What happens when ships cross the International Date Line?
They have to pay a tax
Ships going west from the USA lose a day, ships going east from Japan and Australia gain a day
They have to report at the customs post
They have to check their clocks agains
Correct Answer :
B. Ships going west from the USA lose a day, ships going east from Japan and Australia gain a day
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Which two planets do not have any satellites?
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Saturn
4. Pluto
1 and 2
2 WtQ 3
3 and 4
1 and 4
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Capricorn' is
December-22
March-21
June-21
September-23
The word 'planet' means ____.
wanderer
pollution
celestial body
heavenly body
What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth?
a geoid
a spherical
an oblate sphere
a flat disc
Outside Antarctica, which is the deepest part of the earth?
The Dead Sea
The Aral Sea
The Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal
An imaginary belt of 12 constellations or group of stars la called
Zodiac
Steller group
Pulsar
Zodiacal light
Which of the following is known as 'King of Planets'?
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between
Earth and the Sun
Earth and the Moon
Jupiter and the Sun
Pluto and the Sun
The planet of lowest density (0.69) is __ .
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
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?
Which of the following are the Inner Planets?
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
Only 1
1 and 2
1, 2 and 3
1, 2, 3 and 4
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December 25
March 21
February 28
January 14
Equatorial diameter of the Earth is __.
12757 km
17257 km
17527 km
17572 km
Deimos and Phobos are the satellites of
Earth
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
Polar Auroras are
Quasars
b) Pulsar
Aurora Borealis
White Dwarfstar
When dees the Summer Solstice occur?
July 23
June 21
May 20
April 31
Which is the second largest satellite in the Solar System?
Titan
Charon
Ganymede
Europa
The atmospheric� pressure on the surface of Venus is more than__ times the atmospheric pressure of the Earth.
90
80
50
100
Planet with maximum satellites is _____.
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
Pluto
On which date is the Earth in 'perihelion'?
January-3
June-21
July-4
December-22
In which direction la the Tropic oC Capricorn in relation to the Equator?
North
South
East
West
What happens during the equinoxes?
The countries along the Equator are in darkness
The countries along the Equator are at their hottest
The countries along the Equator are at their wettest
The Sun shines vertically over the Equator
Arrange the Inner Planets in decreasing order of their distances from the Sun.
1. Earth
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Mars
5. Neptune
1, 4, 3, 2
4, 2, 1, 3
4, 1, 2, 3
4, 1, 3, 2
How much Is the average distance of the Sun from the Earth?
150 million km
145 million km
155 million km
140 million km
Our Solar System is an orderly community of _____.
One star
Two stars
Three stars
Four stars
Halley's comet visits us after every.
66 years
76 years
86 years
96 years
The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
meteors
comets
meteorites
asteroids
Lunar eclipse means
Direction or path of the Moon
The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
The Earth comes in between the sun and the Moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line
The average angle made by a line drawn from the Moon to the Earth
Which of the following statements best describes longitudes?
An imaginary line on the earth's surface joining the north and south pole
The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
The distance of place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
The position of a place on the Earth surface with reference to the Prime Meridian
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Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Venus