are vertical at Tropic of Cancer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun rays are vertical at the Tropic of Capricorn. 4. We experience this season when the Northern Hemisphere is located closest to the Sun? A) Spring. B) Summer. C) Fall. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter. 5. The Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of A) 23.5$^\circ$. B) 90$^\circ$. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23.5$^\circ$. 6. How long does earth's rotation last? A) 90 hours. B) About 1 hour. C) 48 hours. D) 24 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24 hours. 7. Earth has how many types of motions? A) 8. B) 4. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 8. At what speed does the earth rotate at the Equator? A) 1800 km per hour. B) 1400 km per hour. C) 1200 km per hour. D) 1600 km per hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1600 km per hour. 9. Earth takes ..... to complete one revolution around sun. A) 24 Hrs. B) 48 Hrs. C) 378 days. D) 365 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 365 days. 10. DEFINE WINTER SOLSTICE. A) IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FROM 22ND DECEMBER SHORT DAY AND LONG NIGHT OCCUR. B) IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE FROM 22ND DECEMBER SHORT DAY AND LONG NIGHT OCCUR. C) IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE FROM 22ND DECEMBER SHORT DAY AND LONG NIGHT DONT OCCUR. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE FROM 22ND DECEMBER SHORT DAY AND LONG NIGHT OCCUR. 11. What is it called when the Earth moves on its Orbit? A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Orbiting. D) Motion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 12. Which of the following factors is NOT responsible for the phenomenon of seasons? A) Gravitational pull of Sun. B) Rotation of Earth. C) Earth's Inclination. D) Revolution of Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravitational pull of Sun. 13. The earth rotates every A) 365 days. B) Hour. C) 24 hours. D) 15 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 14. The ..... is tilted. A) Axis. B) Gravity. C) Moon. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axis. 15. The time taken by the earth to complete one rotation around its axis is ..... A) 12 hours. B) 48 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 18 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 16. It takes 29 hours for earth to complete a full rotation around the earth. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Who discovered that the earth revolves around the sun? A) Thomas Edison. B) Isaac Newton. C) Galileo Galilei. D) Nicholas Copernicus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nicholas Copernicus. 18. The ..... rotate on its own ..... A) The earth rotate on its axis. B) The earth rotate on its own motion. C) The axis rotate on its own earth. D) The sun rotate on its own axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The earth rotate on its axis. 19. True or False:The Earth spins as it travels around the sun. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. 21st March is the ..... Equinox A) Summer Solstice. B) Autumn Equinox. C) Spring Equinox. D) Winter Solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spring Equinox. 21. The ancient Indian astronomer Aryabhata had started that 'the earth is round and rotates on its own axis' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Why is the Equator warmest? A) Because it is closest to the sun. B) Because it receives the most direct sunlight. C) Because no clouds form here. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it receives the most direct sunlight. 23. The apparent rising and setting of the sun as seen from the Earth are caused by the ..... A) Rotation of the Sun. B) Revolution of the sun. C) Rotation of the Earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotation of the Earth. 24. The earth travels around the sun in A) Square Orbit. B) Rectangular Orbit. C) Elliptical Orbit. D) Triangular Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elliptical Orbit. 25. Revolution of earth around the sun covers- A) 942km, 365days, 6 hours, 25minutes, 9.2 secs. B) 930km, 365 days, 6 hours, 9mins, 9.5 secs. C) 930km, 364 days, 6 hours, 9mins, 9.5 secs. D) 942km, 365days, 6 hours, 9mins, 9.2 secs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 942km, 365days, 6 hours, 9mins, 9.2 secs. 26. The term "equinox" means A) Equal day. B) Equal year. C) Leap year. D) Equal night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equal night. 27. What is the phenomenon that causes the change in seasons on Earth? A) Rotation of the Earth on its axis. B) Revolution of the Earth around the Moon. C) Axial tilt and orbit around the sun. D) Movement of the Earth's tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axial tilt and orbit around the sun. 28. The longest day in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on: A) 1st January. B) 30th November. C) 21st June. D) 15th April. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21st June. 29. The tropic of Capricorn receives the direct rays of the sun on A) 23 September. B) 21 June. C) 22 December. D) 21 March. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22 December. 