Universe MCQ Examveda
Universe MCQ Examveda
Universe MCQ Examveda
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1.
A. Mercury
B. Earth
C. Mars
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option B
Solution:
If you look down at our planet from outer space, most of what you see is water; 71% of the planet's
surface is covered by ocean and it is because of this that the Earth is sometimes called "the water
planet". Only about three-tenths of our globe is covered with land.
2.
Answer: Option B
Solution:
3.
A blackhole is a ________
D. Pulsating star
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Black hole, cosmic body of extremely intense gravity from which nothing, not even light, can escape. A
black hole can be formed by the death of a massive star. They are regions of space where gravity is so
powerful that even light can't escape.
4.
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Saturn
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option A
Solution:
"MESSENGER" was a robotic spacecraft sent by NASA. The name is a reference to the messenger deity of
the same name from Roman mythology was a NASA robotic spacecraft that orbited the planet Mercury
between 2011 and 2015. The probe was launched aboard a Delta II rocket in August 2004 to study
Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.
5.
A. Weight
B. Distance
C. Temperature
D. Size
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The color of a star mostly indicates a star's temperature, and it can also suggest the star's age. Class O
stars, which are blue in color, are the hottest, and class M stars, which are red in color, are the coldest.
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6.
A. Galileo
B. Martin Schmidt
C. Marconi
D. Newton
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610. Until the
early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe.
7.
A. 24 years
B. 32 years
C. 76 years
D. 84 years
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Halley's comet will next appear in the night sky in the year 2062. It orbits the sun every 75-76 years, so
this is the time between appearances. Halley's comet was recorded by Edmund Halley in 1682. It was
seen again in 1758, 1835, 1910, and 1986.
8.
A. Short waves
B. Long waves
C. Particles
D. None of these
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Radiant energy is the energy of electromagnetic waves. It is a form of energy that can travel through
space. For example, we receive the heat from the sun, which is located very far from the earth via
radiation. The sun's heat is not transmitted through any solid medium, but through a vacuum. They are
short waves.
9.
A. Cat star
B. Dog star
C. Fox star
D. Lion star
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The brightest star in the sky is Sirius, also known as the “Dog Star” or, more officially, Alpha Canis
Majoris, for its position in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius is a binary star dominated by a luminous
main sequence star, Sirius A, with an apparent magnitude of -1.46.
10.
A. Saturn
B. Earth
C. Jupiter
D. Mars
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Planet Earth has been called the "Blue Planet" due to the abundant water on its surface. Here on Earth,
we take liquid water for granted; after all, our bodies are mostly made of water. However, liquid water
is a rare commodity in our solar system.
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11.
A. Jupiter
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D. Mars
Answer: Option B
Solution:
When Venus is in the middle of the Sun and Earth, it is at its closest point to Earth. During this period,
Venus would be the closest planet to Earth. However, there are times when Mars is actually the closest
planet.
12.
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Venus, which can be seen with the unaided eye from Earth, is the brightest planet in our Solar System.
Venus was given the nickname evening star and morning star because of its bright, consistent presence.
13.
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Venus because it seems In addition to being known as the evening star, Venus was also called the
morning star because it could be seen for a few hours before the Sun grew too bright. The planet
actually becomes brightest before the Sun rises or just after sunset.
14.
A. Density of stars
B. Astronomical distance
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Basically, it's a unit of length used to measure the astronomically large distances between objects
beyond our Solar System. One parsec is the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle
of one arcsecond.
15.
A. Mars
B. Saturn
C. Uranus
D. Venus
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin because Venus and Earth are almost the same size, have about
the same mass (they weigh about the same), and have a very similar composition (are made of the same
material).
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16.
A. Earth
B. Uranus
C. Neptune
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Uranus is a real oddball in our solar system. Its spin axis is tilted by a whopping 98 degrees, meaning it
essentially spins on its side. No other planet has anywhere near such a tilt.
17.
