Japan is called ‘Land of the rising sun’ because:

Related Mcqs:

1. Earth is closest to the sun every year in early ______________, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early __________________, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.

   A. January – July
   B. June – December
   C. July – January
   D. December – June

   Submitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque

2. When in the part of its orbit closest to the Sun, Pluto has an atmosphere of nitrogen and methane similar to Triton’s, but what happens when it is farther from the Sun ?

   A. These gases are not present
   B. These gases are like plasma
   C. These gases are frozen 
   D. These gases are volatile

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

3. The “Rising” of the “evening star” indicates the direction of the____________?

   A. South Pole
   B. East
   C. West
   D. North

   Submitted by: Noor Ahmed

4. The position of earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the sun causing northern summer is called ___________?

   A. Aphelion
   B. Perihelion
   C. Perigee
   D. Apogee
   E. None of these

5. What is it called when the Earth is closest to the sun _____________?

   A. Aphelion
   B. Perihelion
   C. Apoapsis
   D. Periapsis

   Submitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque

6. The outermost layer of the sun is called __________?

   A. Coach
   B. Core
   C. Corona
   D. Comma

   Submitted by: Aurangzeb Bhutto

7. The sun’s surface is called ___________?

   A. Cromosphere
   B. Leutosphere
   C. Thermosphere
   D. Photosphere 

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

8. Most asteroids orbit the sun in a region called the asteroid belt between?

   A. Mars and Jupiter
   B. Jupiter and Saturn
   C. Mercury and Neptune
   D. Venus and Uranus

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

9. Which of the following explains the reason why there is no total eclipse of the sun?

   A. Size of the earth in relation to that of moon
   B. Orbit of moon around earth
   C. Direction of rotation of earth around sun
   D. Area of the sun covered by the moon
   E. None of these

10. What is the mass of the Sun?

    A. 1.5×10 Power 30 Kg
    B. 1.98×10 Power 30 Kg
    C. 4.5×10 Power 30 Kg
    D. 8×10 Power 30 Kg

    Submitted by: Jameel Ahmed Solangi (Larkana)