3rd Mock Test of Geography for JRBT and Other Exam
Mark-100 Time-30 Minute
Chung Sajak
1. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
A) Elliptical
B) Irregular
C) Barred Spiral
D) Ring
2. Which celestial body is at the center of the Solar System?
A) Earth
B) Jupiter
C) The Moon
D) The Sun
3. How many officially recognized planets are in the Solar System?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
4. What is a galaxy?
A) A single star
B) A group of planets
C) A large group of stars, gas, and dust held by gravity
D) A comet belt
5. Which of the following is NOT a dwarf planet?
A) Pluto
B) Ceres
C) Eris
D) Titan
6. The Solar System is a part of which galaxy?
A) Andromeda
B) Whirlpool
C) Milky Way
D) Sombrero
7. Which of the following are considered small Solar System bodies?
A) Stars
B) Galaxies
C) Asteroids and comets
D) Black holes
8. Which of the following best describes the Sun?
A) A planet
B) A moon
C) A galaxy
D) A star
9. What keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
A) Magnetic field
B) Gravitational force
C) Wind pressure
D) Rotation of planets
10. What is the primary difference between planets and dwarf planets?
A) Dwarf planets are smaller and haven’t cleared their orbital path
B) Dwarf planets are hotter
C) Planets have rings
D) Dwarf planets do not rotate
11. Which is the biggest planet in our Solar System?
A) Earth
B) Saturn
C) Jupiter
D) Neptune
12. Which is the smallest planet in our Solar System?
A) Mars
B) Mercury
C) Pluto
D) Venus
13. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Venus
D) Mercury
14. Which is the farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System?
A) Uranus
B) Neptune
C) Pluto
D) Jupiter
15. Which planet is the nearest to Earth in terms of average distance?
A) Mars
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Jupiter
16. Which is the brightest planet in the night sky?
A) Mars
B) Jupiter
C) Venus
D) Mercury
17. What is the brightest star in the night sky after the Sun?
A) Polaris
B) Sirius
C) Betelgeuse
D) Vega
18. Which planet has the maximum number of natural satellites (moons)?
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Uranus
D) Neptune
19. Which is the coldest planet in our Solar System?
A) Uranus
B) Neptune
C) Mars
D) Saturn
20. Which is the hottest planet in our Solar System?
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Mars
D) Jupiter
21. Which is the heaviest planet in our Solar System?
A) Saturn
B) Neptune
C) Jupiter
D) Uranus
22. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Mercury
D) Jupiter
23. What is the name of the largest natural satellite in the Solar System?
A) Titan
B) Ganymede
C) Callisto
D) Moon
24. Which is the smallest natural satellite among the major moons?
A) Europa
B) Triton
C) Deimos
D) Phobos
25. Which planet is known as the “Blue Planet”?
A) Uranus
B) Neptune
C) Earth
D) Venus
26. Which planet is referred to as the Morning Star and Evening Star?
A) Mars
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Jupiter
27. Which planet is known as Earth’s Twin?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Mercury
D) Uranus
28. Which planet is sometimes referred to as the “Green Planet”?
A) Neptune
B) Uranus
C) Saturn
D) Jupiter
29. Which planet has a prominent feature known as the “Great Red Spot”?
A) Mars
B) Jupiter
C) Saturn
D) Neptune
30. Which planet experiences the greatest diurnal temperature variation?
A) Venus
B) Mercury
C) Mars
D) Earth
31. What does the equator represent in terms of latitude?
A) 90° N
B) 90° S
C) 23½° N
D) 0°
32. What is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
A) 66½° N
B) 23½° S
C) 23½° N
D) 0°
33. Which latitude represents the Arctic Circle?
A) 23½° N
B) 66½° N
C) 66½° S
D) 90° N
34. What is the approximate distance of 1 degree of latitude?
A) 100 km
B) 111 km
C) 120 km
D) 90 km
35. Which line of latitude is called the ‘Greatest Circle’?
A) Tropic of Capricorn
B) Arctic Circle
C) Equator
D) Antarctic Circle
36. Which latitude marks the Tropic of Capricorn?
A) 23½° N
B) 0°
C) 90° S
D) 23½° S
37. What is the latitude of the South Pole?
A) 90° S
B) 90° N
C) 66½° S
