question_answer1) Among the following planets, which is the brightest plane?
A) Mercury done clear
B) Venus done clear
C) Mars done clear
D) Jupiter done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer2) Which planet is called the red planet in our solar system? (2015)
A) Mercury done clear
B) Mars done clear
C) Jupiter done clear
D) Neptune done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer3) The largest planet in our solar system is
A) Jupiter done clear
B) Earth done clear
C) Venus done clear
D) Mercury done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer4) Which is the fifth largest planet in our solar system?
A) Venus done clear
B) Saturn done clear
C) Earth done clear
D) Mars done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer5) Who discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
A) Galileo Galelei done clear
B) Isaac Newton done clear
C) Albert Einstein done clear
D) Kepler done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer6) The exact time taken by the Earth for single rotation on its own axis is
A) 24 hours done clear
B) 24 hrs. 30 min. done clear
C) 23 hrs. 56 min. 4.09 sec. done clear
D) None of these done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer7) In which year did Galileo state that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
A) 1632 done clear
B) 1634 done clear
C) 1638 done clear
D) 1641 done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer8) If there is no Sun. the colour of the sky would be
A) blue done clear
B) orange done clear
C) black done clear
D) green done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Earth and Jupiter done clear
B) Jupiter and Saturn done clear
C) Saturn and Earth done clear
D) Saturn and Neptune done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer10) Which of the following is (are) example(s) of celestial body (ies)?
A) Sun done clear
B) Moon done clear
C) Stars done clear
D) All of the above done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer11) Which of the following is (are) true about Sun
A) It is made up of gases, done clear
B) It has its own heat and light. done clear
C) Sun is a star. done clear
D) All of the above done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer12) Which of the following planet(s) has (have) ring around it (them)?
A) Jupiter done clear
B) Saturn done clear
C) Uranus done clear
D) All of the above done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer13) The sun is ______ million km away from the Earth.
A) 100 done clear
B) 150 done clear
C) 200 done clear
D) 250 done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer14) The correct ascending order of distance of planets from Sun is (2017)
A) Mars, Earth. Jupiter. Saturn done clear
B) Earth, Mars. Jupiter, Saturn done clear
C) Earth. Mars, Saturn, Jupiter done clear
D) Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer15) The following planet is considered as 'Earth's-twin".
A) Mars done clear
B) Mercury done clear
C) Venus done clear
D) Saturn done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer16) The following planet is known as "blue planet'.
A) Mars done clear
B) Mercury done clear
C) Venus done clear
D) Earth done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer17) Which of the following planets is nearest to the Sun?
A) Mercury done clear
B) Venus done clear
C) Mars done clear
D) earth done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer18) The following is called 'dwarf planet. 2015)
A) Saturn done clear
B) Jupiter done clear
C) Mars done clear
D) Pluto done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer19) The following planet takes maximum time for one spin on its axis
A) Venus done clear
B) Mercury done clear
C) Saturn done clear
D) Uranus done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer20) The moon takes ___ days to complete one spin.
A) 25 done clear
B) 26 done clear
C) 27 done clear
D) 28 done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer21) Select the correct statement with respect to solar system.
A) The Earth is the densest of all the planets in our solar system. done clear
B) The Sun contains 75% of the mass of the solar system. done clear
C) The diameter of the Sun is 190 times that of the Earth. done clear
D) None of these done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Venus is much smaller than Jupiter. done clear
B) Venus is far from the Earth than Jupiter. done clear
C) Venus reflects lesser light of Sun than Jupiter. done clear
D) The orbit of Venus is inside the Earth's orbit. done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Earth done clear
B) Jupiter done clear
C) Sun done clear
D) Saturn done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Because it is big fall of fire done clear
B) Because it is far away from us done clear
C) Because it is the closest star to us done clear
D) Because it is a young star done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer25) How many planets have rings?
A) 1 done clear
B) 2 done clear
C) 6 done clear
D) 4 done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer26) Which one of the following is responsible for occurrence of seasons?
