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

Question : 31

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:

a)

1 1 2 3

b) 1 3 2 1

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 2 3 4 1

Question : 32 [IAS (Pre) 2012]

A person stood alone in a desert on a dark night and wanted to reach his village which was situated 5 km East of the point where he was standing. He had no instrument to find the direction but he located the pole star. The most convenient way now to reach his village is to walk in the

a) Direction keeping the pole star to his left

b) Direction keeping the pole star to his right

c) Direction opposite to the pole star

d) Direction facing the pole star

Question : 33

Which of the following stars is known as Fossil star?

a) Red Giant

b) White Dwarf

c) Dog Star

d) Protostar

Question : 34

The sidereal month may be defined as

a) the period of rotation of moon

b) None of these

c) the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the Earth and returns to the same position in the sky.

d) the period in which the moon completes an orbit around the Earth.

Question : 35

About 95 per cent of active volcanoes occur at the

1. plate subduction zones
2. transform faults
3. island arcs
4. mid-oceanic ridges.

a) 1 and 4

b) All of the above

c) 1 only

d) 1 and 2