World geography Quiz 6 September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. The Saturn rings were discovered by: Galileo none of these Copernicus Newton 2. 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 reflects lesser amount of sunlight than Jupiter Venus is much smaller than Jupiter Venus is much closer to the earth than Jupiter the orbit of Venus is inside the earth’s orbit whereas the orbit of Jupiter lies outside the orbit of the earth 3. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following? Revolution of Earth Rotation of Moon Rotation of Earth Revolution of Moon 4. 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 5. The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is : 2.3 sec 1.3 sec 2 sec 1 sec 6. The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of: long waves particles short waves none of these 7. If there is no Sun, the colour of the sky would be: black orange blue yellow 8. The ‘Solar Corona’ mainly consists of: cosmic rays ice molten lava gases 9. The strongest evidence that comets are members of our solar system comes from: their composition the shape and length of their tails their effect on the lives of man the shape of their orbits 10. The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly: because earth revolves round the sun because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time because earth rotates about its axis because of optical illusion Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related