MPSC PYQ

Solar System

Solar System is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2015). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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1 · 2015–2015
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basic astronomyPlanet factsPlanets of solar system

Real questions that test this

मंगळा संबंधी खालील विधानांचा विचार करा : / Consider the following statements about Mars :

(a)विरळ वातावरण / Thin atmosphere

(b)शुष्क नदी पात्र / Dry river bed

(c)- 30° से. ते - 100° से. तापमान / Temperature ranges from - 30°C to - 100°C

(d)फोबोस हा एकमेव उपग्रह / Phobos is the only satellite

1)अ आणि ड / a and d
2)ब आणि ड / b and d
3)क आणि ड / c and d
4)अ आणि ब / a and b✓ Correct

Mars has a thin atmosphere and evidence of dry river beds (indicating past water flow). Temperatures are much colder (down to -125°C), and it has two moons (Phobos and Deimos), not one.

सन 2006 सालांतर खालीलपैकी कोणत्या ग्रहाला/सूर्यमालेतील ग्रह मानले जात नाही, परंतु बटुग्रह म्हणून ओळखण्यात येते ? Which of the following is not considered as a planet of the solar system but called as a dwarf planet since the year 2006 ?

1)बुध / Mercury
2)युरेनस / Uranus
3)नेपच्यून / Neptune
4)प्लूटो / Pluto✓ Correct

Pluto was reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006. This was due to its failure to clear its neighborhood around its orbit.

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