Q. The shape of our Galaxy is-

 ◉ Elliptical

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 ◉ Circular

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Spiral

✅ Correct

 ◉ Parabolic

❌ Incorrect

Q. Earth is a part of which galaxy?

 ◉ Ursa minor

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Sculptor

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Draco

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Milky way

✅ Correct

Q. The number of planets in the solar system is?

 ◉ 7

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 8

✅ Correct

 ◉ 9

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 10

❌ Incorrect

Q. The brightest planet is

 ◉ Venus

✅ Correct

 ◉ Earth

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Shani

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

Q. The largest planet in the solar system is -

 ◉ Jupiter

✅ Correct

 ◉ Earth

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Shani

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which is called the "Red Planet"?

 ◉ Arun

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Varun

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mars

✅ Correct

 ◉ Venus

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which is the closest planet to Earth?

 ◉ Mercury

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Venus

✅ Correct

 ◉ Moon

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

Q. The nearest star to the earth is -

 ◉ Proxima Centauri

✅ Correct

 ◉ Serious

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ leyland

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ wolf

❌ Incorrect

Q. The farthest planet from the Sun is -

 ◉ Pluto

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 ◉ Jupiter

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Neptune

✅ Correct

 ◉ Uranus

❌ Incorrect

Q. The smallest planet of the solar system is -

 ◉ Earth

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 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mercury

✅ Correct

 ◉ Pluto

❌ Incorrect

Q. Due to which movement there are seasons on the earth?

 ◉ All these

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 ◉ Excursion

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Rotating

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Rotation

✅ Correct

Q. Due to which speed there are day and night on the earth?

 ◉ All these

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 ◉ Gravity

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Rotating

✅ Correct

 ◉ Rotation

❌ Incorrect

Q. Where are day and night equal?

 ◉ On the Tropic of Capricorn

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 ◉ At the poles

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ On the equator

✅ Correct

 ◉ On the tropic of cancer

❌ Incorrect

Q. The distance between two latitudes is-

 ◉ 115 km

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 ◉ 111 km

✅ Correct

 ◉ 107 km

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 121 km

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which of the following is a satellite of the Earth?

 ◉ Moon

✅ Correct

 ◉ Phobos

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Demos

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Ganymede

❌ Incorrect

Q. On which of the following dates day and night are equal?

 ◉ 44641

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 44827

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 44826

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Both a and b

✅ Correct

Q. Lunar eclipse occurs when -

 ◉ The Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun.

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 ◉ Sun, Earth and Moon are in a straight line.

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ The Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon.

✅ Correct

 ◉ The Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon.

❌ Incorrect

Q. Solar eclipse occurs when -

 ◉ The Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon.

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 ◉ The Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon.

✅ Correct

 ◉ Sun, Earth and Moon are in a straight line.

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ The Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon.

❌ Incorrect

Q. Where does the "Midnight Sun" appear?

 ◉ All of the above

✅ Correct

 ◉ in the Antarctic region

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ in norwegian

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ in the arctic region

❌ Incorrect

Q. The upper layer of the earth is called -

 ◉ Crust

✅ Correct

 ◉ Core

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of the above

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mental

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is an object that revolves around the Sun called?

 ◉ The planet

✅ Correct

 ◉ Satellite

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ kepler

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is a body that revolves around a planet called?

 ◉ the stars

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 ◉ kepler

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ The planet

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Satellite

✅ Correct

Q. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?

 ◉ The planet

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 ◉ Satellite

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ kepler

✅ Correct

 ◉ the stars

❌ Incorrect

Q. How many constellations are there in space?

 ◉ 89

✅ Correct

 ◉ 80

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 85

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 70

❌ Incorrect

Q. Who is called the father of the solar system?

 ◉ Upsaur

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Arun

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ to the sun

✅ Correct

 ◉ moon

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which planets revolve clockwise around the Sun?

 ◉ Venus and Uranus

✅ Correct

 ◉ Mercury and Uranus

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ arun and mercury

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. On which planet is Mount Nix Olympia Columbus?

 ◉ Shani

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mars

✅ Correct

 ◉ Shuk

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ wed

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is an exploding star in the universe called?

 ◉ Sirius

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ prion

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ centauri

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Abhinav Tara

✅ Correct

Q. Who discovered the solar system?

 ◉ Copernicus

✅ Correct

 ◉ kepler

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Ptolemy

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. What did the ancient Indians believe in the Sun?

 ◉ The planet

✅ Correct

 ◉ God

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ both a and b

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. Sun is a ball of which gas?

 ◉ nitrogen and helium

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 ◉ hydrogen and nitrogen

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ hydrogen and helium

✅ Correct

 ◉ carbon dioxide and nitrogen

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is the middle part of the Sun called?

 ◉ circle of light

✅ Correct

 ◉ light years

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Upsaur

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is the distance of a planet from the Sun called?

 ◉ Upsaur

✅ Correct

 ◉ circle of light

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ light years

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is the approximate temperature of the surface of the Sun?

 ◉ 6000°C

✅ Correct

 ◉ 8000°C

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 7000°C

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 9000°C

❌ Incorrect

Q. In which region is the midnight sun visible?

 ◉ cuba

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Norway

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Japan

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ in the arctic region

✅ Correct

Q. What is the % of Hydrogen in the chemical composition of the Sun?

 ◉ 0.71

✅ Correct

 ◉ 0.6

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 0.65

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

 ◉ wed

✅ Correct

 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Venus

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Varun

❌ Incorrect

Q. How long does the planet Mercury take to orbit the Sun?

 ◉ 110 days

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 88 days

✅ Correct

 ◉ 55 days

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 80 days

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which of these are the planets that do not have satellites?

 ◉ Mercury and Venus

✅ Correct

 ◉ Mercury and Uranus

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ arun and mercury

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ None of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which planet takes the shortest time to revolve around the Sun?

 ◉ Shani

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Venus

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mercury

✅ Correct

Q. Which planet is called the sister of the earth?

 ◉ Mars

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Varun

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Venus

✅ Correct

 ◉ Mercury

❌ Incorrect

Q. On which planet do creatures live?

 ◉ Venus

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Mercury

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Earth

✅ Correct

 ◉ Arun

❌ Incorrect

Q. In how many days does the Earth make one rotation on its axis?

 ◉ 362 days 7 hours 47 minutes 44 seconds

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds

✅ Correct

 ◉ 363 days 6 hours 48 minutes 45 seconds

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 364 days 5 hours 45 minutes 43 seconds

❌ Incorrect

Q. Why is earth called the blue planet?

 ◉ due to the presence of water

✅ Correct

 ◉ due to the presence of air

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ both a and b

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ none of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which satellite is called fossil planet?

 ◉ Pioneer

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ metis

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Himalaya

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ moon

✅ Correct

Q. What is Moon?

 ◉ Satellite

✅ Correct

 ◉ Planet

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ both a and b

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ none of these

❌ Incorrect

Q. How much part of the moon can be seen from the earth?

 ◉ 0.6

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 0.4

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 0.57

✅ Correct

 ◉ 0.75

❌ Incorrect

Q. Which is the longest day in the northern hemisphere?

 ◉ 44734

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 44735

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 44733

✅ Correct

 ◉ 44732

❌ Incorrect

Q. What is the time for the sun to continue giving energy?

 ◉ 6011 year

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 2011 year

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 5015 years

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ 1011 year

✅ Correct

Q. Which is the largest volcano in the solar system?

 ◉ olympus messi

✅ Correct

 ◉ Anarada Guest House

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ Cynicia Messi

❌ Incorrect

 ◉ none of these

❌ Incorrect

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