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What is the unit of measurement of distance between celestial bodies?

A. Light year

B. Nautical mile

C. Statute mile

D. Kilometre

Correct Answer :

A. Light year


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An ancient star that has collapsed matter so dense that It creates gravitational force so powerful that even light also does not escape. It Is called

A. QSO

B. Black Hole

C. Neutron Star

D. Black Dwarf

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Which star la called the brightest star (Dog star)?

A. Sirius

B. Proxima Centaury

C. Orion

D. Pole Star

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What is the shape of our galaxy 'Milky Way'?

A. spiral

B. elliptical

C. circular

D. spherical

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Which of the following is known as 'King of Planets'?

A. Earth

B. Jupiter

C. Mercury

D. Venus

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What happens when ships cross the International Date Line?

A. They have to pay a tax

B. Ships going west from the USA lose a day, ships going east from Japan and Australia gain a day

C. They have to report at the customs post

D. They have to check their clocks agains

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Which of the following conditions la the most relevant for the presence of life on Mars?

A. Atmospheric composition

B. Thermal conditions

C. Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water

D. Occurrence of ozone

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What part of the moon's surface is never visible from the earth?

A. 1.41

B. 1.47

C. 0.59

D. 0.5

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What is the unit of measurement of distance between celestial bodies?

A. Light year

B. Nautical mile

C. Statute mile

D. Kilometre

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Polar diameter of the Eearth is.

A. 17214 km

B. 12741 km

C. 12714 km

D. 17124 km

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How much time does earth take in making one rotation on its axis with respect to a fixed star at infinite distance?

A. 23 hours 56 minutes

B. 24 hours

C. 23 hours 46 minutes

D. 24 hours 4 minutes

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If the Sun dies It will be transformed Into a

A. White Dwarf

B. Black Dwarf

C. Quasar

D. All of the above

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Who was the first person to describe the earth as a sphere?

A. Columbus

B. Varahmihir

C. Aryabhat

D. Copernicus

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Arrange the Inner Planets in decreasing order of their distances from the Sun.
1. Earth
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Mars
5. Neptune

A. 1, 4, 3, 2

B. 4, 2, 1, 3

C. 4, 1, 2, 3

D. 4, 1, 3, 2

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Which planet rotates on its axis from east to west?

A. Venus

B. Uranus

C. Earth

D. Jupiter

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What is the distance around the earth at the Equator?

A. 21,000 km

B. 16,800 km

C. 18,600 km

D. 12,500 km

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The shortest route between two places is along the

A. longitudes

B. latitudes

C. rivers

D. direction of winds

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What is the primary cause of the day and night?

A. Revolution

B. Rotation

C. Inclination of the earth's axis

D. Geoid shape of the earth

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Outside Antarctica, which is the deepest part of the earth?

A. The Dead Sea

B. The Aral Sea

C. The Caspian Sea

D. Lake Baikal

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The solar eclipse takes place when

A. The Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon

B. The Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth

C. The Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon

D. The Planets of the Solar System lies on the same plane

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How much time does the earth take in completing one rotation on its axis in relation to sun?

A. 23 hours 56 minutes

B. 24 hours

C. 23 hours 46 minutes

D. 24 hours 4 minutes

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How many planets does our Solar System consist of?

A. 9

B. 6

C. 7

D. 10

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Arrange the Outer Planets in increasing order of their sizes.
1. Jupiter
2. Uranus
3. Saturn
4. Neptune

A. 4, 2, 3, 1

B. 4, 2, 1, 3

C. 2, 4, 3, 1

D. 4, 2, 3, 1

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Polar circumference of the Earth is

A. 40000 km

B. 4000 km

C. 50000 km

D. 5000 km

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What is the position of the moon called when it la farthest from the earth?

A. Perigee

B. Perihelion

C. Aphelion

D. Apogee

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The tail of a comet is directed away from the Sun because

A. as the comet rotates around the Sun, the light mass of the comet is pushed away due to the centrifugal force alone

B. as the comet rotates, the lighter mass of the comet is attracted by some star situated in the direction of its tail

C. the radiation emitted by the Sun exerts a radial pressure on the comet throwing its tail away from the Sun

D. the tail of the comet always exists in the same orientation

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Which of the following statements is correct with reference to our Solar System?

A. The Earth is the densest of all the Planets in our Solar System

B. The predominant element in the composition of Earth is silicon

C. The sun contains 75 per cent of the mass of the Solar System

D. The diameter of the Sun is 190 times that of the Earth

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Lunar eclipse means

A. Direction or path of the Moon

B. The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth

C. The Earth comes in between the sun and the Moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line

D. The average angle made by a line drawn from the Moon to the Earth

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What proportion of the mass of the earth does the mass of the Moon equal?

A. 1/81

B. 1/18

C. 1/27

D. 1/72

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The word 'satellite' means _____.

A. wanderer

B. settlement

C. light

D. a smaller companion to anything

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What la the difference between a gulf and a bay?

A. A gulf is big and a bay is small

B. A gulf is at a rivermouth and a bay is not

C. A bay is surrounded by cliffs and a gulf by lowland

D. Both are part of the sea that extend considerably into the land, but a bay usually has a wider entrance than a gulf