Geography PYQ 334 of 587 · Universe, Solar System & Earth · Earth

The scientist who first discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun was—

  1. ANewton
  2. BDalton
  3. CCopernicus
  4. DEinstein

56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2014

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Correct answer: (c) Copernicus

Explanation

In 1514 AD, Copernicus propounded his theory in a handwritten book Commentariolus (Little Commentary). Copernicus presented the view that the Sun is at the center and the Earth revolves around it.

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