SSC CGL 2021 PYQ — Question 27

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon.

• The cyclical rise and fall of the ocean is referred to as a tide.
• The gravitational pull of the sun and moon on the Earth produces the tides.
• Gravity is one major force that creates tides.
• In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton explained that ocean tides result from the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon on the oceans of the Earth.