World Geography - Mock Test 50

Question 491

Lunar eclipse means

A) The average angle made by a line drawn from the moon to the earth B) The earth comes between the sun and the moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line C) Direction or path of the moon. D) The moon comes between the sun and the earth and it causes shadows of the moon to fall on the earth.

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Question 492

When the sun is shinning vertically over the tropic of cancer.

A) Nights are equal to 24 hours at the South Pole. B) Days and nights are of 16 hours duration at North Pole. C) Days and nights are equal in northern and southern Hemisphere. D) Nights are longer than days in the northern Hemisphere.

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Question 493

An imaginary belt of 12 constellations or group of star is called

A) Pulsar B) Zodiac C) Stellar group D) Zodiacal light

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Question 494

The points in the heavens that is directly above the observer is

A) Apogee B) Perigee C) Pericline D) Zenith

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Question 495

The reclaimed portions of the sea in Netherlands are called

A) Ria B) Polders C) Young pits D) Sounds

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Question 496

Solar eclipse takes place when

A) The earth comes between the sun and the moon. B) The moon passes between the sun and the earth C) The sun comes between the earth and the moon. D) Planets of the solar system lie on the same plane.

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Question 497

Which of the following statements can be taken as evidence to show that the Earth is spherical

A) The rotation of the earth from east to west. B) Earth’s various parts have night or day. C) The horizon of the earth is seen to be curved when see from satellite. D) The revolution of the earth around the sun.

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Question 498

Cygnus X – 1 is a

A) Binary star of a black hole. B) Black hole C) X-RAY source D) Supernov1⃣

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Question 499

Rapidly rotating stars emitting intense radio waves are called

A) Neutron stars B) Pulsars C) Quasuars D) All of the above

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Question 500

The name “cross roads of the pacific” is given to

A) Barmuda B) Fiji C) Hawaii D) Elice

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