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Who discovered the solar system ?
A
Copernicus
B
Kepler
C
Aryabhatta
D
Newton
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Who discovered the solar system ?
Copernicus
Kepler
Aryabhatta
Newton
Which planet was named after the Roman God Zeus ?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Which planet in our solar system is nearly as big as th earth ?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Pluto
Which planet has the longest day and the shortest year ?
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Uranus
Which part of the earths surface receive the highest amount of insolation ?
Tropical deserts
Equatorial region
Savanna region
No such criteria
Which one of the following planets has largest number of natural satellites or moons ?
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earths crust?
Silicon
Oxygen
Carbon
Calcium
Which one of the following is not connected with proofs of the earths shape ?
Rotation and revolution
Circumnavigation
The Earths shadow
The Bedford level canal experiment
Which of the following statements can be taken as evidence to show that the Earth is spherical ?
The rotation of the earth from west to east.
Some parts of the earth have day when other parts have night.
The earth horizon is seen to be curved when seer from an aeroplane.
The earths revolution around the sun.
Which of the following planets rotates clock wise ?
Pluto
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
Which of the following is the farthest planet to the Sun?
Mars
Jupiter
Neptune
Earth
Which of the following is called Blue Planet ?
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Which of the following do not belong to solar system?
Asteroids
Comets
Planets
Nebulae
Which is the closest star to earth ?
Sirius
Sun
Rigel
Deneb
Which among the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth ?
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
When the sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn at midday
Nights are longer than days in the Southern Hemisphere.
Days and nights are of equal length at the poles.
Night is equal to 24 hours of the North pole.
Days and nights are of equal length in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth ?
35,000 km
40,000 km
45,000 km
30,000 km
What is meant by the term midnight sun ?
Rising Sun
Very bright moon
Sun shining in the polar circle for long time
Twilight
What is meant by the eclipse of moon ?
When the moon comes between the Sun and the Earth it cause the shadows of the moon to fall on Earth.
It occurs when the Earth comes between the Sun and the moon and the centres of all three are on the same straight line.
For any place; it is the average angle made by a line drawn from the moon to place and horizontal at midnight.
It is path along which the moon revolves.
What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse ?
7 minutes 40 seconds
1 hour 40 seconds
There is no maximum duration.
12.5 minutes