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#1. What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth ?
#2. When the earth is at its maximum distance from the sun it is said to be in
#3. What is the primary cause of the day and night ?
#4. What causes the change of seasons ?
#5. On which planet would one witness sunrise in the west ?
#6. The latitude is the angular distance of a point on the earth’s surface with respect to the
#7. The longitude of a place is its
#8. On which date is the earth in perihelion?
#9. The earth is in aphelion on
#10. The sun is veritical over the Tropic of Cancer on
#11. What is most important about the Arctic and the Antarctic circles ?
#12. What is true about the equinox ?
#13. How much is the mass of the moon when compared with that of the earth ?
#14. How much of the total surface area of the moon is never visible from the earth
#15. The average distance between the moon and the earth’s
#16. The average distance between the sun and earth is
#17. Greenwich mean time is ––––––––––– IST.
#18. What is the unit of measurement of distance between celestial bodies ?
#19. On the surface of the moon
#20. The shortest route between two places is along the
#21. Consider the following statements regarding asteroids:
1. Asteroids are rocky debris of varying sizes orbiting the Sun.
2. Most of the asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 km.
3. The orbit of asteroids lies between orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
#22. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to our solar system?
#23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:
List-I (Special characteristic) — List-II (Name of Planet)
A. Smallest planet of the solar system — 1. Mercury
B. Largest planet of the solar system — 2. Venus
C. Planet second from the Sun in the Solar system — 3. Jupiter
D. Planet nearest to the Sun — 4. Saturn
#24. 74.Diamond Ring is a phenomenon observed
#25. The tail of a comet is directed away from the sun because
#26. Consider the following two statements, one labeled as the Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): The same face of the Moon is always presented to the Earth.
Reason (R): The Moon rotates about its own axis in days which is about the same time that it takes to orbit the earth.
#27. Consider the following two statements. One labeled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the codes given below.
Assertion (A): Existence of human life on Venus is highly improbable.
Reason (R): Venus has extremely high level of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.
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#28. The term syzygy is referred to when
#29. Consider the following two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): To orbit around Sun, the planet Mars takes lesser time than time taken by the Earth.
2 Reason (R): The diameter of the planet Mars is less than that of the Earth.
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#30. The twinkling of a star is due to
#31. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the earth?
1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.
2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the equator.
3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset.
4. Magnetic field of the earth.
Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
#32. What is meant by the eclipse of Moon?
#33. Consider the following statements:
1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.
2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
#34. The inexhaustible source of energy of the stars is due to
#35. Consider the following statements
1. The Earth receives the Sun’s energy at the infrared end of the spectrum.
2. The Earth re-radiates the Sun’s heat as ultraviolet energy.
#36. Consider the following statements regarding asteroids and comets?
1. Asteroids are small rocky planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky and metallic material.
2. Asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, while comets are found mostly between Venus and Mercury.
3. Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
#37. The Blue Moon phenomenon occurs
#38. Consider the following two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the code given below:
Assertion (A): Comets revolve round the sun only in long elliptical orbit.
Reason (R): A comet develops a tail when it gets close to the sun.
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#39. The eclipse of Sun occurs
#40. Consider the following statements:
1. The Earth is nearest to the Sun on about January 3.
2. Earth is farthest from the Sun on about July 4.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
#41. Consider the following statements:
1. The nearest large galaxy of Milky Way is the Andromeda galaxy.
2. The Sun’s nearest known star is a red dwarf star called Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.
3 light years away.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
#42. Consider the following two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): The planet Neptune appears blue in colour.
Reason (R): The presence of Methane gas in the atmosphere of Neptune is responsible for its colour.
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#43. Consider the following statements:
1. Since Venus is seen in the East in morning and in the West in evening. It is called ‘Morning star’ as well as ‘Evening star’.
2. The Earth looks blue when seen from the space due to the presence of large amount of water, hence it is called ‘Blue Planet’.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
#44. Consider the following two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Venus is the brightest object in the sky after sunset.
Reason (R): Venus is the second planet from the Sun in our solar system.
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#45. Consider the following statements:
1. Our solar system is located in the orion arm of the Milky way galaxy, about two-third of the way out from the centre.
2. The solar system formed from an interstellar cloud of dust and gas or nebulla about 4.6 billion years ago.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
#46. There are two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): According to Nova hypothesis, Solar planets were formed because of explosion of Super Nova.
Reason (R): A star becomes Super Nova in that stage when it has lack of hydrogen element.
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#47. Consider the following statements:
1. Only two planets Venus and Uranus revolve around the sun from east to west i.e., clockwise.
2. While other planets revolve around the sun from west to east i.e., anti-clockwise.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
#48. Consider the following statements:
1. The Sun is the heart spot of the Solar system which is the source of energy of all organism of the earth.
2. The innermost layer of the Sun is called Corona.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
#49. Scientists have determined the temperature near the Earth’s centre 1,000°C hotter than was reported in an experiment run 20 years ago. The actual temperature is?
#50. Which of the following statements in regard to the galaxy is correct?
