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Question No : 43
What is a 'synodic month'?

Moon's period of rotation on its axis with respect to the earth.
Moon's period of revolution around the earth.
Moon's period of revolution with respect to a star at infinity
Moon's period of revolution with respect to the Sun

Question No : 44
On which date is the Earth in 'perihelion'?

January-3
June-21
July-4
December-22

Question No : 45
On which date is the Earth in 'aphelion'?

July-4
December-22
September-23
June-21

Question No : 46
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Cancer' is

June-21
December-22
March-21
September-23

Question No : 47
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Capricorn' is

December-22
March-21
June-21
September-23

Question No : 48
Who was the first person to describe the earth as a sphere?

Columbus
Varahmihir
Aryabhat
Copernicus

Question No : 49
What proportion of the mass of the earth does the mass of the Moon equal?

1/81
1/18
1/27
1/72

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