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