30. What is the speed of Earth while rotating A) 1674 m/hr. B) 1675 km/hr. C) 1674 km/hr. D) 1, 00, 000 km/hr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1674 km/hr. 31. The time period after sunset is known as ..... A) Dawn. B) Night. C) Dusk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dusk. 32. We consider a year as 365 days and ignore ..... hours for our convenience A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 33. The autumnal equinox takes place on A) 21 March. B) 23 September. C) 21 June. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 September. 34. The longest day OCCURS ON ..... A) 21st June. B) 20th June. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21st June. 35. What is the date of the Winter solstice in Northern Hemisphere? A) June 21-22. B) December 21-22. C) September 21-22. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) December 21-22. 36. Revolution causes day and night A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 37. When does the direct rays of the sun fall on the equator? A) 21st March. B) 22nd December. C) 21st June. D) 25th December. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21st March. 38. India lies in which hemisphere A) Southern-Eastern. B) Northern-Eastern. C) Northern Western. D) Southern-Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern-Eastern. 39. Four seasons do not occur in the Philippines because it is located below ..... degrees latitude. A) 60. B) 40. C) 50. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30. 40. What is the distance from Earth to sun if perihelion occurs? A) 300 million km. B) 148 million km. C) 147 million km. D) 152 Million km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 147 million km. 41. Mountain range that seperates Europe and Asia is- A) The Himalays. B) The Urals. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Urals. 42. Cycle of seasons is caused due to Earths- A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) None of these. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 43. The whole Earth experiences equal days and equalnights on this day: A) Equinox. B) Earth Day. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equinox. 44. The spinning of an object on its axis is called ..... A) Orbit. B) Revolution. C) Tide. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rotation. 45. To complete one rotation the earth takes A) 1day. B) 21hours. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1day. 46. Because of the tilt of the Earth, as it revolves around the sun, this happens A) Neap Tides. B) Inertia. C) Seasons. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seasons. 47. THE EART COMPLETES ONE ROATATION IN ABOUT A) 23 HOURS. B) 24 HOURS. C) 22 HOURS. D) 25 HOURS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 HOURS. 48. Summer Solstice occurs on ..... A) 21st June. B) 21st March. C) 21st December. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21st June. 49. The extra six hours every year are adjusted by: A) E) Adding an extra hour every year. B) G) Adjusting the calendar every month. C) C) Creating a leap year every four years. D) F) Skipping a day every decade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Creating a leap year every four years. 50. The angle of the earth's axis tilt with its orbital plane at- A) Ninety degree. B) Sixty Six one by two degree. C) Twenty Three one by two degree. D) Zero degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sixty Six one by two degree. 51. Which of the following is not an effect of the earth's rotation A) Bulging. B) Deflection & tides. C) Gravity. D) Day & night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravity. 52. ..... is a situation when sun rays falls vertically over the equator. A) Summer Solstice. B) Equinox. C) Winter solstice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equinox. 53. Day and night are caused by the earth's A) Shape. B) Rotation. C) Equator. D) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 54. When more than half of the moon is visible from the earth, the moon is in its A) Crescent phase. B) New moon phase. C) Full moon phase. D) Gibbous phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gibbous phase. 55. What is the shortest day of the year called? A) Summer solstice. B) Autumnal equinox. C) Spring equinox. D) Winter solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter solstice. 56. The earth completes one rotation in about A) 22 hours. B) 24 hours. C) 25 hours. D) 23 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 hours. 57. One rotation makes an Earth day. It is also called as A) Moon day. B) Solar day. C) Sun day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar day. 58. A FIXED PATH WHICH THE EARTH REVOLVES. A) ORBIT. B) AXIS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ORBIT. 59. A tide that is not as high or low as a normal tide is A) A flood tide. B) A neap tide. C) An ebb tide. D) A spring tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A neap tide. 60. WHEN THE NORTHEN HEMISPHERE IS POINTING TOWARDS THE SUN, WHAT SEASON IS THE SOURTHEN HEMISPHERE? A) WINTER. B) SPRING. C) FALL. D) MONSOON. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WINTER. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 6 QuizzesClass 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 1Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 2Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 3Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 4Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 5Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 6Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 8Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books