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[#176] Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on ________
Correct Answer

(A) 21st December

Explanation

Solution: Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on 21st December.

[#177] Solar eclipse occurs when ________
Correct Answer

(C) Moon comes between sun and earth

Explanation

Solution: A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over Earth. A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and its shadows fall upon Earth's surface.

[#178] When it is nine o'clock in London, it will be the same time in ________
Correct Answer

(A) Ghana

Explanation

Solution: There is no time difference between London, UK and Ghana. When it is nine o'clock in London, it will be the same time in Ghana.

[#179] Which of the following Isohels are the isopleths of
Correct Answer

(A) Sunshine

Explanation

Solution: Isohels are the imaginary lines connecting places where Sunlight falls for same duration & isopleths are the imaginery lines connecting places with equal incidence of meteorological phenomenon. So, Sunlight's observed duration would remain equal at places where the Sun can be observe equally.

[#180] The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long-wave radiation from earth going back to space. This is known as ________
Correct Answer

(C) Heat balance of earth

Explanation

Solution: The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long-wave radiation from earth going back to space. This is known as Heat balance of earth. The earth-atmosphere energy balance is the balance between incoming energy from the Sun and outgoing energy from the Earth.