The Universe MCQ Questions
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1
Which of the following statements is true regarding earth movement?
Earth rotates on its axis from west to east resulting into seasonal changes.
Earth revolution around sun results into occurrence of day and night on earth.
Earth rotates on its axis from west to east resulting into seasonal changes.
Earth revolution around sun results into occurrence of day and night on earth.
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2
One Astronomical unit is average distance –
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3
The earth is nearest to the sun on –
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4
Who amongst the following was the first to state that the Earth was spherical?
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5
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
- Assertion (A) : Moving from one place on earth to another place of high latitude, the weight of an object decreases.
- Reason (R) : Earth is not a perfect sphere.
- Choose the correct answer by using code given below –
- (A) and (R) both are true, and (R) explains
- (A) properly.
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6
A chemical element found in abundance in the Earth’s crust is–
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7
Time taken by light emitted from sun to reach earth is –
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8
The Planet Mercury is revolving around the Sun in an elliptical orbit, as shown in the given figure. The Kinetic energy of Mercury is greatest at the point labelled.
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9
Which of the following planet takes the least time to orbit the sun:
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10
Consider the following statement:
- The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.
- The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?