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1. On which of the following planets water cycle is available ?
a. Jupiter
b. Earth
c. Mars
d. Venus
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b. Earth
2. The asteroids revolve round the Sun in between :
a. Earth and Mars
b. Mars and Jupiter
c. Jupiter and Saturn
d. Saturn and Uranus
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b. Mars and Jupiter
3. Which of the following is called the twin of the earth ?
a. Neptune
b. Venus
c. Mars
d. Saturn
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b. Venus
4. Which amidst the following planets has its orbit closest to Sun ?
a. Venus
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Uranus
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a. Venus
5. The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about—
a. 8 seconds
b. 8 minutes
c. 10 seconds
d. 10 minutes
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b. 8 minutes
6. The surface temperature of the sun is estimated as
a. 6000 °C
b. 12000 °C
c. 18000 °C
d. 24000 °C
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a. 6000 °C
7. Which one of the following planets has no moon?
a. Mars
b. Neptune
c. Mercury
d. Pluto
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c. Mercury
8. Which one of the following is called a red planet ?
a. Venus
b. Mercury
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
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c. Mars
9. Brightest planet in our solar system is
a. Venus
b. Mercury
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
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a. Venus
10. The Milky Way Galaxy was first observed by
a. Galileo
b. Maarten Schmidt
c. Marconi
d. Newton
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a. Galileo
11. Which of the following statements is correct ?
a. Pluto is not a Planet now
b. Pluto was discoverd by Clyde
Tombaugh in 1930
c. Pluto has been given the
number 134340
d. All of the above
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d. All of the above
12. Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System ?
a. Jupiter
b. Saturn
c. Venus
d. Uranus
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c. Venus
13. The largest planet in our solar system is
a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Saturn
d. Mercury
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b. Jupiter
14. The four largest planets of the Solar System in decreasing size are
a. Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn
and Uranus
b. Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn
and Neptune
c. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune
d. Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn
and Neptune
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c. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune
16. Which of the following does not belong to the solar system?
a. Asteroids
b. Comets
c. Planets
d. Nebulae
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d. Nebulae
17. Which is the coldest among the following ?
a. Mars
b. Earth
c. Pluto
d. Mercury
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c. Pluto
18. The moon is showing its same face to the earth because
a. It is not rotating about its
own axis
b. Its rotation and revolution
are opposite
c. Its periods of rotation and
revolution are the same
d. Its rotation is faster than its
revolution
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c. Its periods of rotation and
revolution are the same
19. Among the following, the celestial body farthest from the Earth is
a. Saturn
b. Uranus
c. Neptune
d. Pluto
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c. Neptune
20. Pulsars are
a. stars moving towards the Earth
b. stars moving away from Earth
c. rapidly spinning stars
d. high temperature stars
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c. rapidly spinning stars
22. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun?
a. Vega
b. Sirius
c. Proxima Centauri
d. Alpha Centauri
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c. Proxima Centauri
23. The outermost layer of the Sun is called
a. Chromosphere
b. Photosphere
c. Corona
d. Lithosphere
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c. Corona
24. Which planet is called evening star?
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Venus
d. Jupiter
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c. Venus
25. The planet revolving east to west is
a. Venus
b. Uranus
c. Neptune
d. Pluto
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a. Venus
26. The planet emitting green light is
a. Jupiter
b. Venus
c. Uranus
d. Neptune
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c. Uranus
28. Which of the following is known as the Morning Star?
a. Saturn
b. Jupiter
c. Mars
d. Venus
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d. Venus
29. Which planet orbits closest to the earth?
a. Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Venus
d. Mercury
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c. Venus
30. Solar energy is received by the earth through
a. conduction
b. radiation
c. convection
d. refraction
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b. radiation
31. The planets on either side of the Earth are
a. Mars and Jupiter
b. Mercury and Venus
c. Venus and Saturn
d. Mars and Venus
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d. Mars and Venus
32. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky ?