A. Small planet
B. Comets
C. Planet
D. Nebula
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Nebula is the dense cloud of gases mainly Helium & Hydrogen & dust. They occur at primary stages &
then from them galaxies are formed. It is a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky
either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
18.
A. Sun
B. Earth
C. Venus
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Comets go around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit. They can spend hundreds and thousands of years
out in the depths of the solar system before they return to Sun at their perihelion. Like all orbiting
bodies, comets follow Kepler's Laws - the closer they are to the Sun, the faster they move.
19.
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Mercury
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Venus is the planet which takes more time to complete one rotation than its revolution. It takes 243
earth days to complete 1 rotation and 224.7 earth days to complete one revolution.
20.
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mercury and Venus are the only planets with no natural satellites.
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21.
A. Halo
B. Umbra
C. Penumbra
D. Black Hole
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The umbra (Latin for "shadow") is the innermost and darkest part of a shadow, where the light source is
completely blocked by the occluding body. An observer in the umbra experiences a total eclipse.
22.
C. Polar auroras
D. All of these
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The sunspots cause Aurora borealis and aurora australis, magnetic storms on the surface of the sun and
polar auroras.
23.
A. Neptune
B. Titan
C. Eris
D. Hydra
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Eris is the largest dwarf planet in the solar system and is the largest object found in orbit around the Sun
since the discovery of Neptune and its moon Triton in 1846. It has a diameter between 2,400 and 3,000
kilometres (1,490 to 1,860 miles) and is 27% more massive than Pluto.
24.
C. Atmospheric refraction
D. These are visible because of light of the sun reflected from their surface
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Atmospheric refraction is the deviation of light or other electromagnetic wave from a straight line as it
passes through the atmosphere due to the variation in air density as a function of height. This refraction
is due to the velocity of light through air, decreasing (the refractive index increases) with increased
density. Atmospheric refraction near the ground produces mirages. Such refraction can also raise or
lower, or stretch or shorten, the images of distant objects without involving mirages.
25.
The Planet amongst the following (other than Saturn), that shows
a faint ring is ________.
A. Earth
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Pluto
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Jupiter’s dusty main ring system is harder to see than Saturn’s, but it’s there nonetheless. Jupiter’s
largely invisible torus of ionized plasma continually being ejected from its third-largest moon Io. This ring
of superheated plasma orbits around Jupiter at a staggering minimum temperature of 99,700 degrees
Celsius, and drastically affects Jupiter’s magnetosphere and the other particles orbiting around Jupiter.
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26.
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Comets are celestial bodies moving about the solar system in Elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a
long shining tail. A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms
and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma,
and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind
acting upon the nucleus of the comet.
27.
A. Parsec
B. Astronomical year
C. Cosmic year
D. Light year
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The galactic year, also known as a cosmic year, is the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once
around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Estimates of the length of one orbit range from 225 to 250
million terrestrial years.
28.
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Venus
D. Uranus
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun, its
dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms Earth. As a
result, temperatures on Venus reach 870 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degrees Celsius), more than hot
enough to melt lead.
29.
A. Jupiter
B. Mercury
C. Uranus
D. Venus
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Venus, which can be seen with the unaided eye from Earth, is the brightest planet in our Solar System.
Venus was given the nickname evening star and morning star because of its bright, consistent presence.
30.
A. Pluto
B. Mars
C. Venus
D. Mercury
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Venus is often called the Earth's sister planet. The Earth and Venus are very similar in size with only a
638 km difference in diameter, Venus having 81.5% of the Earth's mass.
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31.
Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest
rate?
A. Mercury
B. Earth
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System rotating on average once in just under 10 hours.
That is very fast especially considering how large Jupiter is. This means that Jupiter has the shortest days
of all the planets in the Solar System.
32.
A. White
B. Blue
C. Black
D. Red
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Moon's atmosphere is negligibly thin, essentially vacuum, so its sky is always black, as in the case of
Mercury. However, the Sun is so bright that it is impossible to see stars during the daytime, unless the
observer is well shielded from sunlight (direct or reflected from the ground).
