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Earth Day-General Knowledge Question and Answers (Quiz / MCQ)

Question: On which day Earth Day is celebrated every year?
[A] 21 April
[B] 22 April
[C] 2 June
[D] 5 June
Answer: [B] 22 April

Question: On which year Earth Day was celebrated for the first time?
[A] In 1970
[B] In 1990
[C] In 1980
[D] In 1950
Answer: [A] In 1970

Question: What is the main purpose of celebrating the Earth Day?
[A] Nuclear Energy Protection
[B] Environmental Protection
[C] Tiger Protection
[D] None of these
Answer: [B] Environmental Protection

Question: How much old our Earth is?
[A] 3 Billion Years
[B] 1 Billion Years
[C] 4.54 Billion Years
[D] None of these
Answer: [C] 4.54 Billion Years

Question: What is the position of Earth in the Solar System’s big planets?
[A] 5th
[B] 3rd
[C] 2nd
[D] None of these
Answer: [A] 5th

Question: Which of the following is Natural Satellite of Earth?
[A] Jupiter
[B] Mars
[C] Moon
[D] None of these
Answer: [C] Moon

Question: Which speed of the earth is day and night?
[A] Turns
[B] Spinning
[C] Rotation
[D] None of these
Answer: Rotation

Question:  During the orbiting the sun, the Earth revolves around________times in the axis
[A] 365
[B] 265
[C] 165
[D] None of these
Answer: [A] 365

Question: How much the earth tilted is on its axis?
[A] 23.30
[B] 20.30
[C] 10.10
[D] None of these
Answer: [A] 23.30

Question:  The only planet in solar system which have a life
[A] Jupiter
[B] Mars
[C] Sun
[D] Earth
Answer: [D] Earth

Question: The Earth is called blue planet in solar system, the reason behind is
[A] Due to presence of blue colour
[B] Due to presence of water
[C] Due to presence of blue colour in sky
[D] None of these
Answer: [B] Due to presence of Water

Question: Who’s light does the moon shine?
[A] With its own light
[B] Earth Light
[C] Sun
[D] None of these
Answer: [C]Sun

Question: How long does the sun’s light take to reach the earth?
[A] 8 Minute 20 Second
[B] 7 Minute 20 Second
[C] 5 Minute 20 Second
[D] 8 Minute
Answer: [A] 8 Minute 20 Second

Question: How long does the moon’s light take to reach the earth?
[A] 2.3 Second
[B] 3 Second
[C] 1.10 Second
[D] 1.3 Second
Answer: [D] 1.3 Second

Question: Which of the following is largest ocean in the Earth?
[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Atlantic Ocean
[C] Arctic Ocean
[D] Indian Ocean
Answer: [A] Pacific Ocean

Question: Which of the following is largest Island is the Earth?
[A] Madagascar
[B] Baffin Island
[C] Greenland
[D] None of these
Answer: [C] Greenland

Question: How many oceans are in the world?
[A] Five
[B] Seven
[C] Six
[D] Nine
Answer: [A] Five

Question: How many continents in the world?
[A] Five
[B] Seven
[C] Eight
[D] Six
Answer: [B] Seven

Question: Which is the largest content is the world by area?
[A] Africa
[B] Asia
[C] Australia
[D] North America
Answer:[B]  Asia

Question: Which is the smallest content in the world by area?
[A] Australia
[B] Europe
[C] Antarctica
[D] Africa
Answer: [A] Australia

Question: How much gravitational force exists on the earth?
[A] 10 m / s²
[B] 9.807 m / s²
[C] 12.12 m / s²
[D] None of these
Answer: [B] 9.807 m / s²

Question: There is a source of unlimited energy in the sun
[A] Nuclear fission
[B] Nuclear fusion
[C] Petrol Gas
[D] Chemical reactions
Answer: [B]  Nuclear fusion

Question: Which of the following is the main greenhouse gas?
[A] Carbon dioxide
[B] Chlorofluorocarbons
[C] Carbon monoxide
[D] Feon
Answer: [A] Carbon dioxide

Question: Which is the largest planet in the solar family
[A] Earth
[B] Mars
[C] Moon
[D] Jupiter
Answer: [D] Jupiter

Question: Which is the world’s largest desert?
[A] Sahara Desert
[B] Arabian Desert
[C] Desert of Australia
[D] Gobi Desert
Answer: [A] Sahara Desert

Question: Lunar eclipse occurs when
[A] Sun, moon and earth come in a straight line
[B] Earth goes between the sun and the moon
[C] The moon comes between the sun and the earth
[D] The sun comes between the earth and the moon
Answer:[B]  Earth goes between the sun and the moon

Question: First of all, which of the following scholars is credited for submitting information to the world about the solar system?
[A] Galileo
[B] Copernicus
[C] Strabo
[D] Capler
Answer: [B] Copernicus

