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 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An equinox occurs when A) The equator is receiving the most direct sunlight (directly above). B) The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. C) The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. D) Earth's axis is parallel to the sun's rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The equator is receiving the most direct sunlight (directly above). 2. The Earth revolve around the ..... ? A) Mars. B) Sun. C) Moon. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 3. Did you like our presentation A) Yea. B) It was the best. C) It was boring. D) It was fine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the best. 4. A leap year has how many days? A) 366. B) 366 days and 6 hours. C) 365. D) 365 days and 6 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 366. 5. What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into day and night called? A) Prime Meridian. B) Equator. C) Circle of Illumination. D) International Date Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle of Illumination. 6. The shortest day and the longest night of the year fall on A) 22nd December. B) 25th December. C) 25th June. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22nd December. 7. The circle that divides day and night is called A) Circle of illumination. B) Arctic Circle. C) Equator. D) Prime meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle of illumination. 8. Longest day in southern hemisphere is called what in the northern hemisphere A) Summer solstice. B) Winter solstice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winter solstice. 9. The position of the Earth on 22nd December. A) Winter Solistice. B) Summer Solistice. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter Solistice. 10. The period of rotation is called ..... A) Seasons. B) Equinox. C) Leap year. D) Earth day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth day. 11. Revolution is the movement of the Sun around the Earth on a fixed orbit. State True or False. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. The rotational speed of the earth at the Equator is about ..... km per hour. A) 1, 675. B) 1, 875. C) 1, 575. D) 1, 775. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 675. 13. A-It is day in India when it is night in the other part of the world.R-It is because of the revolution of earth A) Both A and R are true. B) Both A and R are false. C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A is true but R is false. 14. From March, April, and May, the earth's axis is not pointed to the sun. Both hemispheres receive an equal amount of solar energy. This is called ..... A) Summer. B) Winter. C) Autumn. D) Spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spring. 15. The whole earth experiences equal days and nights. This is called? A) Equinex. B) Equinix. C) Equinox. D) Equenox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equinox. 16. The movement of Earth around the sun is called A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 17. What is the significance of the tilt of the Earth's axis? A) It affects the length of the day. B) It causes the change in seasons. C) It impacts the rotation speed of the Earth. D) It determines the ocean tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It causes the change in seasons. 18. The 0-degree meridian is as the ..... A) UTC. B) GMT. C) Greenwich Meridian. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greenwich Meridian. 19. What will happen if earth did not rotate A) Cold conditions on earth's half surface. B) Warm conditions on earth's half surface. C) No life possible in such extreme climatic conditions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Earth's rotation is inclined or tilted 23.5 degrees relative to its plane of revolution around the sun. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) MAYBE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 21. Six hours saved every year are added to make one day over a span of ..... years A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 22. During the Summer Solstice, which hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun? A) Western Hemisphere. B) Southern Hemisphere. C) Northern Hemisphere. D) Equatorial Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern Hemisphere. 23. What are the seasons of the earth. A) Sumner, wener, spring, autmn. B) Summer, winter, spring, autumn. C) Summer, winter, spring, autumm. D) Summer, wimter, spring, autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer, winter, spring, autumn. 24. The movement of the Earth around the sun in a fixed path is called A) Orbit. B) Leap year. C) Revolution. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolution. 25. Seasons are caused by A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 26. The Earth receives light from the A) Sun. B) Stars. C) Meteors. D) Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 27. When do you have the Spring Equinox A) 22 March. B) 23 March. C) 21 March. D) 12 March. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21 March. 28. Direct rays of the sun fall on the tropic of cancer on A) 21st June. B) 23rd September. C) 21st March. D) 21st December. