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Rapidly rotating stars emitting intense radio waves are called ___.

A. Pulsars

B. Quasuars

C. Neutron stars

D. All of the above

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A. Pulsars


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The Sun experiences magnetic storms and this Interferes with the magnetic field oC the Earth and produces light which are called

A. Quasars

B. Polar Auroras

C. Meteorites

D. Pulsar

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Polar diameter of the Eearth is.

A. 17214 km

B. 12741 km

C. 12714 km

D. 17124 km

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Which of the following statements best describes longitudes?

A. An imaginary line on the earth's surface joining the north and south pole

B. The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian

C. The distance of place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian

D. The position of a place on the Earth surface with reference to the Prime Meridian

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Lunar eclipse means

A. Direction or path of the Moon

B. The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth

C. The Earth comes in between the sun and the Moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line

D. The average angle made by a line drawn from the Moon to the Earth

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When dees the Summer Solstice occur?

A. July 23

B. June 21

C. May 20

D. April 31

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On which date is the Earth in 'perihelion'?

A. January-3

B. June-21

C. July-4

D. December-22

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What is siderial day?

A. Time taken by the earth to complete one rotation with respect to a fixed star at infinity

B. Time taken by the earth to complete one revolution with respect to the Moon

C. Time taken by the earth to complete one rotation with respect to the Moon

D. Time taken by the earth to complete one rotation with respect to the Sun

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Orion and Great Bear stand for ______.

A. star

B. planet

C. Solar System

D. Constellation

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Which of the following statements prove(s) that the earth Is spherical?
The Sun rises and sets at different lines in different places.
The shadow cast by the earth on the moon during the lunar eclipse is always circular.
Pictures taken from high alti

A. Only 1

B. 2 and 3

C. I, 2 and 3

D. Only 2

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Which of the following conditions la the most relevant for the presence of life on Mars?

A. Atmospheric composition

B. Thermal conditions

C. Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water

D. Occurrence of ozone

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In which direction la the Tropic oC Capricorn in relation to the Equator?

A. North

B. South

C. East

D. West

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How many degrees north and south are the Tropics?

A. 47 degrees

B. 23.5 degrees

C. 12 degrees

D. 30 degrees

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Which planet does take the least time in completing one revolution around the Sun?

A. Earth

B. Venus

C. Mercury

D. Mars

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What does perigee mean?

A. The position of the moon farthest from the earth

B. The position of the earth nearest to the Sun

C. The position of the moon nearest to the earth

D. The position of the earth farthest from the Sun

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What is a narrow waterway separating two bits of land called?

A. A bay

B. A gulf

C. A strait

D. An isthmus

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Smallest planet of our Solar System is _____.

A. Pluto

B. Earth

C. Venus

D. Mercury

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Which of the following is known as 'King of Planets'?

A. Earth

B. Jupiter

C. Mercury

D. Venus

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How much time does the earth take in completing one rotation on its axis in relation to sun?

A. 23 hours 56 minutes

B. 24 hours

C. 23 hours 46 minutes

D. 24 hours 4 minutes

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Presently the farthest planet from the Sun is _____.

A. Pluto

B. Neptune

C. Uranus

D. Venus

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If the Sun dies It will be transformed Into a

A. White Dwarf

B. Black Dwarf

C. Quasar

D. All of the above

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Which two Planets do not have any satellites?

A. Venus and Mercury

B. Venus and Uranus

C. Venus and Neptune

D. Mercury and Uranus

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Which planet la known as a 'Morning Star' as well as an 'Evening Star'?

A. Venus

B. Uranus

C. Mercury

D. Mars

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Relatively cool spots of the Sun are called __ while relatively hot spots of the Sun are called __.

A. Fusionspot, Facu1ae

B. Sunspot, Faculae

C. Faculae, Sunspot

D. Sunspot, Hotspot

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Average temperature of the Earth is.

A. 14°C

B. 24°C

C. 34°C

D. 20°C

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The word 'satellite' means _____.

A. wanderer

B. settlement

C. light

D. a smaller companion to anything

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What are the Pleides?

A. Constellation

B. Asteroides

C. Meteores

D. Comets

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Hale Bopp' is a newly discovered ____.

A. Planet

B. Meteore

C. Satellite

D. Comet

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The time taken by the sun to revolve around the centre or our galaxy is

A. 25 million yrs

B. 100 million yrs

C. 250 million yrs

D. 500 millionyrs

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Largest planet of our Solar System is _____.

A. Jupiter

B. Mars

C. Saturn

D. Uranus

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A swarm of small bodies in between the two Planets of Solar System is called 'asteroids' which are those two Planets?

A. Mars and Jupiter

B. Earth and Venus

C. Neptune and Pluto

D. Jupiter and Saturn