Presently the farthest planet from the Sun is _____.
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
Venus
Correct Answer :
A. Pluto
Related Questions
Which two Planets do not have any satellites?
Venus and Mercury
Venus and Uranus
Venus and Neptune
Mercury and Uranus
What is the Southern Cross?
Position of the Sun during summer solstice
Position of the vertical Sun during winter solstice
A star showing the position of the South Pole
Point of intersection of Antarctic Circle and the Prime Meridian
Nearest star to the earth is _____.
Alfa Centaury
Sun
Proxima Centaury
Dog Star
How many degrees north and south are the Tropics?
47 degrees
23.5 degrees
12 degrees
30 degrees
Largest satellite in Solar System is ____.
Moon
Ganymede
Europa
Cheron
Who was the first person to describe the earth as a sphere?
Columbus
Varahmihir
Aryabhat
Copernicus
Which of the following is not an astronomical object?
Pulsar
Brittle Star
Black hole
Quasar
If the Sun dies It will be transformed Into a
White Dwarf
Black Dwarf
Quasar
All of the above
The time taken by the sun to revolve around the centre or our galaxy is
25 million yrs
100 million yrs
250 million yrs
500 millionyrs
Planet nearest to the earth is _____.
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Which of the following are the Outer Planets?
1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Neptune
1 and 2
1, 2and 3
1, 2, 3 and 4
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
What part of the moon's surface is never visible from the earth?
1.41
1.47
0.59
0.5
What is a narrow waterway separating two bits of land called?
A bay
A gulf
A strait
An isthmus
A system of millions and millions of galaxies are called _____.
Solar System
Universe
Space
Constellation
What is the position of the moon called when it la farthest from the earth?
Perigee
Perihelion
Aphelion
Apogee
The permanent tilt of the Earth's axis and the revolution of the Earth in its orbit together cause
Day and night
Varying lengths of day and night at different times of the year
Differences in time between places on different meridians
The deflection of winds
The tail of a comet is directed away from the Sun because
as the comet rotates around the Sun, the light mass of the comet is pushed away due to the centrifugal force alone
as the comet rotates, the lighter mass of the comet is attracted by some star situated in the direction of its tail
the radiation emitted by the Sun exerts a radial pressure on the comet throwing its tail away from the Sun
the tail of the comet always exists in the same orientation
Polar diameter of the Eearth is.
17214 km
12741 km
12714 km
17124 km
If the stars are seen to rise perpendicular to the horizon by an observer, he is located on the \
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
South Pole
North Pole
Which of the following is known as 'King of Planets'?
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
A Light Year measures
A unit of velocity
A unit of distance
A unit of pressure
A unit of time
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
Earth ranks _____ in the Solar System away from the Sun.
5th
4th
6th
3rd
The atmospheric� pressure on the surface of Venus is more than__ times the atmospheric pressure of the Earth.
90
80
50
100
What is the difference between a lake and a tank?
A lake is small and a tank is big
A lake has flowing water, a tank has still water
A lake is a geographical feature, a tank is not
Both are land-enclosed water bodies, but the latter is man-made
The Jupiter's atmosphere comprises mainly of
Hydrogen and oxygen
Carbondioxide and oxygen
Hydrogen and hydrogen compounds
Nitrogen and helium
What part of the moon's surface can be visible from the earth?
1.59
1.41
0.5
1/3rd
The word 'planet' means ____.
wanderer
pollution
celestial body
heavenly body
The Sun contains over ___of the total mass of the Solar System.
0.825
0.98
0.998
0.02
The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the Earth. This is true or
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Mars