D) 0°
38. Which circle of latitude is found at 66½° South?
A) Equator
B) Antarctic Circle
C) Arctic Circle
D) Tropic of Capricorn
39. How are lines of latitude drawn on the Earth?
A) Perpendicular to the equator
B) Converging at the poles
C) Parallel to the equator
D) Randomly drawn
40. What is true about the distance between any two lines of latitude?
A) It varies near the poles
B) It is always increasing
C) It is constant
D) It is zero at the equator
41. What are lines of longitude also known as?
A) Parallels
B) Tropics
C) Meridians
D) Equators
42. Through which point does the Prime Meridian pass?
A) Paris
B) Rome
C) Royal Observatory at Greenwich
D) New York
43. How many meridians of longitude are there in total?
A) 180
B) 360
C) 90
D) 100
44. What is the distance of 1° of longitude at the equator?
A) 96.5 km
B) 111 km
C) 80 km
D) 100 km
45. What happens to the distance between two meridians as you move from the equator to the poles?
A) Increases
B) Decreases
C) Remains constant
D) Doubles
46. What is the distance between two meridians at 30° latitude?
A) 111 km
B) 96.5 km
C) 80 km
D) 120 km
47. Meridians of longitude meet at which points?
A) Equator
B) Tropic of Cancer
C) Poles
D) Arctic Circle
48. How are lines of longitude positioned on the globe?
A) Parallel to each other
B) In concentric circles
C) As vertical semicircles
D) Randomly
49. What is the main purpose of longitudes in geography?
A) To locate places vertically
B) To measure distances only
C) To calculate time and locate east-west positions
D) To indicate elevation
50. Which of the following statements is correct about meridians?
A) The distance between meridians is always equal
B) Meridians are parallel lines
C) Meridians converge at the poles
D) Meridians form full circles
51. Which meridian is used to divide the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
A) 180° Meridian
B) 90° Meridian
C) 0° Meridian
D) 23½° Meridian
52. What is the longitude of the International Date Line?
A) 0°
B) 90°
C) 180°
D) 150°
53. What are the points directly opposite each other on the globe called?
A) Longitudinal twins
B) Parallel points
C) Antipodal points
D) Convergent points
54. How many degrees of longitude does the Earth have in total?
A) 90
B) 180
C) 360
D) 240
55. How many longitudinal zones does the Earth have for standard time?
A) 12
B) 18
C) 24
D) 36
56. What is the time difference between each degree of longitude?
A) 1 minute
B) 2 minutes
C) 4 minutes
D) 5 minutes
57. What is the time difference between two adjacent time zones?
A) 15 minutes
B) 30 minutes
C) 1 hour
D) 45 minutes
58. Which meridian is opposite the Prime Meridian on the globe?
A) 90° E
B) 90° W
C) 180°
D) 45°
59. Why is each meridian of longitude considered a semicircle?
A) It goes around the Earth
B) It connects poles with the equator
C) It runs from pole to pole
D) It ends at the equator
60. How much time difference corresponds to 180° of longitude?
A) 12 hours
B) 18 hours
C) 24 hours
D) 6 hours
61. How many degrees of longitude does the Earth rotate in one hour?
A) 1°
B) 10°
C) 15°
D) 30°
62. What is the time difference for every 1° of longitude?
A) 2 minutes
B) 4 minutes
C) 6 minutes
D) 1 minute
63. If a place is 30° east of Greenwich, what is its time difference from GMT?
A) 2 hours behind
B) 2 hours ahead
C) 3 hours ahead
D) 3 hours behind
64. Places on the same meridian have the same:
A) Time zone
B) Local time
C) Standard time
D) Latitude
65. The Earth rotates from:
A) East to West
B) West to East
C) North to South
D) South to North
66. A place 45° west of Greenwich will be how many hours behind GMT?
A) 2 hours
B) 3 hours
C) 4 hours
D) 5 hours
67. If it is 12 noon at Greenwich, what time is it at 75° E?
A) 5:00 PM
B) 2:00 PM
C) 3:00 PM
D) 4:00 PM
8. Which place will see the Sun first?
A) Place at 60° W
B) Place at 0°
C) Place at 30° E
D) Place at 15° W
69. What is the time difference between 0° and 90° east longitude?
A) 6 hours
B) 5 hours
C) 4 hours
D) 3 hours
70. If a place is 15° west of Greenwich, its local time will be:
A) 1 hour ahead of GMT
B) Same as GMT
C) 1 hour behind GMT
D) 15 minutes behind GMT
