1. Which planet was named after the Roman God Zeus?
A. MarsB. Earth
C. Venus
D. Jupiter
Ans: D
2. Which is the closest star to Earth?
A. Sirius
B. Sun
C. Rigel
D. Deneb
Ans: B
3. Who discovered the solar system?
A. Copernicus
B. Kepler
C. Aryabhatta
D. Newton
Ans: A
4. The average distance from the sun to Earth is:
A. 150 million km
B. 57.8 million km
C. 227.9 million km
D. 778.2 million km
Ans: A
5. Light–year measures which of the following?
A. Intensity of light
B. Mass
C. Distance
D. Time
Ans: C
6. Which of the following planets has the largest number of natural satellites or moon?
A. Jupiter
B. Mars
C. Saturn
D. Venus
Ans: A
7. Where among these places Sun will rise the earliest?
A. New York
B. Hong-Kong
C. New Delhi
D. Tokyo
Ans: D
8. Which of the following does not belong to the solar system?
A. Asteroids
B. Comets
C. Planets
D. Nebulae
Ans: A
9. One astronomical unit is the avg distance between———-
A. The Earth and the Sun
B. The Pluto and the Sun
C. The Jupiter and the Sun
D. The Earth and the Moon
Ans: A
10. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly —————
A. 101 km
B. 111 km
C. 121 km
D. 125 km
Ans: B
11. Titan is the largest natural satellite of the planet————–
A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Saturn
D. Neptune
Ans: C
12. The outermost layer of the Sun is called———
A. Chromosphere
B. Photospare
C. Corona
D. Lithosphere
Ans: C
13. The Earth completes one rotation on its axis in ————
A. 24 hrs
B. 23 hrs/56 min
C. 23hrs/30 min
D. 23 hrs/10 min/14.9 sec
Ans: B
14. Which planet in our solar system is nearly as big as the Earth?
A. Mercury
B. Mars
C. Venus
D. Pluto
Ans: C
15. The Planet that takes 88 days to make one revolution of the Sun is———
A. Mercury
B. Saturn
C. Jupiter
D. Mars
Ans: A
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