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Question 91. What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth ?
  1.    A geoid
  2.    An oblate sphere
  3.    A sphere
  4.    A circle
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> An oblate sphere
Answer: (b)
Question 92. How much time does the light from the nearest star take in reaching the earth ?
  1.    4.3 hours
  2.    4.3 years
  3.    4.3 minutes
  4.    12 minutes
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 4.3 years
Answer: (b)
Question 93. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the earth?
  1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.
  2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the equator.
  3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset.
  4. Magnetic field of the earth.
Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
  1.    2 and 3 only
  2.    1, 2, 3 and 4
  3.    1 and 3 only
  4.    1 and 2 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (b)All the given phenomena are the effect of the rotation of the earth. The Earth rotates from the west towards the east.As viewed from the North Star or polestar Polaris, the Earth turns counter-clockwise.
Question 94. Which planets do not have satellites revolving around them ?
  1.    Mars and Mercury
  2.    Neptune and Pluto
  3.    Mercury and Venus
  4.    Mars and Venus
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mercury and Venus
Answer: (c)Of the nine planets, only Venus and Mercury have no known natural satellites. A total of 139 moons, or natural satellites, can be found in the vast solar system.
Question 95. DIRECTIONS :
The following question consist of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion (A)’ and the other as ‘Reason (R)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answers to these questions using the codes given below.Assertion (A)
The equatorial regions bulge outwards by about 21 km compared to poles.Reason (R)
Earth’s slow rotation reduces the effect of gravity around the equator.
Codes
  1.    A is true, but R is false
  2.    A is false, but R is true
  3.    Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  4.    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Answer: (d)
Question 96. Consider the following two statements, one labelled as the Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer by using the code given below:
Assertion (A):
Comets revolve round the sun only in long elliptical orbit.
Reason (R):
A comet develops a tail when it gets close to the sun.
Codes:
  1.    A is true, but R is false.
  2.    A is false, but R is true.
  3.    Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  4.    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Answer: (c)Comets revolve around the sun only in long elliptical orbit. A comet develops a tail when it gets close to the Sun.
Question 97. Which one of the following is the dominant element of the earth crust?
  1.    Oxygen
  2.    Silicon
  3.    Iron
  4.    Aluminium
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Aluminium
Answer: (d)
Question 98. Which one of the following is correct?
  1.    Star
  2.    Constellation
  3.    Planet
  4.    Great bear is a Galaxy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Constellation
Answer: (b)Ursa Major constellation lies in the northern sky. Its name means “the great bear,” or “the larger bear,” in Latin. It is one of the best known constellations in the sky.
Question 99. Which of the following statements about Venus is/are true
  1. Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon.
  2. The atmosphere of Venus is mostly CO2 making it the hottest planet of our solar system.
  3. It has a strongmagnetic field and very dense atmosphere.
  4. It spins in clock-wise direction.
Choose the correct option:
  1.    2, 3 and 4
  2.    1, 2 and 4
  3.    1, 3 and 4
  4.    1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1, 2 and 4
Answer: (b)Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon. The atmosphere of Venus is mostly CO2 making it the hottest planet of our Solar System.It spins in clock-wise direction.
Question 100. The powerful experiment that took place recently to study the earth’s conditions just after the big bang is known as:
  1.    Microwave anisotropy probe
  2.    None of these
  3.    Steady state experiment
  4.    Large Hadron Collider
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Large Hadron Collider
Answer: (d)The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle collider, built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) from 1998 to 2008.Its aim is to allow physicists to test the predictions of different theories of particle physics and high-energy physics, and particularly prove or disprove the existence of the theorized Higgs particle[1] and of the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetric theories.

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