71. What is the standard meridian of India?
A) 75°E
B) 82.5°E
C) 90°E
D) 60°E
72. Indian Standard Time (IST) is how many hours ahead of GMT?
A) 5 hours
B) 4 hours 30 minutes
C) 5 hours 30 minutes
D) 6 hours
73. Why does India follow only one time zone?
A) India is a small country
B) To maintain national uniformity
C) It has no longitudinal extent
D) India lies on the equator
74. The International Date Line is located near which meridian?
A) 0°
B) 90°E
C) 180°
D) 135°W
75. The International Date Line passes mostly through:
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Arctic Ocean
76. What happens when a traveler crosses the International Date Line from east to west (USA to Japan)?
A) They gain a day
B) They lose a day
C) No change in date
D) Time becomes GMT
77. What happens when a traveler crosses the International Date Line from west to east (Japan to USA)?
A) They lose a day
B) They gain a day
C) No time difference
D) It becomes midnight
78. Why is the International Date Line not a straight line?
A) To follow the Equator
B) To avoid cutting through continents and islands
C) To follow Earth’s curvature
D) Due to gravitational pull
79. What is the total longitudinal extent of India?
A) 15°
B) 20°
C) 30°
D) 40°
80. The reason why India’s IST is set at 82.5°E is because:
A) It lies exactly in the center of India
B) It is the highest point in India
C) It provides a time difference of 5 hours 30 mins from GMT
D) It is a part of the Prime Meridian
81. At what latitude is the Tropic of Cancer located?
A) 0°
B) 66½°N
C) 23½°N
D) 23½°S
82. The Tropic of Capricorn is located at which latitude?
A) 23½°N
B) 66½°S
C) 90°S
D) 23½°S
83. The Arctic Circle is located at:
A) 90°N
B) 66½°N
C) 23½°N
D) 66½°S
84. The Antarctic Circle is located at:
A) 66½°S
B) 23½°S
C) 90°S
D) 66½°N
85. When is the Summer Solstice observed in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) 21st March
B) 22nd December
C) 21st June
D) 23rd September
86. On which date does the Winter Solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) 22nd March
B) 21st June
C) 22nd December
D) 23rd September
87. Which latitude line is known as the ‘Great Circle’?
A) Tropic of Cancer
B) Tropic of Capricorn
C) Arctic Circle
D) Equator
88. How many major parallels of latitude are there including the equator?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
89. Why are solstices important?
A) They mark time zones
B) They indicate the beginning of new months
C) They show the Sun’s vertical position over tropics
D) They define rainfall zones
90. Which of the following statements is true?
A) The Tropic of Capricorn is north of the equator
B) The Arctic Circle lies in the Southern Hemisphere
C) Summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere happens in June
D) Winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs in March
91. What are meridians of longitude?
A) Lines parallel to the equator
B) Semi-circles running from pole to pole
C) Circles around the Earth
D) Lines running east to west
92. What is the value of the Prime Meridian?
A) 180°
B) 90°
C) 0°
D) 23½°
93. How many meridians of longitude are there including the Prime Meridian?
A) 180
B) 360
C) 90
D) 24
94. How is the distance between meridians measured?
A) In kilometers
B) In degrees of longitude
C) In meters
D) In minutes only
95. Into how many parts is one degree of longitude divided?
A) 10
B) 60
C) 100
D) 360
96. Each minute of longitude is further divided into how many seconds?
A) 30
B) 60
C) 100
D) 360
97. Which city does the Prime Meridian pass through?
A) Paris
B) Greenwich
C) New York
D) Tokyo
98. What is the purpose of the Prime Meridian?
A) To divide Earth into two hemispheres north and south
B) To serve as the zero degree longitude line
C) To mark the equator
D) To measure latitude
99. How many total degrees of longitude are there east and west of the Prime Meridian?
A) 90° east and 90° west
B) 180° east and 180° west
C) 360° east only
D) 360° west only
100. Meridians of longitude help in determining:
A) Latitude of a place
B) Local time and time zones
C) Distance from the equator
D) Distance from the poles
