Physical Geography QUESTIONS

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Question: Which one of the following planets has largest number of natural satellites or moons?

Answer:Jupiter


Question: Light-year measures which of the following ?

Answer:Distance


Question: Meteorites are the heavenly bodies -

Answer:That burn brightly on entering the Earth atmosphere


Question: The largest planet in our solar system is-

Answer:Jupiter


Question: We always see the same face of the moon, because-

Answer:It takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis


Question: The blue moon phenomenon occurs-

Answer:When two full moons occur in the same month


Question: The inexhaustible source of energy of the stars is due to -

Answer:Conversion of Hydrogen to Helium


Question: The Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the Sun is located at one focus of the ellipse Imagine a situation in which the earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result in under that situation ?

Answer:Difference between seasons will be reduced


Question: We observe twinkling of stars due to-

Answer:constant change of refractive index of the medium between the stars and the Earth because of temperature variation


Question: Which of the following do not belong to solar system ?

Answer:Nebulae


Question: One astronomical unit is the average distance between-

Answer:The Earth and the Sun


Question: The nuclear fuel in the sun is-

Answer:Hydrogen


Question: Which planet has the longest day and the shortest year ?

Answer:Mercury


Question: Which of the following is the farthest planet to the sun ?

Answer:Neptune


Question: Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in the terms of percent by mass in the earth crust?

Answer:Oxygen


Question: The sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the-

Answer:Solstice


Question: The earth rotates around an axis pointing towards-

Answer:The pole star


Question: The earth rotate around its axis from-

Answer:West to East


Question: The Word used to describe the shape of earth is -

Answer:Oblate Spheroid


Question: What is the name of planet which take 88 days to make one revolution of the sun-

Answer:mercury