UPSC Geography The Earth and the Solar System Question Bank The Solar System, The Earth and The Moon

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    With reference to Laplace's hypothesis of origin of the earth, consider the following statements and find out the wrong statement.

    A) ?Laplace's hypothesis of origin of the earth is just a modified form of Kant's Gaseous hypothesis.

    B) ?Laplace assumed that the primordial matter of the space was initially hot and rotating gaseous nebula.

    C) ?Planets were formed from a ring separated from the nebula due to centrifugal force.

    D) ?The angular momentum of the sun and the planets is in proportion to their masses.

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    ?The first three statements are correct but statement 'd' is wrong because Sun contains more than 99 per cent of the mass of the entire solar system but accounts for only 2 per cent of the angular momentum.


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