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21st June. 29. Having been here on Earth for a while, you know that every year is made up of four seasons.What causes the changes in seasons? A) The rotation of the sun. B) The tilt of the Earth on its axis. C) The heating and cooling of the sun. D) The rotation of the Earth on its axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tilt of the Earth on its axis. 30. Life is not possible in the extreme conditions. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. The distance between the Earth and the Sun varies. Minimum and maximum distances are called as A) Perihelion and Aphelion respectively. B) Aphelion and Perihelion respectively. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perihelion and Aphelion respectively. 32. How much time does the earth takes to complete 1 revolution? A) 366 days. B) 366 days 6 hours. C) 365 days. D) 365 days 6 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 365 days 6 hours. 33. ..... is the movement of the earth on its axis. A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Elliptic. D) Orbital plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 34. A leap year comes after how many years? A) 50 years. B) 4 years. C) 100 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4 years. 35. The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit is called? A) Orbit. B) Revolution. C) Illumination. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revolution. 36. What is rotation A) The movement of earth around the sun. B) Equal days and equal nights. C) The movement or spinning of the Earth on its own axis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movement or spinning of the Earth on its own axis. 37. The reason we have seasons is because we get closer and farther to the sun. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 38. The axis of the earth is inclined at an angle of ..... A) 30$^{0}$. B) 0$^{0}$. C) 23.5$^{0}$. D) 90$^{0}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 23.5$^{0}$. 39. How long is a day? A) 24 Hours. B) 12 Hours. C) 3 Hours. D) 100 Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 Hours. 40. It will be disastrous if the Earth fails to rotate. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Aryabhatata Vas Born in Kusumpur in ..... A) Cat. B) Chin. C) Fth. D) 5th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5th. 42. How much days does a leap year have? A) 3666. B) 367. C) 365$^{1}$/$_{4}$. D) 366. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 366. 43. The Earth revolves around the moon A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. What speed does the earth rotate at? A) 1, 037 mph. B) 1, 251 mph. C) 2, 514 mph. D) 999 mph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 037 mph. 45. When is the next leap year? A) 2033. B) 2022. C) 2044. D) 2024. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2024. 46. THE DAILY MOTION OF THE EARTH IS ..... A) ROTATION. B) REVOLUTION. C) GRAVITATION. D) NON OF ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ROTATION. 47. From the westernmost point to the easternmost point, the local times of India extend over a time difference of ..... A) No difference exist. B) More than 120 minutes. C) 120 minutes. D) 30 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More than 120 minutes. 48. What is the movement of the Earth on its own axis? A) Rotation. B) Illuminating. C) Revolution. D) Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 49. If the Earth did not rotate the portion of the Earth facing the Sun would always experience- A) Darkness. B) Day. C) Night. D) Twilight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day. 50. On 21st june sun's rays are direct fall on A) Tropic of Capricorn. B) Equator. C) Tropic of Cancer. D) Antarctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropic of Cancer. 51. The North Pole has darkness for about six months from 23rd September to ..... A) 20th March. B) 22nd March. C) 21st March. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21st March. 52. In Australia Christmas is celebrated during ..... A) Winter. B) Summer. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer. 53. Every year ..... hours is saved and are added to make one day over a span of four years. A) 6 hours. B) 36 hours. C) 24 hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 hours. 54. The earth's axis is tilted so that it points toward A) Polaris. B) Canada. C) The moon. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polaris. 55. On 22nd December sun's rays are direct fall on A) Tropic of Capricorn. B) Tropic of Cancer. C) Equator. D) Arctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Capricorn. 56. When the distance between the earth and the sun is minimum i.e 146 million km, the earth is said to be in PERIHELION. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. The sun's rays fall vertically at the Tropic of ..... on 22nd December. A) Cancer. B) Capricorn. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capricorn. 58. On 23rd September it is ..... season in the Northern Hemisphere A) Autumn. B) Spring. C) Summer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autumn. 59. At what speed does earth rotate per hour at the Equator A) 3600 km per hour. B) 2600 km per hour. C) 4600 km per hour. D) 1600 km per hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1600 km per hour. 60. Which of the following is not a member of the solar system? A) An asteroid. B) A satellite. C) A Constellation. D) A comet. 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