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Q6. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:VENUS TRANSITS SUNMillions of Indians kept their date with rare celestial event of the "Evening Star" Venuscrossingthe face of the Sun on Tuesday, the 8th June 2004 even though the weatherplayed spoil-sport inseveral parts of the country, denying perfect viewing.Huge crowds of young and old thronged planetariums across the country in themorning to get aview of the Earth's closest planet, making its first touch with the Sun at10:46 am. Venus lookedlike a small black dot against a giant bright Sun when it beganthe transit at 11:06 AM.Planetariums in the four metros and other cities had made special arrangements for thepublic 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 aperfect view of thetransit, but people waited anxiously for more than three hours tocatch a glimpse of Venus.Their patience finally paid off when the skies cleared in the evening to offer a perfectview of thethird contact of Venus with the Sun at 4:37 PM. The transit ended at 4:50 Pmwhen Venus was visible outside the solar disk.Today's was the first Venus transit to be visible from Indian in 130 years. Anothertransit 122 years ago was not visible from India. The next transit will occur in 2012 atnight. So it will notbe visiblein India.The mini eclipse, when Venus moved across the face of the sun lasted fro over a periodof sixhours. This is known as the Venus Transit and occurs only twice every century orSO.1) On 8the June 2004, millions of Indians viewed a rare celestial event of2) Perfect viewing of the rare event was marred by3) Against the bright glare of the Sun, Venus looked4) Enthusiastic sky gazers were finally rewarded for their5) The mini eclipse is also known ascorrect alternatives​

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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.



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