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31. The shortest day in Australia will be on

1. 22-Dec
2. 23-Sep
3. 21-Mar
4. 21-Jun

32. The south pole experiences continuous light at

1. Winter Solstice
2. Veinal equinox
3. no time
4. Summer solstice

33. The Sun reaches its maximum angular distance from the equator at the

1. Solstice
2. Equinox
3. Noontime
4. Zenith

34. The term syzygy is referred to when the

1. Earth is at apehelion and moon at apogee
2. Moon and Sun are at right angles with reference to the earth.
3. Moon, Sun and Earth lie along a straight line
4. Earth is at perihelion and moon at perigee

35. The total surface area of earth is

1. 610 million sq. km
2. 710 million sq. km
3. 810 million sq. km
4. 510 million sq. km.

36. The word used to describe the shape of earth is

1. Circle
2. Sphere
3. Oblate Spheroid
4. Flat

37. Tides in the sea have stored in them

1. Kinetic energy
2. Gravitational potential energy
3. a combination of all the above three forms of energy
4. Hydraulic energy

38. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet

1. Venus
2. Saturn
3. Neptune
4. Mercury

39. We always see the same face of the moon, because

1. It revolves on its axis in a direction opposite to that of the earth
2. It takes equal time for revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
3. It rotates at the same speed as the earth around the sun
4. It is smaller than the earth

40. What can be the maximum duration of totality for a solar eclipse ?

1. 7 minutes 40 seconds
2. 1 hour 40 seconds
3. There is no maximum duration.
4. 12.5 minutes

41. What is meant by the eclipse of moon ?

1. When the moon comes between the Sun and the Earth it cause the shadows of the moon to fall on Earth.
2. It occurs when the Earth comes between the Sun and the moon and the centres of all three are on the same straight line.
3. For any place; it is the average angle made by a line drawn from the moon to place and horizontal at midnight.
4. It is path along which the moon revolves.

42. What is meant by the term midnight sun ?

1. Rising Sun
2. Very bright moon
3. Sun shining in the polar circle for long time
4. Twilight

43. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth ?

1. 35,000 km
2. 40,000 km
3. 45,000 km
4. 30,000 km

44. When the sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn at midday

1. Nights are longer than days in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. Days and nights are of equal length at the poles.
3. Night is equal to 24 hours of the North pole.
4. Days and nights are of equal length in the Northern Hemisphere.

45. Which among the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth ?

1. Venus
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Neptune