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57.
An artificial satellite is moving in an orbit around the Earth with orbital period of 8 hours, from west
to east, with its orbit making an angle of 30 with equator. An observer on the equator will see it
(a) again after 6 hour, moving from east to west
(b) again after about 11 hours, moving from west to east
(c) going up to about 46.8 from the equatorial plane
(d) going up to about 43.2 from the equatorial plane
An astronomer observes that Polaris is 40 degrees above her northern horizon. What can you say about
the longitude of her location from her observations?
(a) nothing (b) that it is 40 degrees north
(c) that it is 50 degrees south (d) that it is 40 degrees east
6. The spectrum of a cloud of cool gas seen against a bright background black body would show
(a) bright lines (emission spectrum) against a continuum spectral emission background
(b) a continuous spectrum
(c) dark lines (absorption lines) against a continuum emission background
(d) either bright or dark lines, depending on distance, against a continuum emission
Background
8. The elemental composition of the Sun, by mass, is about

(a) 50 % metals, 50 % hydrogen
(b) 71 % hydrogen, 27 % helium, 2 % others
(c) 75 % helium, 20 % hydrogen, 5 % others
(d) 75 % carbon, 25 % helium
9. Which of the following planets has essentially no atmosphere?

(a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
10. Sunspots are

(a) relatively cool compared to the photosphere
(b) related to convection cells
(c) related to the Sun's electric field
(d) cyclonic storms similar to Jupiter's great red spot
11. A planet moves fastest in its orbit
(a) when it is in opposition (b) when it is closest to the Sun

(c) the greater its mass (d) when it is farthest from the Sun
13. In 1912 Henrietta Leavitt making observations of Cepheid variable stars in the Magellanic clouds
discovered the period luminosity relation – fainter stars have shorter periods. The relation between the
apparent magnitude m (the measured magnitude of a star situated at its actual distance D pc) and its
absolute magnitude M (its magnitude if located at a distance of 10 pc) is given by the magnitude distance
relation m – M = 5 log D – 5. Here D is the distance in parsec. The distance from Milky Way to the
Andromeda galaxy is 765 kpc. The observed period luminosity relation determined by observations in the
K band for Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy is mK = – 3.26 (log P – 1) + 18.73 with slope –
3.26 and zero-point 18.73. For Cepheids in the Milky Way MK = – 3.26 (log P – 1) + c where c is
approximately
(a) – 5.69 (b) 5.67 (c) +18.73 (d) – 10.67
15. In spectroscopy doublet lines are closely spaced spectral lines that arise from transitions from a
common fundamental state to states which differ only in their total angular momentum value. If a source
of light is moving away from us the light from the source will appear shifted to the longer wavelength
(red) side of the spectrum. The shift is quantified by the redshift , where is the observed wavelength of the
spectral line when the emitting source is at rest with respect to the observer and is the observed shift in
the wavelength. Hubble observed that spectral lines of galaxies not very close to us are redshifted. A
galaxy is showing a redshift of z = 0.005. The observed wavelength separation, in nanometre, of the
sodium doublet at 589 and 589.6 nm and of the potassium doublet at 766.5 and 769.9 nm in the spectrum
of the galaxy are respectively
(a) 0.603, 3.417 (b) 0.003, 0.017 (c) 38.33, 29.45 (d) 38.33, 38.5
33. The objective of a reflecting telescope is a concave mirror of focal length 750 mm. To double the
magnification, a concave lens of focal length 20 mm is placed near the focus of the primary mirror. What
should be the position of the eyepiece focus from the concave lens?
(a) 10 mm away from mirror (b) 10 mm towards mirror
(c) 20 mm away from mirror (d) 20 mm towards mirror
48. The mean power received per unit area just outside Earth’s atmosphere from the Sun known as the
solar constant, is 1.362 kilowatt per square meter (kW/m2). For receiving this much power per unit area at
Earth, the Sun, if it is radiating like a black body, must have a surface temperature of
(a) 5349 K (b) 5779 K (c) 5709 K (d) 5479 K
50. Because of the precession of the axis of rotation of Earth

(a) the polaris is not always our ‘pole star’
(b) the average length of a sidereal day changes slowly with time
(c) the declinations of the stars change slowly with time
(d) the Vernal Equinox moves with respect to the stars

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57.

8. The elemental composition of the Sun, by mass, is about

9. Which of the following planets has essentially no atmosphere?

10. Sunspots are

(a) when it is in opposition (b) when it is closest to the Sun

50. Because of the precession of the axis of rotation of Earth

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