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Questions : When the Moon size is half of the full Moon, the angle between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon is

(a) 180º

(b) 270º

(c) 90º

(d) 45º

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

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Question : 1

The planet nearest to the Sun is :

a) Mars

b) Venus

c) Mercury

d) Earth

Answer: (c)

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.

Question : 2

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?

  1. It will make mineral prospecting and oil exploration easier and cheaper.
  2. It will help probe the possibility of the existence of stars and galaxies made of anti-matter.
  3. It will help understand the evolution of the universe.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

a) 3 only

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 2 and 3

d) 1 only

Answer: (c)

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.

Question : 3

The largest planet in our solar system is

a) Saturn

b) Mercury

c) Jupiter

d) Mars

Answer: (c)

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest planet in the solar system. If Jupiter were hollow, more than one thousand Earths could fit inside. It also contains two and a half times the mass of all the other planets combined.

It has a mass of 1.9 × 1027 kg and is 142,800 kilometers (88,736 miles) across the equator.

Question : 4

The ‘Sea of Tranquitity’ lies on

a) Jupiter

b) Moon

c) Sun

d) Earth

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

World Earth Day is celebrated on

a) 7 April

b) 7 March

c) 22 March

d) 22 April

Answer: (d)

Question : 6

Which of the following planet is nearest to Earth?

a) Saturn

b) Jupiter

c) Mars

d) Neptune

Answer: (c)

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