MCQ
Asteroids are
  • Small planets
  • B
    Shooting stars
  • C
    Found in a belt between Earth ad Venus
  • D
    None of these

Answer

Correct option: A.
Small planets
a
(a)Asteroids are a group of rock pieces moving around the Sun in between Mars and Jupiter. They are believed to be the remains of a large planet which exploded due to gravitative attraction of Sun and that planet, may be called small planets.

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