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Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on January 3. 2. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on July 4. 3. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on July 4. 4. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on January 3. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on January 3. 2. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on July 4. 3. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on July 4. 4. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on January 3. Select the correct answer using the code given below: Correct Answer 1 and 3

  • Perihelion: The point at which an orbiting planet is closest to the sun.
  • Aphelion: The point at which an orbiting planet is farthest from the sun.
  • The earth is farthest from the sun about two weeks after Summer Solstice.
  • Summer Solstice: It is when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt towards the Sun. Hence, the earth is farthest away from the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on July 4.
  • The Earth is closest to the Sun about two weeks after the winter solstice.
  • Winter Solstice: When one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It usually occurs on 21 or 22 December.

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It is known to us that a planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one of the foci. If the point in the orbit nearest to the sun is called the perihelion and the point farthest from the sun is called the aphelion, which of the following statement is correct? 
The phases of the moon as we see from the Earth are due to changing relative positions of the sun, the earth and the moon. Which of the following statements is true. A. on a full moon day, the earth comes between the sun and the moon B. on a new moon day, the moon is in between the earth and the sun C. on a full moon day, the moon is in between the earth and the sun D. on a new moon day, the earth is between the sun and the moon? E. on a new moon day, the sun is between the moon and the earth
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S1:The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P :When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away
Q :With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.
R :No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.
S :When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.
S6:When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.

The Proper sequence should be:
S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P: When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away.
Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than others.
R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and an occasional comet or asteroid.
S: When Venus is at its nearest to the Earth, it is only 26 million miles away.
S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked aye in broad daylight.

The Proper sequence should be:
On which day of the year is the earth farthest from the sun, at a position called aphelion?
In the following question, four statements are given followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the given statements to be true even, if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and decide which of the following logically follows from the given statements disregarding the commonly known facts. Statements: All Planet are Sun. All Object are Air. All Planet are Earth. No Air is Sun. Conclusions: I. All Air being Earth is a possibility. II. Some Object are Sun. III. Some Earth are Sun. IV. No planet is Air.
In the following question, some statements are given below followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. All sun are moon. II. All moon are earth. Conclusions: I. All sun are earth. II. Some earth are sun.
In the question given below are two conclusions followed by five statements. You have to choose the correct set of statements that logically satisfies conclusions. Conclusions: I. Some Star are Moon II. Some Sun are not Mars Statements: I. Some Sun are Moon, Some Moon are star and No star is Mars. II. Some Sun are Moon, All Moon are Star and No Star is Mars. III. All Sun are Moon, All Moon are Star and Some Star are Mars. IV. All Sun are Moon, Some Moon are Star and No Star is Mars. V. Some Sun are Moon, Some Moon are Star and No Moon is Mars.
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A.The axis of rotation of the Earth when compared to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. B.The only astronomical object that is known to harbour life, is the Earth which is the third planet from the sun. C.As a result, the Northern and the Southern hemispheres point toward or away from the Sun. D.It revolves around the sun and at the same time it spins on an imaginary line called an axis which runs from the North pole to the south pole.