When a year divisible by 4 and not divisible by 400 is called
Siderial Year
Solar Year
Cosmic Year
Leap Year
Correct Answer :
D. Leap Year
Related Questions
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
The atmosphere of Venus contains large quantity of
Carbondioxide and sulphuric acid
Carbondioxide and nitric acid
Nitrogen and sulphuric acid
Nitrogen and nitric acid
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
The Sun experiences magnetic storms and this Interferes with the magnetic field oC the Earth and produces light which are called
Quasars
Polar Auroras
Meteorites
Pulsar
Which of the following is the largest ocean?
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
Which one of the following stars is nearest to the Earth?
Polaris
Alpha Centauri
Sun
Sirius
Earth revolves round the Sun In an orbit once In every __.
24 hours
20 hours
365 % days
366 days
How much time does the earth take in completing one rotation on its axis in relation to sun?
23 hours 56 minutes
24 hours
23 hours 46 minutes
24 hours 4 minutes
When the earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun it is said to be in
Perigee
Apogee
Perihelion
Aphelion
Period of sunspot cycle is
11 years
15 years
21 years
33 years
Brightest planet of our Solar System is _____.
Venus
Mercury
Uranus
Saturn
The visible surface of the sun is known as
Chromosphere
Sunspots
Sun surface
Photosphere
The word 'satellite' means _____.
wanderer
settlement
light
a smaller companion to anything
Hale Bopp' is a newly discovered ____.
Planet
Meteore
Satellite
Comet
What la the difference between a gulf and a bay?
A gulf is big and a bay is small
A gulf is at a rivermouth and a bay is not
A bay is surrounded by cliffs and a gulf by lowland
Both are part of the sea that extend considerably into the land, but a bay usually has a wider entrance than a gulf
What is the average radius of the Earth?
6071km
6571km
6371km
6771 km
Which planet is called 'red planet'?
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
What proportion of the mass of the earth does the mass of the Moon equal?
1/81
1/18
1/27
1/72
The term 'syzygy' is referred to when the
Earth is at prihelion and Moon at perigee
Earth is at aphelion and Moon at apogee
Moon and Sun are at right angles with reference to the Earth
Moon, Sun and Earth lie along a straight line
Rapidly rotating stars emitting intense radio waves are called ___.
Pulsars
Quasuars
Neutron stars
All of the above
What is a narrow waterway separating two bits of land called?
A bay
A gulf
A strait
An isthmus
Which two Planets do not have any satellites?
Venus and Mercury
Venus and Uranus
Venus and Neptune
Mercury and Uranus
Distance between the Moon and the Earth is
1. Approximately 386000 km
2. 1.25 light seconds
Only 1
Only 2
Both land 2
None of these
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
Only 1
2 and 3
I, 2 and 3
Only 2
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Capricorn' is
December-22
March-21
June-21
September-23
What is the difference between a lake and a tank?
A lake is small and a tank is big
A lake has flowing water, a tank has still water
A lake is a geographical feature, a tank is not
Both are land-enclosed water bodies, but the latter is man-made
Which star has the largest percentage In the universe
Single stars
Binary stars
Multiple stars
Cephied stars
The dark patches, associated with the Sun storms present in Sun are called
Sunspots
Pulsars
White Dwarfstar
Supernova
Which of the following are the Outer Planets?
1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Neptune
1 and 2
1, 2and 3
1, 2, 3 and 4
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
What is a 'synodic month'?
Moon's period of rotation on its axis with respect to the earth.
Moon's period of revolution around the earth.
Moon's period of revolution with respect to a star at infinity
Moon's period of revolution with respect to the Sun