{"id":8358,"date":"2024-04-15T02:59:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T02:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=8358"},"modified":"2024-04-15T02:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T02:59:17","slug":"the-sidereal-day-is-the-time-interval-between-two-successive-upper-transits-of-a-mean-sun-b-first-point-of-aries-c-first-point-of-libra-d-the-polar-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-sidereal-day-is-the-time-interval-between-two-successive-upper-transits-of-a-mean-sun-b-first-point-of-aries-c-first-point-of-libra-d-the-polar-star\/","title":{"rendered":"The sidereal day is the time interval between two successive upper transits of A. Mean sun B. First point of Aries C. First point of Libra D. The polar star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97ffa401bc7\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    Mean sun                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    First point of Aries                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    First point of Libra                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    The polar star                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: A. Mean sun<\/p>\n<p>The sidereal day is the time interval between two successive upper transits of the mean sun across the observer&#8217;s meridian. It is the time it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis relative to the fixed stars. The mean sun is a fictitious sun that moves across the sky at a constant rate, in contrast to the real sun, which moves at a variable rate due to the Earth&#8217;s orbit around the Sun.<\/p>\n<p>The first point of Aries is the vernal equinox, the point in the sky where the Sun crosses the equator from south to north. 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