33.
A. 1 sec
B. 1.3 sec
C. 2 sec
D. 2.3 sec
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Light travels through space at just over 186,000 miles per second. The moon is just under 250,000 miles
from Earth, so light from the Moon's surface has to travel more than one second (about 1.3 seconds) to
reach us.
34.
A. Earth
B. Venus
C. Sun
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Comets go around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit. They can spend hundreds and thousands of years
out in the depths of the solar system before they return to Sun at their perihelion. Like all orbiting
bodies, comets follow Kepler's Laws - the closer they are to the Sun, the faster they move.
35.
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by Gravitation and centrifugal force. The Sun's
gravity pulls on the planets, just as Earth's gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other
force and keeps you and me on the ground.
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36.
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Moon
D. Sun
Answer: Option C
Solution:
There are three sides to the moon that are visible to us on earth: the near side of the moon, the western
far side, and the eastern far side. The side of the moon that is the most valuable is the near side of the
moon since it faces the earth at all times and contains four of the five largest seas/oceans on the moon.
These seas/oceans are: The Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) - 2568 km in diameter, The Sea of
Cold (Mare Frigoris) - 1596 km in diameter, The Sea of Showers (Mare Imbrium) - 1123 km in diameter,
The Sea of Fecundity (Mare Fecunditatis) - 909 km in diameter, The Sea of Tranquility (Mare
Tranquillitatis) - 873 km in diameter.
37.
A. Ptolemy
B. Eratosthenes
C. Hicatus
D. Herodotus
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Geography (from Greek: geographia, literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the
study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to
use the word geography was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC).
38.
A. Copernicus
B. Newton
C. Galileo
D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Galileo Galilei was the first to see Saturn's rings in 1610, although from his telescope they resembled
handles or arms. It took Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who had a more powerful telescope, to
propose that Saturn had a thin, flat ring.
39.
The same side of the moon always faces the Earth because
________
C. The period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the
Earth is almost the same
D. The period of rotation of the Moon is not equal to the period of rotation of the Earth
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate
that the Moon orbits the Earth – a situation known as synchronous rotation, or tidal locking. The Moon
is directly illuminated by the Sun, and the cyclically varying viewing conditions cause the lunar phases.
40.
Answer: Option A
Solution:
All the planets are satellites around the Sun. Almost every ship launched from Earth can be considered a
satellite, as it is orbiting either the Earth or the Sun. Even though a space probe is going "out" from the
Earth to Jupiter, it is still in orbit around the Sun, so it is still a satellite. It is certainly possible to set up a
satellite so that it has a circular orbit (a circle is just an ellipse whose foci coincide). Gravity can only pull
in the direction toward the planet.
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41.
The light coming from stars gives the idea of their ________
A. Size
B. Rotational speed
C. Mass
D. Temperature
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Stars emit colors of many different wavelengths, but the wavelength of light where a star's emission is
concentrated is related to the star's temperature - the hotter the star, the more blue it is; the cooler the
star, the more red it is.
42.
Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double stars
when observed by a telescope, are known as ________
A. Cosmic stars
B. Quasars
C. Binaries
Answer: Option C
Solution:
In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each
other as viewed from Earth, especially with the aid of optical telescopes. This occurs because the pair
either forms a binary star (i.e. a binary system of stars in mutual orbit, gravitationally bound to each
other) or is an optical double, a chance line-of-sight alignment of two stars at different distances from
the observer.
43.
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the
planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor
planets. The remaining bodies range down to the size of a dust particle.
44.
A. The Earth is the densest of all the planets in our solar system
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Earth is the fourth smallest of the planets—though in terms of the rocky planets, it's the largest—but it's
the most dense.
45.
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The correct sequence of the following planets in terms of gravity, in the descending order is Earth,
Uranus, Neptune, Saturn.
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46.
A. 2, 3, 1
B. 1, 2, 3
C. 3, 2, 1
D. 2, 1, 3
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The correct sequence in decreasing order of their brightness is Venus, Sirius and Mars.
