General Knowledge of the world

General Knowledge of the world (THE UNIVERSE)

Quiz

 

1. The Nearest planet to the sun is:
   1.   Venus
   2.   Earth
   3.   Mercury
   4.   Saturn
2. The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because:
   1.   It gets hidden behind venus
   2.   It goes too far away from the earth
   3.   It being too close to the sun, get hidden by the glare of the sun
   4.   It cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight fall on it
3. Comets revolve around
   1.   Sun
   2.   Earth
   3.   Venus
   4.   No single heavenly body
4. Which two plantes of the solar system have no satellites?
   1.   Mercury and Venus
   2.   Venus and, Venus Mars
   3.   Murcury and
   4.   venus and pluto neputne
5. The planet having 13 moons is
   1.   Venus
   2.   Mars
   3.   Uranus
   4.   Neptune
6. The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the Earth. 'This is true of:
   1.   Uranus
   2.   Neptune
   3.   Saturn
   4.   Mars
7. The hottest planet is:
   1.   Mercury
   2.   Venus
   3.   Jupiter
   4.   Saturn
8. Which of the following is the rightest planet?
   1.   Mercury
   2.   Venus
   3.   Mars
   4.   Jupiter
9. Which of hte planets is nearest to the earth?
   1.   Jupiter
   2.   Venus
   3.   Mercury
   4.   Mars
10. Which planet is known as the earth's Twin?
    1.   Venus
    2.   Mars
    3.   Uranus
    4.   Neptune
11. Which one of hte following planets takes the same number of days for rotation and revolution?
    1.   Mars
    2.   Venus
    3.   Mercury
    4.   Jupiter
12. On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east?
    1.   Venus
    2.   Mars
    3.   Jupiter
    4.   Saturn
13. Which of the following planets of the solar system has the longest day?
    1.   Mercury
    2.   Jupiter
    3.   Venus
    4.   Earth
14. Which of the following planets is known as "Morning Star"?
    1.   Mercury
    2.   Venus
    3.   Mars
    4.   Jupiter
15. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fasters rate?
    1.   Mercury
    2.   Earth
    3.   Jupiter
    4.   Saturn
16. which planet is known as the "Watery Planet"?
    1.   Mercury
    2.   Earth
    3.   Mars
    4.   Jupiter
17. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
    1.   Mercury
    2.   Mars
    3.   Jupiter
    4.   Saturn
18. The correct sequance of planets in the descending order of thier equatorial diameter is:
    1.   Mars, Pluto, Uranus, Earth
    2.   Earth, Mars, Pluto, Uranus
    3.   Pluto, Uranus, Mars, Earch
    4.   Uranus, Earth, Mars, Pluto
19. Which of the following is the largest of hte inner planets?
    1.   Venus
    2.   Mercury
    3.   Mars
    4.   Earth
20. Jupiter is larger than the earth by about:
    1.   5 times
    2.   10 times
    3.   20 times
    4.   50 times
21. The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is:
    1.   24 horus
    2.   24 hours 35 second
    3.   23 hours 50 minutes 7.2 seconds
    4.   23 hours 56 minutes 4.09 second
22. A blackhole is a:
    1.   contracted star with intense gravitational pull
    2.   Star with very low surface temperature
    3.   Star with no atmosphere
    4.   Pulsating star
23. Ursa minor is:
    1.   The name of
    2.   A group of an island stars
    3.   The name of
    4.   The name of a satellite a star
24. Aestroids have their orbits between the planets
    1.   Mercury and
    2.   Earth and venus mars
    3.   Mars and
    4.   Jupiter and Jupiter Saturn
25. Halley's Comet appears once in a period of:
    1.   24 years
    2.   32 years
    3.   76 years
    4.   84 years
26. The orbits of planet around the sun, or of satellites around the earth, can be:
    1.   Circular and
    2.   Circular and elliptic hyperbolic
    3.   Elliptic and
    4.   Parabolic parabolic and hyperbolic
27. To a space traveler on moon, they lunar sky during day time appears:
    1.   White
    2.   Blue
    3.   Black
    4.   Red
28. The distance between the earth and the sun (in million kms.) is:
    1.   111
    2.   149
    3.   168
    4.   193
29. Stars which appear single to the naked eye, but, are double stars when observed by a telescope, are known is:
    1.   Cosmic Stars
    2.   Quasars
    3.   Binaries
    4.   Novae and supernovae
30. What are the sun spots?
    1.   Regions on earth without winter climate
    2.   Desert areas on the sun
    3.   Dark patches on the surface of the sun, which are cooler areas
    4.   Dar patches on the surface of the sun resulting from a localized fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
31. The brightest star in the sky is:
    1.   Alfa Centauri
    2.   Poxima centauri
    3.   Sirius
    4.   Sun
32. Pole star is always seen at one point in the sky whereas other stars are not: that is because:
    1.   Pole star rotates with the same period as the earth
    2.   Pole star is a star of our own galaxy
    3.   Sun and ple star are in two opposite directions relatives to earth
    4.   Pole star lies in the axis of spin of the earth
33. The outermost layer of sun is called:
    1.   Convection
    2.   Photosphere Zone
    3.   Chromosphere
    4.   Corona
34. A star which appears blue is:
    1.   Cooler than
    2.   Hotter than the moon the sun
    3.   As hot as the
    4.   Cooler than sun the sun
35. Lunar sea refers to:
    1.   A small sea on the moon
    2.   A sea on earth which experiences high tides due to gravitational attractoin of the moon
    3.   A dark plain on the moon
    4.   A light water body illuminated by the moon light
36. Parsec is the unit of measurement of:
    1.   Density of
    2.   Astronomical stars distance
    3.   brightness of heavenly bodies
    4.   Orbital velocity of gian stars
37. The sun spots cause:
    1.   Aurora borealies and aurora austral is
    2.   Magnetic storms on the surface of the sun
    3.   Plar auroras
    4.   All of these
38. The light coming from stars gives the idea of thier:
    1.   Size
    2.   Rotational speed
    3.   Mass
    4.   Temperature
39. The milky way extends through a distance of:
    1.   1 light year
    2.   8 light years
    3.   10 light years
40. The period of one revolution of sun aground the centre of galaxy is called:
    1.   parsec
    2.   Asronomical year
    3.   Cosmic year
    4.   Light year