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(a) March Midday Sun overhead on Equator
(b) September Midday Sun overhead at Arctic Circle
(c) December Midday Sun overhead at Tropic of Capricorn
(d) June Midday Sun overhead at Tropic of Cancer
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
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Question : 1
The shortest route between two places is along the
a) rivers
b) direction of winds
c) longitudes
d) latitudes
Answer »Answer: (c)
The shortest ditance between two places on the earth surface is along 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.
Question : 2
Cycle of sun spots is
a) 11 years
b) 12 years
c) 10 years
d) 9 years
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 3
A group of stars arranged in a particular shape, is called
a) Andromeda
b) Solar system
c) Constellation
d) Milky Way
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 4
Which of the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth?
a) Saturn
b) Neptune
c) Uranus
d) Venus
Answer »Answer: (d)
Venus is smaller in size than the Earth. Diameter of earth is12,742 km while that of Venus is 12,100 km
Question : 5
When the moon completely covers the sun, it is known as
a) the Penumbra
b) None of these
c) the Umbra
d) the Antumbra
Answer »Answer: (c)
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon crosses the path between the sun and the earth. The darkest shadow (where the sun is completely covered) is called the umbra.
The umbra is narrow at the distance of the Earth, and a total eclipse is observable only within the narrow strip of land or sea over which the umbra passes. The partial shadow is called the penumbra.
Question : 6
Which of the following concepts form basis for the Plate Tectonic Theory? Use the codes given below to select the correct answer:
- Continental drift
- Isostasy
- Palaeomagnetism
- Pole wandering
a) 1 and 3
b) 3 and 4
c) 2 and 3
d) 1 and 2
Answer »Answer: (a)
Continental Drift and Palaeomagretism forms Plate Tectonic Theory.
Plate tectonics is the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen “plates” that move around across the earth’s surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.
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