47.
A. Earth
B. Jupiter
C. Pluto
D. Saturn
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pluto is considered as a dwarf planet. This is called so because it has not cleared its neighbourhood
around its orbit. International Astronomic Unit declared it a Dwarf Panet in 2006. It orbits in a disc-like
zone beyond the orbit of Neptune called the Kuiper belt, a distant region populated with frozen bodies
left over from the solar system's formation.
48.
A. Venus
B. Mercury
C. Mars
D. Earth
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Earth is the third inner planet and the one we know best. Of the four terrestrial planets, Earth is the
largest, and the only one that currently has liquid water, which is necessary for life as we know it.
49.
Which of the following scientist had proven that every planet has
an elongated path?
A. Galileo
B. Newton
C. Copernicus
D. Kepler
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Kepler through his 'planetary law of motion' proved that every planet has an elongated path. Kepler had
believed in the Copernican model of the solar system, which called for circular orbits, but he could not
reconcile Brahe's highly precise observations with a circular fit to Mars' orbit – Mars coincidentally
having the highest eccentricity of all planets except Mercury.
50.
A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Uranus
Answer: Option C
Solution:
As compared to the orbit of the other given planets, Mars has nearest orbit to Sun. In the so-called
perihelic opposition Mars is closest to the Sun and is particularly close to Earth: Oppositions range from
about 0.68 AU when Mars is near aphelion to only about 0.37 AU when Mars is near perihelion.
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51.
Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one
revolution around the Sun?
A. Earth
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Venus
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Jupiter revolves or orbits around the Sun once every 11.86 Earth years, or once every 4,330.6 Earth
days.
52.
The only planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period
of revolution around the Sun?
A. Mercury
B. Jupiter
C. Venus
D. Neptune
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis whereas it takes 224.7 Earth days to revolve round the
Sun.
53.
A. Uranus
B. Jupiter
C. Saturn
D. Neptune
Answer: Option C
Solution:
54.
A. Convection zone
B. Photosphere
C. Chromosphere
D. Corona
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The atmosphere of the sun is composed of several layers, mainly the photosphere, the chromosphere
and the corona. It's in these outer layers that the sun's energy, which has bubbled up from the sun's
interior layers, is detected as sunlight. The lowest layer of the sun's atmosphere is the photosphere.
55.
A. Saturn
B. Uranus
C. Neptune
D. Pluto
Answer: Option D
Solution:
After 26th General Assembly of International Astronomical Union held in 2006 in Prague (Czech
Republic), Pluto was categorised as 'Dwarf Planet'. Its orbit around the Sun larger than the other 3 given
planets. Sometimes Neptune is far from sun and sometimes Pluto , before 1999 Neptune was the
farthest planet but after 1999 Pluto is the farthest planet for next 238 years .
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56.
A. Five
B. Two
C. Four
D. Three
Answer: Option D
Solution:
In a solar or lunar eclipse, the region of earth's shadow is divided into three parts. The three parts are –
Umbra, Penumbra and Antumbra.
57.
A. Galaxy
B. Planet
C. Star
D. Constellation
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Ursa Major is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into
prehistory. Its latin name means "greater she-bear", standing as a reference to and in direct contrast
with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear.
58.
A. Black Hole
B. Ozone Hole
C. Asteroid Belt
D. White Hole
Answer: Option D
Solution:
In astrophysics, it is a hypothetical concept. In this theory white hole which is opposite to black hole
emits stars and energy. In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime which
cannot be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from it. In this sense, it is the
reverse of a black hole, which can only be entered from the outside and from which matter and light
cannot escape.
59.
A. 2106 AD
B. 2116 AD
C. 2126 AD
D. 2136 AD
Answer: Option C
Solution:
In 2126 it will be a bright naked-eye comet reaching about apparent magnitude 0.7.
60.
A. Earth
B. Mercury
C. Mars
D. Venus
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, orbiting at an average distance of 57.9 million km.
