universe & solar system section 11 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

Which of the following statements regarding the duration of day and night is correct?

a) Difference is least at the Tropics and progressively increases towards the Equator and Poles

b) Difference is maximum at the Tropics and progressively decreases towards the Equator and Poles

c) Difference is maximum at the Equator and progressively decreases away from it

d) Difference is least near the Equator and progressively increases away from it

Question : 7

The longitude of a place is its

a) angular distance east or west of International Date Line

b) angular distance with respect to the pole star

c) angular distance north or south of the equator

d) angular distance east or west of the prime meridian

Question : 8 [SSC CPO SI 2008]

Which of the following does not belong to the solar system?

a) Planets

b) Nebulae

c) Comets

d) Asteroids

Question : 9

Lunar eclipse occurs

a) When sun lies between earth and moon

b) None of these

c) When earth lies between sun and moon

d) When moon lies between earth and sun

Question : 10 [NDA 2013-II]

Which one among the following statements is not correct?

a) Places having same longitude experience solar noon at different times

b) Solar noon occurs at different times at locations with the same latitude

c) One meridian, which is directly under the Sun, experiences solar noon at a given time

d) Solar noon occurs simultaneously at locations with the same longitude