universe & solar system section 9 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 26

On which planet would one witness sunrise in the west?

a) Saturn

b) Mercury

c) Venus

d) Jupiter

Answer: (c)

The direction of the sunrise depends upon the direction of the rotation of the earth on its axis.

Any planet rotation on its axis from west to east will experience the sunrise in the east and vice versa. Venus rotates on its axis from east to west and thus experiences sunrise in the west.

Question : 27 [SSC LDEO & LCD 2011]

The planet that takes 88 days to make one revolution of the sun is :

a) Jupiter

b) Mars

c) Saturn

d) Mercury

Answer: (d)

In the solar system, the orbit of Mercury is the most eccentric (that is, the least perfectly circular) of the eight planets.

It orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days, completing three rotations about its axis for every two orbits.

Question : 28

Which one of the following is called terrestrial planet?

a) Mars

b) Saturn

c) Earth

d) Mercury

Answer: (d)

Mercury is called terrestrial planet. There are four terrestrial planets in our Solar System: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

Question : 29

The Earth distance becomes minimum from the sun?

a) 22nd March

b) 21st September

c) 4th July

d) 3rd January

Answer: (d)

The Earth shows minimum distance from the Sun on 3rd January.

Question : 30 [UP (Pre) 2008]

The planet which is called twin sister of Earth is

a) Mars

b) Pluto

c) Venus

d) Mercury

Answer: (c)

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