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61.
A. Orange
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Black
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The sky appears blue because the sunlight is scattered by the gas molecules in the atmosphere - a
phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering - named after the discoverer - a British physicist who also
discovered Argon - Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919). So, if there was no atmosphere, the sky would appear
black.
62.
C. It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The planet Mercury is often cited as the most difficult of the five brightest naked-eye planets to see.
Because it's the planet closest to the Sun, it never strays too far from the Sun's vicinity in our sky.
63.
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The correct sequence of planets in the descending order of their equatorial diameter is Uranus, Earth,
Mars, Mercury.
64.
A. Revolution of Earth
B. Rotation of Earth
C. Rotation of Moon
D. Revolution of Moon
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Foucault pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault and conceived as
an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation.
65.
The distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms) is
________
A. 111
B. 149
C. 168
D. 193
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Our solar system is so big it is almost impossible to imagine its size if you use ordinary units like feet or
miles. The distance from Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles (149 million kilometers), but the distance to
the farthest planet Neptune is nearly 3 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers).
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66.
A. Venus
B. Mercury
C. Mars
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Mars is often called the 'Red Planet' because it appears in the sky as an orange-red star. The colour
caused the ancient Greeks and Romans to name it after their god of war. Today, thanks to visiting
spacecraft, we know that the planet's appearance is due to rust in the Martian rocks.
67.
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The statements that are correct with regard to Milky Way are - it is a spiral galaxy and the solar system
resides in one of its spiral arms.
68.
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Neptune has 13 moons, Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Larissa, Proteus, and Galatea, plus
five smaller, unnamed moons. Triton and Proteus orbit close to Neptune; Nereid is in a distant orbit.
69.
The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own
axis is ________
A. 24 hrs
B. 24 hrs 35 sec
Answer: Option D
Solution:
It's the time it takes for a distant star to return to the same position in the sky, and it differs from the
solar day because the Earth revolves around the Sun as it rotates on its own axis; there is one more
sidereal day than solar day each year. A sidereal day is approximately 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.0916
seconds.
70.
A. Venus
B. Jupiter
C. Saturn
D. Mercury
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Venus is the closest planet to Earth (it's also the most similar in size). But its proximity to our planet
depends on the orbits of both. The two planets travel in ellipses around the sun, and so the distance
between them is constantly shifting.
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1.
Answer: Option D
Solution:
As Earth moves (rotates) from West to East, so stars appear to be more in West than East. So when we
say that stars "move", it could be because of the Earth, because of their own movements, or because of
both the Earth takes roughly 24 hours to spin on its axis, moving from east to west.
2.
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The largest planet in our solar system by far is Jupiter, which beats out all the other planets in both mass
and volume. Jupiter's mass is more than 300 times that of Earth, and its diameter, at 140,000 km, is
about 11 times Earth's diameter.
3.
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Nicholas Copernicus
C. Johannes Kepler
D. Isaac Newton
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Johannes Kepler published his first two laws about planetary motion in 1609, having found them by
analyzing the astronomical observations of Tycho Brahe.
4.
Answer: Option C
Solution:
According to the size of the planets the descending order will be Jupiter (largest planet), Saturn (2nd
largest), Uranus (3rd largest) & Neptune (4th Largest).
5.
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Being the largest planet of solar system, its mass is one thousandth of the mass of the Sun. Jupiter, the
giant among giants, has enough mass to make 318 Earths. Its diameter is about 11 times that of Earth
(and about one tenth that of the Sun).
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6.
Answer: Option A
Solution:
We can say that one astronomical unit (AU) represents the mean distance between the Earth and our
sun. An AU is approximately 93 million miles (150 million km). It's approximately 8 light-minutes. More
exactly, one astronomical unit (AU) = 92,955,807 miles (149,597,871 km).
7.
