World geography Quiz 6 September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of: short waves particles none of these long waves 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 the orbit of Venus is inside the earth’s orbit whereas the orbit of Jupiter lies outside the orbit of the earth Venus is much smaller than Jupiter Venus is much closer to the earth than Jupiter 3. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following? Rotation of Earth Revolution of Earth Revolution of Moon Rotation of Moon 4. The strongest evidence that comets are members of our solar system comes from: the shape of their orbits the shape and length of their tails their effect on the lives of man their composition 5. The Saturn rings were discovered by: none of these Galileo Copernicus Newton 6. The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is : 1.3 sec 1 sec 2.3 sec 2 sec 7. The ‘Solar Corona’ mainly consists of: molten lava gases cosmic rays ice 8. The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly: because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time because earth revolves round the sun because earth rotates about its axis because of optical illusion 9. Comets are celestial bodies moving about the solar system in hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shining head elliptical or hyperbolic orbits, usually accompanied by a shining tail hyperbolic orbit without projecting any tail or head elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a long shining tail 10. If there is no Sun, the colour of the sky would be: blue black yellow orange Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related