Practice Quiz set 6 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) When the Moon size is half of the full Moon, the angle between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon is
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Q-2) The planet nearest to the Sun is :
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Mercury is the innermost planet (nearest to the Sun) in the Solar System. It is also the smallest, and its orbit is the most eccentric (that is, the least perfectly circular) of the eight planets. It orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days, completing three rotations about its axis for every two orbits.
Q-3) Which one of the following planets is nearest to the earth?
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Venus is nearest planet to Earth. Although distance is not fixed and it may vary from 38 million to 261 million Km depending upon orbital motion.
Q-4) Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the sun?
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Jupiter takes maximum time for one revolution around the sun. Jupiter revolves or orbits around the Sun once every 11.86 Earth years, or once every 4,330.6 Earth days. Jupiter travels at an average speed of 29,236 miles.
Q-5) According to a new definition adopted by ‘International Astronomical Union’ in 2006, which of the following is not a ‘planet’?
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Q-6) Which of the following planet is nearest to Earth?
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Q-7) A team of scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory including those from India created the heaviest antimatter (anti-helium nucleus). What is/are the implication/ implications of the creation of anti-matter? - It will make mineral prospecting and oil exploration easier and cheaper.
- It will help probe the possibility of the existence of stars and galaxies made of anti-matter.
- It will help understand the evolution of the universe.
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It will help probe the possibility of the existence of stars and galaxies made of anti-mater.
It will also help in understanding the evolution of the universe.
Q-8) The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because - The Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the poles towards the equator.
- The equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the sun.
- The intensity of sunlight received at the equator is greater than that at the poles.
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The shape of the Earth is very close to that of an oblate spheroid, a sphere flattened along the axis from pole to pole such that there is a bulge around the equator.
This bulge results from the rotation of the Earth and causes the diameter at the equator to be 43 km large than the pole-to-pole diameter.
Q-9) Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms? - Continental drift
- Glacial cycles.
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Continental Drift and Glacial Cycles have influenced the evolution of organisms. Continental drift is the movement of the Earth’s continents relative to each other by appearing to drift across the ocean bed.
A glacial period is an interval of time within an ice age that is marked by glacier advances.
Q-10) Solar eclipse occurs on
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