A. Kepler
B. Galileo
C. Newton
D. Copernicus
Answer: Option A
Solution:
While Copernicus rightly observed that the planets revolve around the Sun, it was Kepler who correctly
defined their orbits. At the age of 27, Kepler became the assistant of a wealthy astronomer, Tycho
Brahe, who asked him to define the orbit of Mars. Brahe had collected a lifetime of astronomical
observations, which, on his death, passed into Kepler’s hands. (Brahe, who had his own Earth-centered
model of the Universe, withheld the bulk of his observations from Kepler at least in part because he did
not want Kepler to use them to prove Copernican theory correct.) Using these observations, Kepler
found that the orbits of the planets followed three laws.
8.
A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
C. Neptune
D. Uranus
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun, at a distance of about 4.5 billion km (2.8 billion
miles) or 30.07 AU.
9.
A. Five
B. Eight
C. Seven
D. Six
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Our Solar System has eight planets which orbit the sun. In order of distance from the sun they are;
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
10.
A. Jupiter
B. Venus
C. Saturn
D. Uranus
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The largest planet in our solar system by far is Jupiter, which beats out all the other planets in both mass
and volume. Jupiter's mass is more than 300 times that of Earth, and its diameter, at 140,000 km, is
about 11 times Earth's diameter.
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11.
D. Because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Due to the earth's rotation, stars appear to move. As the Earth rotates from west to east, the stars
appear to rise in the east, moving across south to set in the west. The Sun will appear to move through
the stars, making one complete circuit of the sky in 365 days.
12.
A. Cosmic rays
B. Molten lava
C. Gases
D. Ice
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The 'Solar Corona' mainly consists of molten lava. A corona (Latin, 'crown') is an aura of plasma that
surrounds the Sun and other stars. The Sun's corona extends millions of kilometres into outer space and
is most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, but it is also observable with a coronagraph.
13.
A. Mercury
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Saturn
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Mars is often called the 'Red Planet' because it appears in the sky as an orange-red star. The colour
caused the ancient Greeks and Romans to name it after their god of war. Today, thanks to visiting
spacecraft, we know that the planet's appearance is due to rust in the Martian rocks.
14.
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin because Venus and Earth are almost the same size, have about
the same mass (they weigh about the same), and have a very similar composition (are made of the same
material). They are also neighboring planets. However, Venus and Earth are also very different. Venus
has an atmosphere that is about 100 times thicker than Earth's and has surface temperatures that are
extremely hot. Venus does not have life or water oceans like Earth does. Venus also rotates backwards
compared to Earth and the other planets.
15.
C. A group of stars
D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Twelve constellations referred to as zodiac are a group of stars. The 12 constellations in the zodiac
family can all be seen along the ecliptic. They are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,
Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.
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16.
A. Japan
B. India
C. Pakistan
D. China
Answer: Option B
Solution:
It is India's first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after
Roscosmos, NASA, and the European Space Agency. It is the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and
the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
17.
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Solar eclipses on Jupiter occur when any of the natural satellites of Jupiter pass in front of the Sun as
seen from the planet Jupiter. On Mars, annular solar eclipses are possible.
18.
A. Photoelectric Emission
B. Nuclear Fission
C. Nuclear Fusion
D. Temperate Emission
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The sun generates energy from a process called nuclear fusion. During nuclear fusion, the high pressure
and temperature in the sun's core cause nuclei to separate from their electrons. Hydrogen nuclei fuse to
form one helium atom. During the fusion process, radiant energy is released.
19.
The distance of the nearest star besides the sun from the earth is
________
A. 4.9 x 1111 m
B. 95 x1015 m
C. 4.3 light years
Answer: Option D
Solution:
It is about 4.22 light-years from Earth and is the closest star other than the sun.
20.
While Venus is seen only for one to two hours either after sunset
or before sunrise, Jupiter is seen for the whole night whenever it
is visible in the sky. The reason for this is that ________
C. The orbit of Venus is inside the earth's orbit whereas the orbit of Jupiter lies outside
the orbit of the earth
Answer: Option C
Solution:
While Venus is seen only for one to two hours either after sunset or before sunrise, Jupiter is seen for
the whole night whenever it is visible in the sky. The reason for this is that the orbit of Venus is inside
the earth's orbit whereas the orbit of Jupiter lies outside the orbit of the Earth.
