Consider the following pairs: a) Summer Solstice - 21 June  b) Winter Solstice - 22 November c) Equinox - 21 March  Which of the following pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

Option 1 : a and c only 

The correct answer is a and c only.

• Summer Solstice occurs on 21 June while the winter solstice occurs on 22 December.
• These are the days when the sun's path in the sky is the farthest north or south from the equator.
• A hemisphere's winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and its summer solstice the year's longest.
• On 21 March and 23 September, direct rays of sun fall on the equator.
• At this position, neither of the poles is tilted towards the sun, so the whole world experiences equal days and equal nights.
• This is called an equinox.

Thus, we can say the following is the right pair.

a) Summer Solstice - 21 June 

b) Winter Solstice - 22 December

c) Equinox - 21 March