Question: Which scholar first used the term ecosystem
[A] Anster Hackel
[B] Eben Howkel
[C] A. G. Tanselle
[D] Tiwartha
Answer: [C] A. G. Tanselle

Question: Which of the following is called Nature’s safety valve of nature?
[A] Earthquake
[B] Volcano
[C] Ozone gas
[D] Rivers
Answer: [B] Volcano

Question: When the earth is near the sun most
[A] 1 January
[B] 3 January
[C] January 11
[D] December 25
Answer: [B] 3 January

Question: When is earth is far from the sun
[A] June 15
[B] 21st June
[C] July 1
[D] 4 July
Answer: 4 July

Earth Day Questions and Answers

Question: Who is credited with founding Earth Day?
Answer: Gaylord Nelson

Question: The founder of Earth Day is a senator from which state?
Answer: Wisconsin

Question: Who took Earth Day international?
Answer: Denis Hayes

Question: When is Earth Day?
Answer: April 22

Question: Earth Day’s date was chosen because it falls between which two events on college campuses?
Answer: Spring break and final exams

Answer: 1970

Question: How many people recognized the first Earth Day?
Answer: 20 million

Question: How many indigenous people inhabit forests worldwide?
Answer: About 50 million

Question: Which bestselling book warned of the effects of pesticides?
Answer: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Question: Which Hollywood actors spoke to crowds in Union Square in New York City on the first Earth Day?

Answer: Paul Newman and Ali MacGraw

Question: What region on Earth produces 20% of the planet’s oxygen?
Answer: The Amazon rainforest

Answer: 20,000

Question: Earth Day detractors argued that the first celebration was really to honor whose 100th birthday?
Answer: Vladimir Lenin

Question: How many countries (so far) have celebrated Earth Day?
Answer: 192

Question: Earth Day’s founding was partially inspired by protestors against what?
Answer: The Vietnam War

Answer: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question: Which president created the EPA?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: Which U.S. president joined Gaylord Nelson for a multi-state conservation-themed tour?
Answer: John F. Kennedy

Question: In addition to establishing the EPA, President Nixon also passed which pieces of legislation in 1970 inspired by the Earth Day movement?
Answer: National Environmental Education Act,  the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act

Answer: 1972

Question: The United Nations has what name for Earth Day?
Answer: International Mother Earth Day

Question: Approximately how many people participate in Earth Day each year?
Answer: 1 billion

Question: Most of Earth’s breathable air comes from where?
Answer: The ocean

Answer: Stuart Roosa

Question: A single tree produces enough air to supply in its lifetime for how many people for a year?
Answer: Four

Question: Which president honored Gaylord Nelson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer: Bill Clinton

Question: In 2012, how many commuters in China rode bikes to protest carbon emissions and air pollution?
Answer: 100,000

Answer: Rice and tea

Question: In 1970, students at Florida Technological University held a mock trial for what, accusing it of air pollution?
Answer: A Chevrolet

Question: Gaylord Nelson was moved to create Earth Day after which disaster?
Answer: Santa Barbara oil spill

Answer: Abhay Kumar

Question: How many college campuses participated in the first Earth Day?
Answer: About 1,500

Question: What singer sailed from New York City to Washington, D.C. for the first Earth Day?
Answer: Pete Seeger

Question: Who took a zero-carbon voyage from Europe to the United States to raise awareness of climate change?
Answer: Greta Thunberg

Question: In Panama, 100 endangered species of what were planted for Earth Day?
Answer: Orchids

Question: In 2011, 28 million trees were planted in which country for the Earth Day “Plant Trees, Not Bombs” campaign?
Answer: Afghanistan

Question: When did Earth Day go global?
Answer: 1990

Question: What holiday followed Earth Day in 1972?
Answer: World Environment Day

Answer: Barack Obama

Question: What 1968 book warned of the dangers of overpopulation on the planet?
Answer: The Population Bomb by Paul Erlich

Question: What American river caught fire in 1969 from all of the waste and pollution filling it?
Answer: Cuyahoga River

Question: What organization largely funded the first Earth Day?
Answer: United Auto Workers (also known as The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America)

Answer: An environmental teach-in

Question: What was referred to as “The Dirty Dozen” in 1970?
Answer: Congressmen with poor environmental records

Question: What famous poet attended the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia?
Answer: Allen Ginsburg

Answer: Pam Tillis and Kix Brooks

Question: When did Google introduce their first Earth Day doodle?
Answer: 2001

Question: Equinox Earth Day takes place when each year?
Answer: March 20

Question: April 22 is the birthdate of which famous conservationist?
Answer: John Muir

Answer: Invest In Our Planet

 

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