universe & solar system section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 26 [2010]

Lunar Eclipse is caused when

a) Sun comes between Earth and Moon

b) Sun and Moon coincide

c) Earth comes between Sun and Moon

d) Moon comes in between Earth and Sun

Answer: (c)

Question : 27 [UPPCS (Pre) 1997]

Which one of the following is not related to space terminology?

a) Cislunar

b) Byte

c) Weightlessness

d) Telemetering

Answer: (b)

Question : 28

The Earth rotates around its axis from

a) East to West

b) West to East

c) South to North

d) North to South

Answer: (b)

The Earth rotates around its axis from west to east. Earth’s rotation is the rotation of the solid Earth around its own axis.

The Earth rotates from the west towards the east. As viewed from the North Star or polestar Polaris, the Earth turns counter-clockwise.

Question : 29

The latitude is the angular distance of a point of the Earth surface, North or South, of the equator as measured from the

a) Tropic of Cancer or Capricorn

b) Poles

c) Equator

d) Centre of the Earth

Answer: (c)

Question : 30 [BPSC (Pre) 1996]

The group of stars that indicate the direction of pole, is

a) Scorpio

b) Taurus

c) Mrig

d) Saptarishi

Answer: (d)

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