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Q6. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
VENUS TRANSITS SUN
Millions of Indians kept their date with rare celestial event of the "Evening Star" Venus
crossingthe face of the Sun on Tuesday, the 8th June 2004 even though the weather
played spoil-sport inseveral parts of the country, denying perfect viewing.
Huge crowds of young and old thronged planetariums across the country in the
morning to get aview of the Earth's closest planet, making its first touch with the Sun at
10:46 am. Venus lookedlike a small black dot against a giant bright Sun when it began
the transit at 11:06 AM.
Planetariums in the four metros and other cities had made special arrangements for the
public toview the event by putting up solar-filter telescopes and binoculars.
An hour after the transit began, the weather suddenly changed in several states,
bringing rain.The rain and cloudy sky prevented enthusiastic sky gazers from getting a
perfect view of thetransit, but people waited anxiously for more than three hours to
catch a glimpse of Venus.
Their patience finally paid off when the skies cleared in the evening to offer a perfect
view of thethird contact of Venus with the Sun at 4:37 PM. The transit ended at 4:50 Pm
when Venus was visible outside the solar disk.
Today's was the first Venus transit to be visible from Indian in 130 years. Another
transit 122 years ago was not visible from India. The next transit will occur in 2012 at
night. So it will notbe visible
in India.
The mini eclipse, when Venus moved across the face of the sun lasted fro over a period
of sixhours. This is known as the Venus Transit and occurs only twice every century or
SO.
1) On 8the June 2004, millions of Indians viewed a rare celestial event of
2) Perfect viewing of the rare event was marred by
3) Against the bright glare of the Sun, Venus looked
4) Enthusiastic sky gazers were finally rewarded for their
5) The mini eclipse is also known as
correct alternatives​

Answer 1

Answer:

Millions Of Indians kept their date with rare celestial event of the “Evening Star” Venus crossing the face of the Sun on Tuesday, the 8th June 2004 even though the weather played spoil-sport in several parts of the country, denying perfect viewing.