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Questions : The energy of sun is produced by

(a) Nuclear fusion

(b) Oxidation

(c) Ionisation

(d) Nuclear fission

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Question : 1

Which planet takes the longest time to go around the sun?

a) Uranus

b) Neptune

c) Jupiter

d) Earth

Answer: (b)

Neptune takes the longest time to go around the sun. Neptune orbits the Sun at an average distance of 4.5 billion km.

Like all the planets in the Solar System, Neptune follows an elliptical path around the Sun, varying its distance to the Sun at different points along its orbit.

Question : 2

In the following diagram, an eclipse is represented. Which statement is correct about it ?

a) The diagram represents a lunar eclipse, A is the earth and B is the moon

b) The diagram represents a total solar eclipse

c) The diagram represents a solar eclipse, A is the earth and B is the moon

d) The diagram represents a lunar eclipse, A is the moon and B is the earth

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?

a) June 22

b) September 23

c) March 21

d) December 22

Answer: (d)

21-23 December, also known as the winter solstice, is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. India, being in the northern hemisphere, experiences its shortest day and longest night on this very day.

The winter solstice occurs at the moment when the North Pole is tilted furthest away from the sun.

Question : 4

We always see the same face of the moon because

a) it takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis.

b) it rotates at the same speed as the earth around the sun.

c) it revolves on its axis in a direction opposite to that of the earth.

d) it is smaller than the earth.

Answer: (a)

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