PT - 1 Revision Worsheet - Vi
PT - 1 Revision Worsheet - Vi
17. The brilliant disc of the sun, that is seen from the earth, is called
the _________
a) Photosphere
b) Hydrosphere
c) Thermosphere
d) Meterosphere
18. The ____________ is the third palnet from the sun and the fifth
largest in the solar system.
a) Saturn
b) Uranus
c) Earth
d) Mercury
19. _______ is known as the ‘Earth’s Twin’
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Neptune
d) Mars
20. Mars is anmed after the Roman gods of ______
a) War
b) Sky
c) Sea
d) Peace
21. ______________ and ______________ are called ‘Twin Giants’.
a) Neptune, Uranus
b) Neptune, Saturn
c) Uranus, Saturn
d) Saturn, Jupiter
a) Aquarius
b) Libra
c) Gemini
d) Sagittarus
29. Which of the following does not effect of the earth’s rotation?
a) changes in season.
b) Tides twice a day
c) Ocean current
d) Causes day and night
30. The speed of the rotation of the earth towards the poles is______
a) 1675 km per hour
b) Zero
c) Maximum
d) Minimum
31. The sun is at perihelion position on or around __________ every
year.
a) 4 January
b) 14 January
c) 4 July
d) 14July
32. The following figure depicts the ____________ solstice.
a) Summer solstice
b) Winter solstice
c) Spring equinoxes
d) Autumnal equinoxes
33. ___________ coincides with the New Year Day of the Indian
National Calender.
a) 21st March
b) 23rd September
c) 21st June
d) 22nd December
34. The rays of the sun are vertical over the Tropic of Cancer dring the
_____________
a) Summer solstice
b) Winter solstice
c) Spring equinoxes
d) Autumnal equinoxes
35. ___________is also known as ‘Father of modern observatinaol
astronomy.
a) Galileo Galilei
b) Copernicus
c) Aristotle
d) None of the above
36. The Kashmiris wear a long woollen kurta called a ____________
a) Achkar
b) Mundu
c) Odhini
d) Phiran
37. Identify the following dance form.
a) Kathakali
b) Manipuri
c) Kuchipudi
d) Odissi
38. The Sabarmala Ayyappa and the Bhagavati temple are famous
pilgrim centers in ___________
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
39. ________________ is the biggest summer festival held in Ladakh.
a) Hemis Chheshu
b) Losar
c) Shey Shrupla
d) Sindhu Darshan
40. Ibex, the rare animal found in Ladhak is commonly known as___
a) snow leopard
b) mountain goat
c) musk deer
d) wild horse