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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