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21.
B. 8 light years
Answer: Option C
Solution:
22.
A. Mercury
B. Mars
C. Venus
D. Pluto
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Venus, which have orbits that are smaller than the Earth's, exhibit the full range of phases as does the
Moon, when seen through a telescope. Its phases are "full" when they are at superior conjunction, on
the far side of the Sun as seen from the Earth.
23.
A. Mercury
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Venus
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Venus is so bright because its thick clouds reflect most of the sunlight that reaches it (about 70%) back
into space, and because it is the closest planet to Earth. Venus can often be seen within a few hours
after sunset or before sunrise as the brightest object in the sky (other than the moon).
24.
Pulsar are
Answer: Option C
Solution:
A pulsar is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.
This radiation can be observed only when the beam of emission is pointing toward Earth, and is
responsible for the pulsed appearance of emission.
25.
A. Alfa Centauri
B. Proxima Centauri
C. Sirius
D. Sun
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Sun is the brightest start during the days, because it's the nearest star to us.
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26.
B. A sea on earth which experiences high tides due to gravitational attraction of the
moon
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions.
They were dubbed maria, latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas.
27.
A. 6000°C
B. 12000°C
C. 18000°C
D. 24000°C
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The fact that the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere is at millions of degrees while the
temperature of the underlying photosphere is only 6,000 kelvins (degrees C. above absolute zero) is
quite nonintuitive.
28.
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Mars
D. Mercury
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Planet Mars looks reddish in the sky. It is due to the ferric oxide(Rusted iron) on the martian surface.
29.
B. After it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in mid air as a ball of fire
C. After it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without
exploding in mid-air
Answer: Option B
Solution:
A meteor is an asteroid or other object that burns and vaporizes upon entry into the Earth's
atmosphere; meteors are commonly known as "shooting stars." If a meteor survives the plunge through
the atmosphere and lands on the surface, it's known as a meteorite.
30.
A. 56
B. 88
C. 300
D. 36
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Being nearest to Sun,its path around Sun is smallest. Hence its one year is equal to 88 days. 59 days
spent on Earth are equivalent to 1 day spent on Mercury as days there bigger than the days on earth.
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31.
A. Halley's Comet
B. Hale-Bopp
C. Hyakutake
D. Tempel 1
Answer: Option D
Solution:
NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of Tempel 1 comet nucleus.
It is a periodic Jupiter-family comet that was discovered in 1867 by Wilhelm Tempel. As per the
research, it completes an orbit of the sun every 5.5 years of time.
32.
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 only
D. 1 and 2 only
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Statement relating to the planet Venus that is correct is it is only slightly smaller than the Earth.
33.
A. Their composition
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The strongest evidence that comets are members of our solar system comes from their composition.
34.
Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest
day?
A. Mercury
B. Jupiter
C. Venus
D. Earth
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. It completes one rotation every 243 Earth
days. Its day lasts longer than its orbit. It orbits the Sun every 224.65 Earth days, so a day is nearly 20
Earth days longer than its year.
35.
A. An asteroid
B. A black hole
C. A comet
D. A dying star
Answer: Option D
Solution:
A supernova is an event that occurs upon the death of certain types of stars. Supernovae are more
energetic than novae. In Latin, nova means "new", referring astronomically to what appears to be a
temporary new bright star. Adding the prefix "super-" distinguishes supernovae from ordinary novae,
which are far less luminous. The word supernova was coined by Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky in 1931.
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36.
A. Europa
B. Ganymede
C. Callisto
D. Deimos
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Mars has two satellites Deimos & Phobos. Although Jupiter has 63 satellites but none of them is named
as Deimos.
37.
