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MCQ on Class 6 Geography Major Domains of the Earth
Which component of the Earth’s primarily consists of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and other gases?
- A) Lithosphere
- B) Atmosphere
- C) Hydrosphere
- D) Biosphere
Answer: B) Atmosphere
What are the large landmasses on Earth called?
- A) Oceans
- B) Continents
- C) Basins
- D) Crusts
Answer: B) Continents
What are the huge water bodies called?
- A) Continents
- B) Crusts
- C) Oceans
- D) Basins
Answer: C) Oceans
From where is the elevation of land measured?
- A) Atmosphere
- B) Oceans
- C) Basins
- D) Sea level
Answer: D) Sea level
Which location records the greatest depth on Earth?
- A) Mt. Everest
- B) Mariana Trench
- C) Atlantic Ocean
- D) Himalayas
Answer: B) Mariana Trench
Which continent is the largest in terms of area?
- A) Africa
- B) Asia
- C) Europe
- D) North America
Answer: B) Asia
Which two continents together form the landmass called Eurasia?
- A) Asia and Europe
- B) Africa and Asia
- C) Europe and North America
- D) Australia and Antarctica
Answer: A) Asia and Europe
Which continent is the only one through which the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator, and the Tropic of Capricorn pass?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Africa
- D) North America
Answer: C) Africa
Which continent is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Africa
- D) South America
Answer: D) South America
Which continent is mostly located in the Northern Hemisphere?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Africa
- D) North America
Answer: A) Asia
Which desert is the world’s largest hot desert and located in Africa?
- A) Sahara Desert
- B) Gobi Desert
- C) Kalahari Desert
- D) Atacama Desert
Answer: A) Sahara Desert
Which river flows through Africa and is the world’s longest river?
- A) Amazon River
- B) Nile River
- C) Mississippi River
- D) Yangtze River
Answer: B) Nile River
Which two oceans surround South America on the east and the west?
- A) Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
- B) Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
- C) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
- D) Arctic Ocean and Southern Ocean
Answer: C) Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
Which continent is the smallest and lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
- A) Asia
- B) Europe
- C) Australia
- D) Africa
Answer: C) Australia
Which continent is permanently covered with thick ice sheets?
- A) Africa
- B) Europe
- C) South America
- D) Antarctica
Answer: D) Antarctica
Which continent has the world’s largest river, the Amazon?
- A) Asia
- B) Africa
- C) North America
- D) South America
Answer: D) South America
What is the percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
- A) 29%
- B) 71%
- C) 97%
- D) 100%
Answer: B) 71%
Which component of the Earth’s environment consists of water in all its forms?
- A) Atmosphere
- B) Lithosphere
- C) Hydrosphere
- D) Biosphere
Answer: C) Hydrosphere
Where is the majority of Earth’s water found?
- A) Oceans
- B) Glaciers
- C) Lakes
- D) Underground
Answer: A) Oceans
What is the percentage of Earth’s water is found in the oceans?
- A) 71%
- B) 97%
- C) 29%
- D) 100%
Answer: B) 97%
What is the percentage of Earth’s water is available as fresh water for human use?
- A) 71%
- B) 97%
- C) Less than 1%
- D) 100%
Answer: C) Less than 1%
What is the term used to describe water in the form of solid ice in glaciers?
- A) Hydrosphere
- B) Atmosphere
- C) Lithosphere
- D) Cryosphere
Answer: D) Cryosphere
What percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by land?
- A) 71%
- B) 97%
- C) 29%
- D) 100%
Answer: C) 29%
Which ocean is the largest in the world?
- A) Pacific Ocean
- B) Atlantic Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Southern Ocean
Answer: A) Pacific Ocean
Which ocean is the second largest in the world?
- A) Pacific Ocean
- B) Atlantic Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Southern Ocean
Answer: B) Atlantic Ocean
Which ocean is almost circular in shape?
- A) Pacific Ocean
- B) Atlantic Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Southern Ocean
Answer: A) Pacific Ocean
Which ocean is bound by northern coasts of North America and Eurasia?
- A) Pacific Ocean
- B) Atlantic Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Arctic Ocean
Answer: D) Arctic Ocean
Which ocean is known for its highly indented coastline and natural harbors?
- A) Pacific Ocean
- B) Atlantic Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Southern Ocean
Answer: B) Atlantic Ocean
Which ocean is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Bering Strait?
- A) Pacific Ocean
- B) Atlantic Ocean
- C) Indian Ocean
- D) Arctic Ocean
Answer: D) Arctic Ocean
Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the Earth’s surface?
- A) Troposphere
- B) Stratosphere
- C) Mesosphere
- D) Thermosphere
Answer: A) Troposphere
Which gas makes up the majority of the Earth’s atmosphere?
- A) Nitrogen
- B) Oxygen
- C) Carbon dioxide
- D) Argon
Answer: A) Nitrogen
Which gas is essential for the growth of living organisms?
- A) Nitrogen
- B) Oxygen
- C) Carbon dioxide
- D) Argon
Answer: B) Oxygen
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
- A) Troposphere
- B) Stratosphere
- C) Mesosphere
- D) Thermosphere
Answer: B) Stratosphere
What percentage of the Earth’s atmosphere is composed of nitrogen?
- A) 78%
- B) 21%
- C) 1%
- D) 99%
Answer: A) 78%
Which gas absorbs heat radiated by the Earth, keeping the planet warm?
- A) Nitrogen
- B) Oxygen
- C) Carbon dioxide
- D) Argon
Answer: C) Carbon dioxide
Which layer of the atmosphere is located above the thermosphere?
- A) Troposphere
- B) Stratosphere
- C) Mesosphere
- D) Exosphere
Answer: D) Exosphere
What is the primary purpose of the atmosphere?
- A) Protecting the Earth from sun’s rays
- B) Providing water for the Hydrosphere
- C) Supporting plant growth
- D) Creating the Biosphere
Answer: A) Protecting the Earth from sun’s rays
Which domain is the biosphere located in?
- A) Lithosphere
- B) Atmosphere
- C) Hydrosphere
- D) None of the above
Answer: D) None of the above
What can cutting forests and clearing land for agriculture lead to?
- A) Soil erosion
- B) Increase in biodiversity
- C) Earthquakes
- D) Submergence of land
Answer: A) Soil erosion
Which recent event led to the submergence of parts of Andaman & Nicobar islands?
- A) Earthquakes
- B) Tsunami
- C) Soil erosion
- D) Deforestation
Answer: B) Tsunami
What is the term used to describe the increase in global temperatures due to the increase in carbon dioxide?
- A) Global cooling
- B) Ozone depletion
- C) Global warming
- D) Acid rain
Answer: C) Global warming
