What is peninsula?
A narrow belt of land
A mountainous island
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
A range of hills
Correct Answer :
C. A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
Related Questions
What is a narrow waterway separating two bits of land called?
A bay
A gulf
A strait
An isthmus
Which star la called the brightest star (Dog star)?
Sirius
Proxima Centaury
Orion
Pole Star
When a year divisible by 4 and not divisible by 400 is called
Siderial Year
Solar Year
Cosmic Year
Leap Year
Average temperature of the Earth is.
14°C
24°C
34°C
20°C
The Sun contains over ___of the total mass of the Solar System.
0.825
0.98
0.998
0.02
What is a 'synodic month'?
Moon's period of rotation on its axis with respect to the earth.
Moon's period of revolution around the earth.
Moon's period of revolution with respect to a star at infinity
Moon's period of revolution with respect to the Sun
The word 'satellite' means _____.
wanderer
settlement
light
a smaller companion to anything
What is the distance around the earth at the Equator?
21,000 km
16,800 km
18,600 km
12,500 km
Lunar eclipse means
Direction or path of the Moon
The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
The Earth comes in between the sun and the Moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line
The average angle made by a line drawn from the Moon to the Earth
What is the name of the planet which takes 88 days to make one revolution of the Sun?
Venus
Mercury
Pluto
Neptune
A Light Year measures
A unit of velocity
A unit of distance
A unit of pressure
A unit of time
Polar diameter of the Eearth is.
17214 km
12741 km
12714 km
17124 km
What la the difference between a gulf and a bay?
A gulf is big and a bay is small
A gulf is at a rivermouth and a bay is not
A bay is surrounded by cliffs and a gulf by lowland
Both are part of the sea that extend considerably into the land, but a bay usually has a wider entrance than a gulf
Which is the second largest satellite in the Solar System?
Titan
Charon
Ganymede
Europa
Average density of the Earth is ( relative to water) __.
5.5
4.5
9.5
6.5
Going into the interior of the earth the weight of an object
Increases
Decreases
Remains unchanged
First increases and then decreases
The planet of lowest density (0.69) is __ .
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
Which planet is called 'Double Planet'?
Venus
Uranus
Pluto
Earth
Which one of the following stars is nearest to the Earth?
Polaris
Alpha Centauri
Sun
Sirius
Which of the following conditions la the most relevant for the presence of life on Mars?
Atmospheric composition
Thermal conditions
Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water
Occurrence of ozone
Rapidly rotating stars emitting intense radio waves are called ___.
Pulsars
Quasuars
Neutron stars
All of the above
Halley's comet visits us after every.
66 years
76 years
86 years
96 years
Equatorial diameter of the Earth is __.
12757 km
17257 km
17527 km
17572 km
The rate of rotation of the Earth on its axis is the highest on which of the following date?
It never changes
January-4
January-3
January-21
Which of the following is the largest ocean?
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
On the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere which of the hollowing latitudes will have the longest night?
45°S
60°S
60°N
45°N
How many degrees north and south are the Tropics?
47 degrees
23.5 degrees
12 degrees
30 degrees
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Capricorn' is
December-22
March-21
June-21
September-23
What is the time difference for every degree of longitude?
Eight minutes
Ten minutes
Four minutes
Twelve minutes
How much time (approximately) does the light from the nearest star to the Sun take in reaching the earth?
4.3 seconds
4.3 years
4.3 minutes
4.3 hours