A. Mars
B. Mercury
C. Venus
D. Jupiter
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Venus is the brightest planet of solar system visible during evening & morning in the Sky. Hence termed
as evening & morning star.
38.
A. Helium
B. Hydrogen
C. Nitrogen
D. Ozone
Answer: Option B
Solution:
75% of the Sun's mass is Hydrogen. Hence, Hydrogen gases is most predominant in the Sun.
39.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 16
Answer: Option A
Solution:
A. 21 June
B. 3 January
C. 22 December
D. 4 July
Answer: Option D
Solution:
As Earth follows an elliptical path around the Sun its distance from the Sun never remains constant. It is
nearest to the Sun on January 3rd (Perihelion) & farthest from the Sun on July 4 (Aphelion).
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41.
A. Neptune
B. Uranus
C. Saturn
D. Venus
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Triton (moon) Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, and the first Neptunian moon
to be discovered. The discovery was made on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell.
42.
Pole Star is always seen at one point in the sky whereas other
stars are not; this is because ________
C. Sun and Pole star are in two opposite directions relative to earth
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Pole Star is always seen at one point in the sky whereas other stars are not; this is because Pole star lies
in the axis of spin of the earth.
43.
'The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to
those of the earth'. This is true of ________
A. Uranus
B. Neptune
C. Saturn
D. Mars
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Mars is the planet that is most similar to Earth in other ways. A Martian day is just over 24 hours, and its
rotation axis is tilted by about the same amount as Earth's.
44.
C. They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are
passing through earth's atmosphere
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Shooting stars look like stars that quickly shoot across the sky, but they are not stars. A shooting star is
really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth's atmosphere from space. It moves so fast that it heats
up and glows as it moves through the atmosphere.
45.
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Mercury and Venus are too close to the Sun. Any moon with too great a distance from these planets
would be in an unstable orbit and be captured by the Sun. If they were too close to these planets they
would be destroyed by tidal gravitational forces.
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46.
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Venus is the hottest world in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun, its
dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms Earth. As a
result, temperatures on Venus reach 870 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degrees Celsius), more than hot
enough to melt lead.
47.
A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
C. Neptune
D. None of these
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They
were first seen by Galileo Galilei in January 1610, and recognized by him as satellites of Jupiter in March
1610. They were the first objects found to orbit another planet.
48.
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Asteroids are small rocky planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky
and metallic material whereas, Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not.
49.
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The albedo of an object will determine its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light. For
example, the planets are viewed by reflected sunlight and their brightness depends upon the amount of
light received from the sun and their albedo.
50.
A. Jupiter
B. Earth
C. Mars
D. Venus
Answer: Option B
Solution:
It is the availability of water due to which life is possible on Earth. It is the essential for biotic and abiotic
activities. It is available in 3 forms - solid (ice) liquid gas (water vapour). The water cycle, also known as
the hydrologic cycle or the hydrological cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above
and below the surface of the Earth.
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51.
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Venus rotates on its axis the opposite way that most planets rotate. That means on Venus, the sun
would appear to rise in the west and set in the east. On Earth, the sun appears to rise in the east and set
in the west.
52.
C. Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas
D. Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the
temperature to about 4000 K
Answer: Option D
Solution:
A dark patch in the sun's photosphere resulting from a localized fall in temperature to about 4000 K.
Most spots have a central very dark umbra surrounded by a lighter penumbra. Sunspots tend to occur in
clusters and to last about two weeks.
53.
What is "Supernova"?
A. Comet
B. Asteroid
C. Meteor
D. Black Hole
Answer: Option D
Solution:
The most likely 'cannon' is the explosive kick of a supernova, one of the Universe's most titanic events.
When massive stars end their lives, they explode violently as supernovae. They leave either a neutron
star or a black hole as a remnant, depending on how massive the star initially is.
54.
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Mercury and Venus are too close to the Sun. Any moon with too great a distance from these planets
would be in an unstable orbit and be captured by the Sun. If they were too close to these planets they
would be destroyed by tidal gravitational forces.