What are the Pleides?

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What are the Pleides?

A. Constellation

B. Asteroides

C. Meteores

D. Comets

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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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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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Nearest star to the earth is _____.

A. Alfa Centaury

B. Sun

C. Proxima Centaury

D. Dog Star

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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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Equatorial circumference of the Earth is

A. 40067 km

B. 50067 km

C. 4067 km

D. 5067 km

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Which planet rotates on its axis from north to south?

A. Uranus

B. Venus

C. Mars

D. Pluto

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A celestial body which revolves round a planet just as a planet revolves round the Sun is called _____.

A. Moon

B. Asteroid

C. Satellite

D. Great Bear

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The study of universe on grand scale is called.

A. Cosmology

B. Astronomy

C. Astrology

D. Exbiology

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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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The inclination of the earth's axis, i.e. the earth's axis is tilted at an angle from perpendicular to the orbital plane or makes an angle with the plane of the earth's orbit. What are these respective angles?

A. $90^{0}$

B. $23 {\frac{1}{2}}^{0}$

C. $0^{0}$

D. $66 {\frac{1}{2}}^{0}$

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The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called

A. meteors

B. comets

C. meteorites

D. asteroids

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Orion and Great Bear stand for ______.

A. star

B. planet

C. Solar System

D. Constellation

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What is peninsula?

A. A narrow belt of land

B. A mountainous island

C. A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

D. A range of hills

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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 the Sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn at mid-day

A. days and nights are of equal lengths in the Northern Hemisphere

B. Nights are longer than days in the Southern Hemisphere

C. Days and nights are of equal lengths at the poles

D. Night is equal to 24 hours at the North Pole

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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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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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Polar Auroras are

A. Quasars

B. b) Pulsar

C. Aurora Borealis

D. White Dwarfstar

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On the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere which of the hollowing latitudes will have the longest night?

A. 45°S

B. 60°S

C. 60°N

D. 45°N

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When a year divisible by 4 and not divisible by 400 is called

A. Siderial Year

B. Solar Year

C. Cosmic Year

D. Leap Year

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The axis of Mars la inclined at an angle of

A. 25°

B. 30°

C. 35°

D. 15°

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Brightest planet of our Solar System is _____.

A. Venus

B. Mercury

C. Uranus

D. Saturn

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Which of the following planets is called 'blue planet'?

A. Venus

B. Earth

C. Mars

D. Uranus

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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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How much time does earth take in making one rotation on its axis with respect to a fixed star at infinite distance?

A. 23 hours 56 minutes

B. 24 hours

C. 23 hours 46 minutes

D. 24 hours 4 minutes

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Earth revolves round the Sun In an orbit once In every __.

A. 24 hours

B. 20 hours

C. 365 % days

D. 366 days

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

A. Uranus

B. Saturn

C. Pluto

D. Neptune

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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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A. Constellation

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When dees the Summer Solstice occur?

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

Nearest star to 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

Equatorial circumference of the Earth is

Which planet rotates on its axis from north to south?

A celestial body which revolves round a planet just as a planet revolves round the Sun is called _____.

The study of universe on grand scale is called.

On which date is the Earth in 'aphelion'?

The inclination of the earth's axis, i.e. the earth's axis is tilted at an angle from perpendicular to the orbital plane or makes an angle with the plane of the earth's orbit. What are these respective angles?

The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called

Orion and Great Bear stand for ______.

What is peninsula?

Which of the following statements best describes longitudes?

Lunar eclipse means

When the Sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn at mid-day

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

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

Polar Auroras are

On the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere which of the hollowing latitudes will have the longest night?

When a year divisible by 4 and not divisible by 400 is called

The axis of Mars la inclined at an angle of

Brightest planet of our Solar System is _____.

Which of the following planets is called 'blue planet'?

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

How much time does earth take in making one rotation on its axis with respect to a fixed star at infinite distance?

Earth revolves round the Sun In an orbit once In every __.

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

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

On which date is the Earth in 'perihelion'?

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