Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: Our World - The Earth as a Planet
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What position is Earth from the Sun? [1]
(A) Third
(B) First
(C) Fifth
(D) Eighth
2. What does Earth's distance from the Sun allow? [1]
(A) Liquid water to exist
(B) No water at all
(C) Only ice to exist
(D) Only steam to exist
3. What does Earth's atmosphere contain? [1]
(A) Oxygen
(B) Only carbon dioxide
(C) Only hydrogen
(D) Nothing
4. What does the atmosphere protect us from? [1]
(A) Harmful solar radiation
(B) Nothing
(C) Only wind
(D) Only rain
5. What are Earth's internal layers? [1]
(A) Crust, mantle, core
(B) Only crust
(C) Only core
(D) No layers
6. Why is Earth hospitable for life? [1]
(A) Its unique conditions like water and atmosphere
(B) No specific reason
(C) It has no special conditions
(D) Random chance only
7. How many planets orbit the Sun? [1]
(A) Eight
(B) Five
(C) Ten
(D) Three
8. Why study Earth as a planet? [1]
(A) To appreciate the conditions supporting life
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What position is Earth from the Sun? [1]
(A) Third
(B) First
(C) Fifth
(D) Eighth
10. What does Earth's distance from the Sun allow? [1]
(A) Liquid water to exist
(B) No water at all
(C) Only ice to exist
(D) Only steam to exist
11. What does Earth's atmosphere contain? [1]
(A) Oxygen
(B) Only carbon dioxide
(C) Only hydrogen
(D) Nothing
12. What does the atmosphere protect us from? [1]
(A) Harmful solar radiation
(B) Nothing
(C) Only wind
(D) Only rain
13. What are Earth's internal layers? [1]
(A) Crust, mantle, core
(B) Only crust
(C) Only core
(D) No layers
14. Why is Earth hospitable for life? [1]
(A) Its unique conditions like water and atmosphere
(B) No specific reason
(C) It has no special conditions
(D) Random chance only
15. How many planets orbit the Sun? [1]
(A) Eight
(B) Five
(C) Ten
(D) Three
16. Why study Earth as a planet? [1]
(A) To appreciate the conditions supporting life
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests