World geography practice quiz 3 June 13, 2019 June 13, 2019 Please enter your email: 1. Consider the following astral bodies: 1. Sirius 2. Venus 3. Mars The correct sequence in decreasing order of their brightness is : [CDS 1999] 1, 2, 3 2, 3, 1 3, 2, 1 2, 1, 3 2. The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is: [RRB 1991] 23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec 24 hrs 35 sec 24 hrs 3. The ‘Solar Corona’ mainly consists of: ice gases molten lava cosmic rays 4. The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is : 1.3 sec 2.3 sec 1 sec 2 sec 5. While Venus is seen only for one to two hours either after sunset or before sunrise, Jupiter is seen for the whole night whenever it is visible in the sky. The reason for this is that: [CDS 2000] Venus is much closer to the earth than Jupiter Venus reflects lesser amount of sunlight than Jupiter Venus is much smaller than Jupiter the orbit of Venus is inside the earth’s orbit whereas the orbit of Jupiter lies outside the orbit of the earth 6. Which of the following celestial bodies bear, ‘The Sea of Tranquility’ and ‘The Ocean of Storms’ ? Mars Sun Moon Venus 7. Match the following: Planet Gases in atmosphere A. Venus 1. Hydrogen and helium B. Mars 2. Hydrogen, helium, ammonia, methan C. Saturn 3. Carbon dioxide, amonia and methane D. Jupiter 4. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen A B C D 2 1 4 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 4 2 3 1 8. The strongest evidence that comets are members of our solar system comes from: [CDS 1992] their effect on the lives of man their composition the shape of their orbits the shape and length of their tails 9. The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of: particles short waves long waves none of these 10. The term ‘meteor’ is applied to an interplanetary body: after it enters the earth’s atmosphere and explodes in mid air as a ball of fire before it enters the earth’s atmosphere after it enters the atmosphere of the earth after it enters the earth’s atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without exploding in mid-air 11. Twelve constellations referred to as zodiac are: [IAS 1989] none of these imaginary region that encompass the path of the planets a group of stars signs of Roman gods 12. If there is no Sun, the colour of the sky would be: orange blue black yellow 13. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following? [NDA 2008] Revolution of Moon Rotation of Moon Rotation of Earth Revolution of Earth 14. The same side of the moon always faces the Earth because: [Railways 1994] the period of rotation of the Moon is not equal to the period of rotation of the Earth the period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around’ the Earth is almost the same Moon and the Earth have gravitational force Moon cannot change its position 15. Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits? [Asstt Comm 2008] Nicholas Copernicus Isaac Newton Johanries Kepler Galileo Galilei 16. Comets are celestial bodies moving about the solar system in elliptical or hyperbolic orbits, usually accompanied by a shining tail hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shining head elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a long shining tail hyperbolic orbit without projecting any tail or head 17. Which one of the following statements regarding Shooting Stars is incorrect ? [NDA1995] They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are passing through earth’s atmosphere They are meteors They are the debris which got separated from a comet They are a kind of a star 18. The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly: because earth revolves round the sun because earth rotates about its axis because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time because of optical illusion 19. The Saturn rings were discovered by: none of these Copernicus Newton Galileo 20. The distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth is : 4.2 light years 95 x1015 m 4.3 light years 4.9 x 1111m Loading … Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related
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