The position of a planet when it is nearest to the Sun, is called:

Related MCQs

• Which of the following statements relating to the planet Venus is/are correct? 1. It is the nearest planet from the Sun. 2. It is only slightly smaller than the Earth. 3. It has no atmosphere. Select the correct answer using the code given below: [Asstt Commdt 2011]
• Consider the following statements: 1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found. 2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth, 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2010]
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• Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun? [IAS 2003]
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• The position of the sun is annually twice overhead at Singapore because of the: [Railways 1993]
• The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the Northern hemisphere is :
• Which one of these places lies nearest to the Equator?
• Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in
• Which of the planets is nearest to the earth? [Asstt Grade 1993]