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: none of these short waves particles long waves 2. The Saturn rings were discovered by: none of these Copernicus Newton Galileo 3. 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] 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 Venus reflects lesser amount of sunlight than Jupiter 4. If there is no Sun, the colour of the sky would be: blue orange black yellow 5. The ‘Solar Corona’ mainly consists of: molten lava ice gases cosmic rays 6. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following? Revolution of Moon Revolution of Earth Rotation of Earth Rotation of Moon 7. The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is : 2 sec 1.3 sec 1 sec 2.3 sec 8. The strongest evidence that comets are members of our solar system comes from: the shape and length of their tails their composition their effect on the lives of man the shape of their orbits 9. 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 of optical illusion because earth rotates about its axis because earth revolves round the sun 10. Comets are celestial bodies moving about the solar system in elliptical or hyperbolic orbits, usually accompanied by a shining tail elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a long shining tail hyperbolic orbit without projecting any tail or head hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shining head Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related