Geography 4

Question 1

_____ returned from her time on the International Space Station on Feb 6, 2020.

Answer 1

Christina Koch

• longest time spent in space, 328 days

Question 2

Christina Koch shared the images of the ______ from space.

Answer 2

Southern Lights aka Aurora Australis

Question 3

_______ was the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon.

Answer 3

Chang’e 4

• communication done through relay satellite, Queqiao
• probe Earth’s interior, solar winds & lunar geology

Question 4

20 July, 2019 celebrated the ____ anniversary of the Moon Landing.

Answer 4

50th

Question 5

Where is the Apollo 11 landing site?

Answer 5

Tranquility Base

• Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17 landed on the moon

Question 6

Closest space craft that ever orbited a body in the solar system.

Answer 6

OSIRIS Rex

• pictures of Bennu (asteroid)
• 13 June 2019

Question 7

Closest blackhole to Earth

Answer 7

Sagittarius A*

• 1,600 light years away

Question 8

Who first theorised the existence of black holes?

Answer 8

Einstein

• in 1916
• term ‘black hole’ was coined in 1967 by John Wheeler.

Question 9

______ predicted that black holes could eventually evaporate.

Answer 9

Stephen Hawking

• in 1974

Question 10

______ is the only thing that escapes the pull of a black hole.

Answer 10

Radiation

Question 11

All matter and energy that fall into a black hole, end up in its center called ______.

Answer 11

Singularity

Question 12

_____ created the first image of a black hole.

Answer 12

Katie Bouman

Question 13

_____ is the matter and radiation that exists between star systems in a galaxy.

Answer 13

Interstellar medium

• contains gas in ionic, molecular and atomic form, along with dust and cosmic rays

Question 14

____ & _____ are most common interstellar gases.

Answer 14

Hydrogen & Helium

Question 15

What does interplanetary space comprise of?

Answer 15

Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
Cosmic Rays & Dust
Solar Winds

Question 16

_____ is the invisible force pushing planet away from each other.

Answer 16

Dark Energy

Question 17

Which are the planets with retrograde (east to west) rotation?

Answer 17

Venus & Uranus

Question 18

Mercury - God of ____

Answer 18

Eloquence, commerce & skill

Question 19

Venus - God of ____

Answer 19

Spring, joy & beauty

Question 20

Mars - God of ___

Answer 20

War

Question 21

Jupiter - God of ___

Answer 21

Ruler of all gods and men

Question 22

Saturn - God of ____

Answer 22

Agriculture

Question 23

Uranus - God of ____

Answer 23

Heavens

Question 24

Neptune - God of _____

Answer 24

Seas

Question 25

First five recognised dwarf planets

Answer 25

Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Makemake & Haumea

Question 26

Launch of Mars Rover, Perseverance

Answer 26

30 July, 2020

Question 27

How many days was the Mars Opportunity Rover expected to last, and how many days did it actually last?

Answer 27

Expected: 90 days Completed: 5352 days [15 years]

Question 28

_____ occurs when the moon is fully in the Earth's shadow.

Answer 28

Blood moon - occurs during total lunar eclipse

Question 29

______ is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year. Eg: two full moons in 1 month span

Answer 29

Blue moon - happens on average every 2.7 years

Question 30

Super Moon

Answer 30

When full moon occurs during a perigee

Question 31

Western Ghats spread over _____ states.

Answer 31

6 - Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Gujarat

Question 32

______ designated the entire Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA)

Answer 32

Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) aka Madhav Gadgil Committee

Question 33

____ recommended only 37% of the total Western Ghats area be brought under ESA.

Answer 33

Kasturirangan committee - distinguished natural landscape (41%) and cultural landscape (59%) - 90% of natural landscape to be protected - Ecotourism and upliftment of green sustainable methods of occupation

Question 34

____ was the first to make it to the South Pole

Answer 34

Amundsen

Question 35

____ was the place where ozone hole was discovered.

Answer 35

Antarctica

Question 36

____ is an Earth System Science Organization under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India for implementation of the Indian Antarctic Programme.

Answer 36

National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (ESSO-NCAOR)

Question 37

India presently has ____ research stations at Antarctica.

Answer 37

2 - 'Maitri' and 'Bharati'

Question 38

Largest lake in Antarctica

Answer 38

Lake Vostok

Question 39

Man-made fresh water lake built by Indians in Antarctica

Answer 39

Lake Priyadarshini

Question 40

_____ was a tropical cyclone which brought severe impacts to portions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in late November of 2020.

Answer 40

Cyclone Nivar

Question 41

_____ selects the names of cyclones.

Answer 41

World Meteorological Organization

Question 42

___ was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha in 2019.

Answer 42

Cyclone Fani

Question 43

____ refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction due to periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific.

Answer 43

El Nino - means 'little boy' in Spanish

Question 44

____ refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction as the colder counterpart of El Nino.

Answer 44

La Nina - meaning little girl - occurs every 3-5 years

Question 45

Active volcanoes on the land near the Pacific Ocean are collectively called the _____.

Answer 45

Ring of Fire

Question 46

Longest river in Russia

Answer 46

Ob-Irtysh

Question 47

Longest Indian river

Answer 47

Indus - followed by Brahmaputra

Question 48

Shortest river in the world

Answer 48

Ombla river, Croatia, Europe

Question 49

Deepest cave in the world

Answer 49

Resseau du Foillis, France

Question 50

Satellite-based advisory service _____ launched for deep sea fishermen to inform them of upcoming disasters.

Answer 50

GEMINI

Question 51

The creator of the Zero Budget Natural Farming model in India is _____.

Answer 51

Subhash Palekar - first practiced in Karnataka

Question 52

The Forest Minister of Madhya Pradesh launched the first hot air balloon safari of India in the _____ in December 2020.

Answer 52

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve of India in MP

Question 53

India recently added the ____ as its forty-second Ramsar site, Ladakh on 24 Dec 2020.

Answer 53

Tso Kar Wetland Complex - second Ramsar site from Ladakh - Tsomoriri was included as Ramsar site in 2002.

Question 54

The EU announced in December 2020 to completely ban the exports of unsorted plastic to poor countries. The new rules of the European Union will amend the _____ Regulation.

Answer 54

2006 Waste Shipment Regulation - new rules allow the export of plastic waste only to countries that intends to recycle

Question 55

In December, the Air Quality commission directed all the industries in the National Capital Region (NCR) to switch over to _____.

Answer 55

Piped Natural Gas - deadline of switch over is January 31, 2021 - Air Quality Index (AQI) score of NCR is 373 [very poor]

Question 56

_____ is the most common fog in India.

Answer 56

Radiation Fog - forms when the ground cools due to outgoing radiation in the night

Question 57

A new population of Blue Whales was found in the Western Indian Ocean based on _____.

Answer 57

Echolocations - Whales produce these sounds for food and navigation in the water.

Question 58

The ____ Volcano in Hawaii’s Big Island erupted after an Earthquake that struck the region in December 2020.

Answer 58

Kilauea - last active in 2018 - second youngest volcano of the Hawaii hotspot