Which is the second largest satellite in the Solar System?
Titan
Charon
Ganymede
Europa
Correct Answer :
A. Titan
Related Questions
What is a narrow waterway separating two bits of land called?
A bay
A gulf
A strait
An isthmus
A celestial body which revolves round a planet just as a planet revolves round the Sun is called _____.
Moon
Asteroid
Satellite
Great Bear
What is the primary cause of the day and night?
Revolution
Rotation
Inclination of the earth's axis
Geoid shape of the earth
On which date is the Earth in 'aphelion'?
July-4
December-22
September-23
June-21
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
If the Sun dies It will be transformed Into a
White Dwarf
Black Dwarf
Quasar
All of the above
Which planet rotates on its axis from north to south?
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Pluto
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
Planet with maximum satellites is _____.
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
Pluto
Distance between the Moon and the Earth is
1. Approximately 386000 km
2. 1.25 light seconds
Only 1
Only 2
Both land 2
None of these
Polar Auroras are
Quasars
b) Pulsar
Aurora Borealis
White Dwarfstar
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
What is the name of the planet which takes 88 days to make one revolution of the Sun?
Venus
Mercury
Pluto
Neptune
What happens during the equinoxes?
The countries along the Equator are in darkness
The countries along the Equator are at their hottest
The countries along the Equator are at their wettest
The Sun shines vertically over the Equator
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
The shortest route between two places is along the
longitudes
latitudes
rivers
direction of winds
The word 'satellite' means _____.
wanderer
settlement
light
a smaller companion to anything
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
What is the name of 'brightest Planet'?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
What part of the moon's surface can be visible from the earth?
1.59
1.41
0.5
1/3rd
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 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
A celestial body which revolves round the Sun and receives heat and light from it is called _____.
Planet
Orion
Satellite
Star
Sun-rays reaches earth in (approximately)
8 seconds
8 minutes
4.3 seconds
1 light year
Equatorial diameter of the Earth is __.
12757 km
17257 km
17527 km
17572 km
Polar circumference of the Earth is
40000 km
4000 km
50000 km
5000 km
Nearest star to the earth is _____.
Alfa Centaury
Sun
Proxima Centaury
Dog Star
How much Is the average distance of the Sun from the Earth?
150 million km
145 million km
155 million km
140 million km
The date on which the Sun is vertical over the 'Tropic of Cancer' is
June-21
December-22
March-21
September-23
Which one of the following stars is nearest to the Earth?
Polaris
Alpha Centauri
Sun
Sirius