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(a) Oxygen
(b) Silicon
(c) Iron
(d) Aluminium
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
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Question : 1
Which one of the following is correct?
a) Star
b) Constellation
c) Planet
d) Great bear is a Galaxy
Answer »Answer: (b)
Ursa Major constellation lies in the northern sky. Its name means “the great bear,” or “the larger bear,” in Latin. It is one of the best known constellations in the sky.
Question : 2
Which of the following statements about Venus is/are true
- Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon.
- The atmosphere of Venus is mostly CO2 making it the hottest planet of our solar system.
- It has a strongmagnetic field and very dense atmosphere.
- It spins in clock-wise direction.
a) 2, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2 and 4
c) 1, 3 and 4
d) 1 and 2
Answer »Answer: (b)
Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon. The atmosphere of Venus is mostly CO2 making it the hottest planet of our Solar System.
It spins in clock-wise direction.
Question : 3
The powerful experiment that took place recently to study the earth’s conditions just after the big bang is known as:
a) Microwave anisotropy probe
b) None of these
c) Steady state experiment
d) Large Hadron Collider
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle collider, built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) from 1998 to 2008.
Its aim is to allow physicists to test the predictions of different theories of particle physics and high-energy physics, and particularly prove or disprove the existence of the theorized Higgs particle[1] and of the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetric theories.
Question : 4
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.
Codes:
a) A is true, but R is false.
b) A is false, but R is true.
c) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
d) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Answer »Answer: (c)
Comets revolve around the sun only in long elliptical orbit. A comet develops a tail when it gets close to the Sun.
Question : 5
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List I | List II |
(Phenomenon) | (Date) |
A. Summer solstice | 1. 21st June |
B. Winter solstice | 2. 22nd December |
C. Vernal Equinox | 3. 23rd September |
D. Autumnal | 4. 21st March Equinox |
a) 3 2 4 1
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 1 2 4 3
d) 1 4 2 3
Answer »Answer: (c)
The correct match is as follows:
- Summer Solstice- 21st June
- Winter solstice- 22nd December
- Vernal Equinox- 21st March
- Autumnal Equinox- 23rd September
- June 21 is called the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
- In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs either December 21 or 22.
- Vernal Equinox is the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth’s equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21.
- The Autumn Equinox is the first day of the autumn season and occurs when the sun passes the equator moving from the northern to the southern hemisphere. It occurs on 23 September.
Question : 6
The shortest route between two places is along the
a) rivers
b) direction of winds
c) longitudes
d) latitudes
Answer »Answer: (c)
The shortest distance between two places on the earth's surface is along with the Great Circles. The property of a great circle is that a plane passed along it passes through the centre of the earth and divides it into two equal parts or hemispheres.
Among the latitudes only the equator is a great circle while among longitudes all of them are great circles
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