The word 'planet' means ____.

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The word 'planet' means ____.

A. wanderer

B. pollution

C. celestial body

D. heavenly body

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A celestial body which revolves round the Sun and receives heat and light from it is called _____.

A. Planet

B. Orion

C. Satellite

D. Star

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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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Sunspots are

A. undulations on the solar surface

B. huge magnetic storms on the solar surface

C. places with adequate sunshine

D. places of tourist importance

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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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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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The word 'planet' means ____.

A. wanderer

B. pollution

C. celestial body

D. heavenly body

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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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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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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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Polar Auroras are called __ in Southern Hemisphere.

A. Aurora Australis

B. Quasars

C. Aurora Borealis

D. Pulsar

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A system of millions and millions of galaxies are called _____.

A. Solar System

B. Universe

C. Space

D. Constellation

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Equatorial diameter of the Earth is __.

A. 12757 km

B. 17257 km

C. 17527 km

D. 17572 km

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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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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 of the following is 'the cruel planet' in Indian astrology?

A. Jupiter

B. Saturn

C. Uranus

D. Neptune

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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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Speed of the revolution of the earth is___'

A. 100000 km per hour

B. 10000 km per hour

C. 1000 km per hour

D. 100 km per hour

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What meridian is the International Date Line?

A. The 180° meridian

B. The O° meridian

C. The 90° meridian

D. The 135° meridian

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What is the name of the planet which takes 88 days to make one revolution of the Sun?

A. Venus

B. Mercury

C. Pluto

D. Neptune

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What is the direction of rotation of the earth on its axis?

A. East to West

B. South to North

C. North to South

D. West to East

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One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between

A. Earth and the Sun

B. Earth and the Moon

C. Jupiter and the Sun

D. Pluto and the Sun

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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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The tail of a comet is directed away from the Sun because

A. as the comet rotates around the Sun, the light mass of the comet is pushed away due to the centrifugal force alone

B. as the comet rotates, the lighter mass of the comet is attracted by some star situated in the direction of its tail

C. the radiation emitted by the Sun exerts a radial pressure on the comet throwing its tail away from the Sun

D. the tail of the comet always exists in the same orientation

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Earth ranks _____ in the Solar System away from the Sun.

A. 5th

B. 4th

C. 6th

D. 3rd

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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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Polar diameter of the Eearth is.

A. 17214 km

B. 12741 km

C. 12714 km

D. 17124 km

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Which planet is called 'Double Planet'?

A. Venus

B. Uranus

C. Pluto

D. Earth

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A celestial body having its own heat and light is called

A. Planet

B. Moon

C. Star

D. Satellite

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In which of the following planets, the Great Red Spot has been the special feature?

A. Jupiter

B. Saturn

C. Mars

D. Venus

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Charon' is the satellite of _____.

A. Earth

B. Saturn

C. Pluto

D. Neptune

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A. wanderer

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The word 'planet' means ____.

Which two planets do not have any satellites?1. Mercury2. Venus3. Saturn4. Pluto

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

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

Polar Auroras are called __ in Southern Hemisphere.

A system of millions and millions of galaxies are called _____.

Equatorial diameter of the Earth is __.

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

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A Light Year measures

Speed of the revolution of the earth is___'

What meridian is the International Date Line?

What is the name of the planet which takes 88 days to make one revolution of the Sun?

What is the direction of rotation of the earth on its axis?

One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between

What is the Southern Cross?

The tail of a comet is directed away from the Sun because

Earth ranks _____ in the Solar System away from the Sun.

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

Polar diameter of the Eearth is.

Which planet is called 'Double Planet'?

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In which of the following planets, the Great Red Spot has been the special feature?

Charon' is the satellite of _____.

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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

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