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  • 1. 
    All the planets move around the sun in fixed elliptical path, these paths are called

  • axis
  • orbit
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of these

  • 2. 
    Why is the shape of the earth geoid?

  • It is slightly flattened at the poles
  • It is spheroid at the poles
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these

  • 3. 
    The earth is called a unique planet due to

  • neither too hot nor too cold
  • presence of air and water
  • oxygen, light supporting gas
  • all of these

  • 4. 
    The earth is called a blue planet because of the presence of

  • water
  • blue colour
  • brown colour
  • red colour

  • 5. 
    Why do we see only one side of the moon from the earth?

  • Because of moon moving around the earth in 27 days
  • 27 days also taken in one spin
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these

  • 6. 
    Why does the moon not have conditions favourable for life?

  • because of non existent of water
  • because of non existent of air
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of these

  • 7. 
    Apart from stars, planets and satellites, there are numerous bodies which also move around the sun, what are these called?

  • Stars
  • Asteroids
  • Meteoroids
  • Planets

  • 8. 
    Asteroids are found between the orbits of Jupiter and

  • Mars
  • Earth
  • Venus
  • Neptune

  • 9. 
    Meteoroids are made up of

  • dust
  • pieces of rocks
  • gases
  • none of these

  • 10. 
    What is called a cluster of millions of stars, shining white in the starry sky?

  • Stars
  • Planets
  • Milky Way galaxy
  • Satellites
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