The earth’s surface receives the highest amount of ‘Insolation’ on:
- (A) Land mass
- (B) Water bodies
- (C) Tropical desert
- (D) Equatorial region
- (D) Equatorial region
What does ‘Geographical Time Scale’ measure?
- (A) Time from present to future
- (B) Time from the birth of universe
- (C) Time from the earth’s formation to present
- (D) Time from the earth’s formation to end
- (C) Time from the earth’s formation to present
Current stage of the Sun is _______ dwarf.
- (A) White
- (B) Yellow
- (C) Red
- (D) Orange
- (B) Yellow
When the Sun reaches the end of its red giant phase, it will turn into:
- (A) Black Hole
- (B) Supernova
- (C) Neutron Star
- (D) White Dwarf
- (D) White Dwarf
Which one of the following stars is nearest to the earth?
- (A) Sirius
- (B) Polaris
- (C) Sun
- (D) Sinus
- (C) Sun
_______ is the center of our solar system.
- (A) Moon
- (B) Earth
- (C) Sun
- (D) Jupiter
- (C) Sun
The nearest part of atmosphere to earth is called:
- (A) Ionosphere
- (B) Troposphere
- (C) Stratosphere
- (D) Mesosphere
- (B) Troposphere
When the Earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun. It is said to be in:
- (A) Apogee
- (B) Perigee
- (C) Aphelion
- (D) Perihelion
- (C) Aphelion
What is Earth mostly made of?
- (A) Sand
- (B) Water
- (C) Land
- (D) Plains
- (B) Water
The earth revolves around the sun at the speed of:
- (A) 1000 miles per hour
- (B) 1200 miles per hour
- (C) 1400 miles per hour
- (D) 1600 miles per hour
- (A) 1000 miles per hour