Daily Quiz-249

Flex your GK muscle

Ravneet Kaur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, Updated At : 02:34 PM Oct 13, 2025 IST

Illustration of winter solstice on december 21. Globe with Europe and Africa, sunlight and shadow.

1. If Earth’s tilt increased to 30°, which of the following changes would occur?

A) Milder seasons

B) More extreme seasonal contrasts

C) Shorter year

D) Shift in orbital shape

2. The precession of equinoxes affects which of the following over millennia?

A) Length of the solar year

B) Position of seasons relative to calendar dates

C) Orbital speed of Earth

D) Inclination of orbit

3. At what latitude does the Sun never appear directly overhead?

A) Between 23.5°N and 23.5°S

B) Between 23.5°N and 66.5°N

C) Beyond 23.5°N and 23.5°S

D) Only at the poles

4. On the Autumn Equinox, which of the following statements is true?

A) Earth’s Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the Sun

B) The length of day is decreasing in the Northern Hemisphere

C) The Sun is overhead at Tropic of Cancer

D) The South Pole experiences continuous daylight

5. Which of the following best explains why equinoxes and solstices are not on fixed dates every year?

A) Earth’s revolution speed varies

B) Leap year adjustments

C) Calendar mismatch with tropical year

D) Gravitational pull of other planets

Answer Quiz- 248 (October 12)

1. B

Explanation: Stonehenge’s solstice alignment indicates solar observation for agricultural and ritual timing.

2. B

Explanation: During equinoxes, sunlight forms a “serpent shadow” on Chichen Itza’s steps — marking precise solar alignment.

3. C

Explanation: Makar Sankranti celebrates the Sun’s entry into Capricorn (Makara Rashi), marking the northward journey (Uttarayan) after the winter solstice.

4. A

Explanation: Uttarayan marks the Sun’s northward apparent motion after the December solstice.

5. B

Explanation: It is a solar calendar, designed so equinoxes and solstices fall on nearly fixed dates.

Daily Quiz-249

Flex your GK muscle

Ravneet Kaur

Tribune News Service

Answer Quiz- 248 (October 12)

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