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81.

Which one of the following has geographical position of 0 latitude and 0 longitude?

(a)In the South Atlantic Ocean

(b)In the Mediterranean Sea

(c)In Ghana, a West African country

(d)At Greenwich Observatory in England

Comment

Answer is: ANA

82.

28.38^o North and 77.12^o East are the respective latitude and longitude of which one of the following places?

(a)Jaipur

(b)Delhi

(c)Lucknow

(d)Allahabad

Comment

Answer is: BNA

83.

Which one the following is correct?
The mean distance from the Sun to the Earth is called a/an

(a)Light year

(b)Parallactic second

(c)Astronomical Unit

(d)Angstrom

Comment

Answer is: CNA

84.

June 21 is the longest day of the year for those living in the Northern hemisphere. What is the shortest day of the year for those living in the Southern hemisphere?

(a)March 21

(b)September 21

(c)December 21

(d)June 21

Comment

Answer is: ANA

85.

Which one of the following is the time required for the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to fixed star?

(a)Lunar year

(b)Solar year

(c)Tropical year

(d)Sidereal year

Comment

Answer is: DNA

86.

Most of the communication satellites today are placed in a geostationary orbit. In order to stay over the same spot on the Earth, a geostationary satellite has to be directly above the

(a)Tropic of Cancer

(b)Either North or South pole

(c)Equator

(d)Tropic of Capricorn

Comment

Answer is: CNA

87.

It is the fifth largest planet. It formed around 4.5-4.6 billion years ago. Which planet are we talking about?

(a)Mars

(b)Earth

(c)Jupiter

(d)Venus

Comment

Answer is: ANA

88.

We observe twinkling of stars due to

(a)Frequent and periodic fluctuation of temperature of the surface

(b)Constant change of refractive index of the medium between the stars and the Earth because of temperature variation

(c)Great distance of stars from the Earth

(d)Rise and fall of gaseous ball fire inside the stars

Comment

Answer is: BNA

89.

Tropic of Cancer is 23.5^o N latitude runs through
1. Mexico
2. Egypt
3. Saudi Arabia
4. India

(a)1 and 2

(b)1, 2 and 3

(d)All of these

Comment

Answer is: DNA

90.

If a solar eclipse occurs when moon is quite far from the Earth, the eclipse would be likely to be

(a)Annular

(b)Partial

(c)Total

(d)None of these

Comment

Answer is: ANA

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