A) Rotation of the earth around its own axis done clear
B) Revolution of the earth around the sun done clear
C) Tilting of earth's axis done clear
D) All of these done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer27) Find the correct statements about the Sun.
A) Sun is a medium-sized and middle aged star. done clear
B) Sun is a big-sized young star. done clear
C) Sun is a small-sized old star. done clear
D) None of these done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Venus done clear
B) Uranus done clear
C) Jupiter done clear
D) Mars done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer29) When was the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 sent into space? (2016)
A) 1967 done clear
B) 1957 done clear
C) 1977 done clear
D) 1937 done clear
View Solution play_arrow| Consider the following statements; |
| Statement 1: Astronomy is the science of studying space. |
| Statement 2: Astronomy is the science of studying about the biology. |
| Which one of the following is correct about the above statements? |
A) Statement 1 is true and 2 is false. done clear
B) Statement 2 is true and 1 is false. done clear
C) Both are true done clear
D) Both are false done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Kalpana Chawla done clear
B) Sunita Williams done clear
C) Indira Hinduja done clear
D) Janaki Ammal done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer32) Match the following - (2017)
| Largest planet | 1. Mercury |
| Brightest planet | 2. Jupiter |
| Densest Planet | 3. Earth |
| Smallest planet | 4. Venus |
A) A-2; B-4; C-3; D-1 done clear
B) A-1: B-4; C-2; D-3 done clear
C) A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3 done clear
D) A-3; B-1; C-2; D-4 done clear
View Solution play_arrow| The following information shows four planets in the Solar System. |
| P: Mars Q: Mercury R: Neptune S: Uranus. |
| Which planet is nearest to the Sun? |
A) P done clear
B) Q done clear
C) R done clear
D) S done clear
View Solution play_arrow| Statement I: The Solar System comprises the Sun and its eight planets. |
| Statement II: All the planets revolve round the Sun in elliptical orbits. |
A) I only done clear
B) II only done clear
C) Both done clear
D) None done clear
View Solution play_arrow| Statement I: A satellite is a celestial body that revolves around another celestial body. |
| Statement II: The moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth. |
A) I only done clear
B) II only done clear
C) Both done clear
D) None done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer36) GPS that tracks the location is an abbreviation of (2015)
A) Global Pointing System done clear
B) Globe Positioning System done clear
C) Genera! Positioning System done clear
D) Global Positioning System done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer37) In 1957, the first artificial satellite was built by Soviets and its name was
A) Hubble space done clear
B) Voyager-1 done clear
C) Sputnik-1 done clear
D) done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer38) None of above What makes the planet Mars look like it is red?
A) The rain and clouds done clear
B) The iron in the soil done clear
C) Fire from volcanoes done clear
D) Because Sun is close done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer39) What are the rings of Saturn made from?
A) Gases & clouds done clear
B) Large pieces of ice and rock done clear
C) Wind & storms done clear
D) Satellites done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Planet done clear
B) Sun done clear
C) Moon done clear
D) Meteor done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer41) Which statement describes the atmosphere of the planet correctly?
A) Venus is mostly carbon dioxide, done clear
B) Mercury is mostly nitrogen. done clear
C) Earth is mostly oxygen, done clear
D) Saturn is mostly helium. done clear
View Solution play_arrowA) Uranus done clear
B) Mars done clear
C) Venus done clear
D) Jupiter done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer43) How old is the solar system?
A) 5000 years done clear
B) 5 million years done clear
C) 5 billion years done clear
D) 500 billion years done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer44) The given figure represents which one of the following? (2017) 
A) Seasons formation done clear
B) Day and night formation done clear
C) Revolution done clear
D) Both [B] and [C] done clear
View Solution play_arrowquestion_answer45) Choose the correctly matched pair
| Mars | 1. Roman god of war |
| Venus | 2. Greek deity of the sky |
| Uranus | 3. Dwarf planet |
| Pluto | 4. Roman goddess of love and beauty |
A) A-1; B-1; C-2; D-3 done clear
B) A-3: B-4; C-2; D-1 done clear
C) A-1; B-2; C-4; D-3 done clear
D) A-1; B-3; C-2; D-3 done clear
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