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The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Capricorn' is

A. December-22

B. March-21

C. June-21

D. September-23

Correct Answer :

A. December-22


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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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What do you call a narrow neck oC land that connects two larger landmasses?

A. Peninsula

B. Isthmus

C. Cape

D. Strait

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A celestial body consisting of a gaseous cloud enveloping a bright nucleus moving around the Sun in an elliptical or parabolic orbit so eccentrically that some escapes from the Solar Systems is called

A. Comet

B. Great Bear

C. Meteores

D. Asteroides

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Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun?

A. Earth

B. Jupiter

C. Mars

D. Venus

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What part of the moon's surface can be visible from the earth?

A. 1.59

B. 1.41

C. 0.5

D. 1/3rd

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Which two planets do not have any satellites?
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Saturn
4. Pluto

A. 1 and 2

B. 2 WtQ 3

C. 3 and 4

D. 1 and 4

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The visible surface of the sun is known as

A. Chromosphere

B. Sunspots

C. Sun surface

D. Photosphere

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A family or system of millions and millions of stars are called ____.

A. Universe

B. Solar System

C. Galaxy

D. Asteroids

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What is the shape of our galaxy 'Milky Way'?

A. spiral

B. elliptical

C. circular

D. spherical

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The dark patches, associated with the Sun storms present in Sun are called

A. Sunspots

B. Pulsars

C. White Dwarfstar

D. Supernova

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Which of the following are the Inner Planets?
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars

A. Only 1

B. 1 and 2

C. 1, 2 and 3

D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Presently the farthest planet from the Sun is _____.

A. Pluto

B. Neptune

C. Uranus

D. Venus

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What is the name given to the widened rivermouth found at the point a river enters the sea?

A. Estuary

B. Bay

C. Gulf

D. Delta

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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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A Light Year measures

A. A unit of velocity

B. A unit of distance

C. A unit of pressure

D. A unit of time

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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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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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Distance between the Moon and the Earth is
1. Approximately 386000 km
2. 1.25 light seconds

A. Only 1

B. Only 2

C. Both land 2

D. None of these

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What is the Southern Cross?

A. Position of the Sun during summer solstice

B. Position of the vertical Sun during winter solstice

C. A star showing the position of the South Pole

D. Point of intersection of Antarctic Circle and the Prime Meridian

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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 term 'syzygy' is referred to when the

A. Earth is at prihelion and Moon at perigee

B. Earth is at aphelion and Moon at apogee

C. Moon and Sun are at right angles with reference to the Earth

D. Moon, Sun and Earth lie along a straight line

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On which date is the Earth in 'aphelion'?

A. July-4

B. December-22

C. September-23

D. June-21

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Largest satellite in Solar System is ____.

A. Moon

B. Ganymede

C. Europa

D. Cheron

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What is the geographical term for land's end, that tip of land which projects into the sea?

A. A headland

B. A spit

C. A peninsula

D. A cape

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Nearest star from the earth after Sun is

A. Proxima Centaury

B. Alfa Centaury

C. Dog Star

D. Constellation

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How many of the following statements are true?
1. Mean Solar Day is greater than Sidereal Day approximately by 4 minutes.
2. Earth's rotational velocity is decreasing.
3. Planets are arranged according to their increasing distance from the sun as follo

A. 3 and 4

B. 1, 3 and 4

C. 1 and 2

D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

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Outside Antarctica, which is the deepest part of the earth?

A. The Dead Sea

B. The Aral Sea

C. The Caspian Sea

D. Lake Baikal

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To a space traveller stationed in Moon, during the day time the lunar sky will appear

A. Blue

B. White

C. Black

D. Crimson Red

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The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Cancer' is

A. June-21

B. December-22

C. March-21

D. September-23

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Which of the following is the largest ocean?

A. Indian

B. Pacific

C. Atlantic

D. Arctic