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State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
The geoid shape is not perfectly spherical.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The geoid is a shape like the surface of the Earth. The geoid is the shape that the surface of the oceans would take under the influence of Earth's gravitation and rotation alone, in the absence of other influences such as winds and tides.

Geoid means like shaped.

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Which one of the following is the most important reason for the establishment of the Vikaram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba?

  1. The sea is near to the place in the East, West and South Directions

  2. It is a place near to a city in India, which is nearest to the Geographic Equator

  3. It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator

  4. Outer space near Thumba exhibits queer atmospheric phenomena
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Thumba was chosen because it is located on the geomagnetic equator, which is ideal for studying atmospheric phenomena and conducting sounding rocket experiments.