Planet with maximum satellites is _____.
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
Pluto
Correct Answer :
B. Saturn
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Polar Auroras are
Quasars
b) Pulsar
Aurora Borealis
White Dwarfstar
Halley's comet visits us after every.
66 years
76 years
86 years
96 years
Sunspots are
undulations on the solar surface
huge magnetic storms on the solar surface
places with adequate sunshine
places of tourist importance
Arrange the Inner Planets in decreasing order of their distances from the Sun.
1. Earth
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Mars
5. Neptune
1, 4, 3, 2
4, 2, 1, 3
4, 1, 2, 3
4, 1, 3, 2
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
What part of the moon's surface can be visible from the earth?
1.59
1.41
0.5
1/3rd
The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
meteors
comets
meteorites
asteroids
Shoemaker-Levy 9 is a
Meteors
Pole Stars
Comets
Stars
What is the primary cause of seasonal change on the surface of the earth?
Earth's revolution and inclination of its axis
Revolution
Earth's rotation and inclination of its axis
Rotation
In which of the following planets, the Great Red Spot has been the special feature?
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
What is a 'synodic month'?
Moon's period of rotation on its axis with respect to the earth.
Moon's period of revolution around the earth.
Moon's period of revolution with respect to a star at infinity
Moon's period of revolution with respect to the Sun
A Light Year measures
A unit of velocity
A unit of distance
A unit of pressure
A unit of time
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
A family or system of millions and millions of stars are called ____.
Universe
Solar System
Galaxy
Asteroids
The word 'satellite' means _____.
wanderer
settlement
light
a smaller companion to anything
How much time does the earth take in completing one rotation on its axis in relation to sun?
23 hours 56 minutes
24 hours
23 hours 46 minutes
24 hours 4 minutes
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Cancer' is
June-21
December-22
March-21
September-23
The planet of lowest density (0.69) is __ .
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Capricorn' is
December-22
March-21
June-21
September-23
Speed of the revolution of the earth is___'
100000 km per hour
10000 km per hour
1000 km per hour
100 km per hour
A leap year consists of
365 days
365 days and 6 months
364 days
366 days
Period of sunspot cycle is
11 years
15 years
21 years
33 years
Presently the farthest planet from the Sun is _____.
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
Venus
Which of the following are the Inner Planets?
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
Only 1
1 and 2
1, 2 and 3
1, 2, 3 and 4
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
What happens when ships cross the International Date Line?
They have to pay a tax
Ships going west from the USA lose a day, ships going east from Japan and Australia gain a day
They have to report at the customs post
They have to check their clocks agains
Lunar eclipse means
Direction or path of the Moon
The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
The Earth comes in between the sun and the Moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line
The average angle made by a line drawn from the Moon to the Earth
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 is the time difference for every degree of longitude?
Eight minutes
Ten minutes
Four minutes
Twelve minutes
What is the distance around the earth at the Equator?
21,000 km
16,800 km
18,600 km
12,500 km