a. Jupiter
b. Saturn
c. Mars
d. Mercury
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c. Mars
33. Isohels are the isopleths of
a. sunshine
b. flowering time
c. rain
d. clouds
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a. sunshine
34. Which one of the following is the largest planet ?
a. Jupiter
b. Venus
c. Saturn
d. Uranus
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a. Jupiter
35. The mass of Jupiter is approximately
a. one tenth of the solar mass
b. one thousandth of the solar
mass
c. one hundredth of the solar
mass
d. half the solar mass
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b. one thousandth of the solar
mass
37. The planet that takes 88 days to make one revolution of the sun is :
a. Mercury
b. Saturn
c. Jupiter
d. Mars
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a. Mercury
38. ‘Super nova’ is
a. a comet
b. an asteroid
c. an exploding Star
d. a black hole
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c. an exploding Star
39. Which planet in our solar system is nearly as big as the earth ?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Venus
d. Pluto
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c. Venus
40. Which of the following is called “Blue Planet” ?
a. Saturn
b. Earth
c. Jupiter
d. Mars
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b. Earth
41. Which planet in our solar system is nearly as big as the earth ?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Venus
d. Pluto
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c. Venus
42. Which planets do not have satellites revolving around them ?
a. Mars and Venus
b. Mercury and Venus
c. Mars and Mercury
d. Neptune and Pluto
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b. Mercury and Venus
43. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is
a. Jupiter
b. Earth
c. Pluto
d. Venus
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d. Venus
44. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
a. 8 min
b. 2 min
c. 6 min
d. 4 min
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a. 8 min
45. A spinning neutron star is known as
a. White dwarf
b. Black hole
c. Pulsar
d. Quasar
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c. Pulsar
46. When the moon completely covers the sun, it is known as
a. the Antumbra
b. the Umbra
c. the Penumbra
d. None of these
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b. the Umbra
47. The darkest portion of the shadow cast during an eclipse is
a. Corona
b. Umbra
c. Penumbra
d. Black hole
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b. Umbra
48. The total number of planets revolving around the sun is
a. Five
b. Eight
c. Seven
d. Six
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b. Eight
49. In a solar or lunar eclipse, the region of earth’s shadow is divided into
a. Five parts
b. Four parts
c. Two parts
d. Three parts
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d. Three parts
50. Day and Night are equal at the
a. Prime Meridian
b. Antarctic
c. Poles
d. Eqator
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d. Eqator
51. Name the first Asian country to Orbit Mars.
a. Japan
b. Pakistan
c. China
d. India
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d. India
52. Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of each planet around the Sun is elliptical?
a. Kepler
b. Galileo
c. Newton
d. Copernicus
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a. Kepler
53. Which of the following is an alternative theory to the Big Bang theory developed in 1948, stating that the universe does not change even though it is expanding over time ?
a. Oscillating Universe
b. Steady State Universe
c. Mirror Universe
d. Eternal Inflation
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b. Steady State Universe
54. The constellation ‘Sapta Rishi’ is known to Westerners as the
a. Seven Monks
b. Alpha Centauri
c. Big Dipper
d. Small Bear
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c. Big Dipper
56. Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because
a. they emit light of a constant
intensity
b. their distance from the earth
does not change with time
c. they are very far away from
the earth resulting in decrease
in intensity of light
d. they are nearer to the earth
and hence we receive a greater
amount of light and therefore
minor variations in intensity
are not noticeable
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d. they are nearer to the earth
and hence we receive a greater
amount of light and therefore
minor variations in intensity
are not noticeable
57. The outermost layer of sun is called
a. Lithosphere
b. Chromosphere
c. Photosphere
d. Corona
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d. Corona
58. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?
a. December 22
b. March 21
c. June 22
d. September 23
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a. December 22
59. When does solar eclipse take place ?
a. When the sun is between the
moon and earth
b. When the earth is between
the moon and sun
c. When the moon is between
the sun and earth
d. When the moon does not lie
on the line joining the sun
and earth
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c. When the moon is between
the sun and earth
60. When does the sun shine vertically on the Equator ?
a. Throughout the year
b. For six months
c. Twice a year
d. Once a year
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c. Twice a year
61. If a star is bigger than Sun, but not more than twice as big, it will turn into a _______.
a. Pulsar
b. Maxima
c. Avenger
d. Discover
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a. Pulsar
