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What is the shape of Earth?

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Circle
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Square
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Sphere
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Triangle
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Solution

The correct option is C Sphere
The shape of the earth seems like a sphere, although it is not perfectly spherical. It is rather an oblate spheroid because of the earth's diurnal rotation, i.e, the earth is slightly flattened at its polar ends and bulged out at the equatorial part.

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