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Questions : An Earthquake epicentre is the

(a) approximate centre of a group of related Earthquakes

(b) point on the surface directly above where the rupture along the fault zone occur

(c) point within the Earth where the movement along the fault occurs

(d) point where the seismograph is located

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

The epicenter is the point on the Earth’s surface where an earthquake explosion originates.

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Question : 1

The Earth is located between

a) Venus and Jupiter

b) Mercury and Venus

c) Mars and Jupiter

d) Venus and Mars

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Which one of the following planets is the brightest?

a) Venus

b) Jupiter

c) Mercury

d) Mars

Answer: (a)

Venus is the brightest planet. It is third brightest object in sky after the sun and moon.

Question : 3

The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called

a) Meteroid

b) Asteroids

c) Comets

d) Meteors

Answer: (b)

Question : 4

The outermost layer of the sun is called

a) Lithosphere

b) Corona

c) Photosphere

d) Chromosphere

Answer: (b)

The outermost layer of the sun is called corona. A corona is a type of plasma that surrounds the Sun and other celestial bodies. The Sun’s corona extends millions of kilometers into space and is most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but it is also observable with a coronagraph.

Question : 5

What causes the change of seasons?

a) Earth’s revolution and inclination of its axis

b) Earth’s rotation and inclination of its axis

c) Earth’s revolution

d) Earth’s rotation and revolution

Answer: (a)

The revolution of the earth around the sun alone is not enough for a change of seasons. Had the axis of the earth been vertical, the sun would have been vertical at the same latitude throughout the year.

Therefore the revolution of the earth and its inclination, both are necessary for the change of seasons.

Question : 6

When the length of day and night is equal the Sunrays falls perpendicular at

a) South pole

b) Tropic of cancer

c) Equator

d) North pole

Answer: (c)

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