Nearest star to the earth is _____.
Alfa Centaury
Sun
Proxima Centaury
Dog Star
Correct Answer :
B. Sun
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The word 'satellite' means _____.
wanderer
settlement
light
a smaller companion to anything
The visible surface of the sun is known as
Chromosphere
Sunspots
Sun surface
Photosphere
What part of the moon's surface can be visible from the earth?
1.59
1.41
0.5
1/3rd
Consider the following statements regarding asteroids:
1. Asteroids are rocky debris of varying sizes orbiting the Sun.
2. Most of the asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 km.
3. The orbit of asteroids lies between the orbits of
1, 2 and 3 are correct
2 and 3 are correct
1 and 2 are correct
1 and 3 are correct
The planet of lowest density (0.69) is __ .
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
On the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere which of the hollowing latitudes will have the longest night?
45°S
60°S
60°N
45°N
What is the geographical term for land's end, that tip of land which projects into the sea?
A headland
A spit
A peninsula
A cape
Which planet has the largest equatorial radius?
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Earth
The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
meteors
comets
meteorites
asteroids
Which of the following planets is called 'blue planet'?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Uranus
Sun revolves around galaxy once in every 250 million years, this length of time is called _____.
Cosmic or Galactic Year
Mean Solar Year
Sidereal Year
Leap Year
What part of the moon's surface is never visible from the earth?
1.41
1.47
0.59
0.5
What are the Pleides?
Constellation
Asteroides
Meteores
Comets
Polar diameter of the Eearth is.
17214 km
12741 km
12714 km
17124 km
Which of the following statements is correct with reference to our Solar System?
The Earth is the densest of all the Planets in our Solar System
The predominant element in the composition of Earth is silicon
The sun contains 75 per cent of the mass of the Solar System
The diameter of the Sun is 190 times that of the Earth
The word 'planet' means ____.
wanderer
pollution
celestial body
heavenly body
The term 'syzygy' is referred to when the
Earth is at prihelion and Moon at perigee
Earth is at aphelion and Moon at apogee
Moon and Sun are at right angles with reference to the Earth
Moon, Sun and Earth lie along a straight line
What is the position of the moon called when it la farthest from the earth?
Perigee
Perihelion
Aphelion
Apogee
Nearest star to the earth is _____.
Alfa Centaury
Sun
Proxima Centaury
Dog Star
When the Sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn at mid-day
days and nights are of equal lengths in the Northern Hemisphere
Nights are longer than days in the Southern Hemisphere
Days and nights are of equal lengths at the poles
Night is equal to 24 hours at the North Pole
Outside Antarctica, which is the deepest part of the earth?
The Dead Sea
The Aral Sea
The Caspian Sea
Lake Baikal
Which of the following statements prove(s) that the earth Is spherical?
The Sun rises and sets at different lines in different places.
The shadow cast by the earth on the moon during the lunar eclipse is always circular.
Pictures taken from high alti
Only 1
2 and 3
I, 2 and 3
Only 2
Who was the first person to describe the earth as a sphere?
Columbus
Varahmihir
Aryabhat
Copernicus
The time period elapsing between one New Moon and the next is approximately
8.19 Days
30 days
29.5 Days
61 Days
Which planet rotates on its axis from north to south?
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Pluto
How much time is taken by the Moon in completing one revolution around the Earth?
27 days
29 days
29.32 days
27.32 days
A 'black hole' is a body in space which does not allow any radiation to come out. This property is due to its
Very small size
Very large size
Very high density
Very low density
What do you call a narrow neck oC land that connects two larger landmasses?
Peninsula
Isthmus
Cape
Strait
What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth?
a geoid
a spherical
an oblate sphere
a flat disc
A celestial body consisting of a gaseous cloud enveloping a bright nucleus moving around the Sun in an elliptical or parabolic orbit so eccentrically that some escapes from the Solar Systems is called
Comet
Great Bear
Meteores
Asteroides