If there is no Sun, the colour of the sky would be ________
A. Orange
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Black
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The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because ________
A. It gets hidden behind Venus
B. It goes too far away from the Earth
C. It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
D. It cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.
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The correct sequence of planets in the descending order of their equatorial diameter is ________
A. Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Earth
B. Earth, Mars, Mercury, Uranus
C. Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Earth
D. Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
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Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following?
A. Revolution of Earth
B. Rotation of Earth
C. Rotation of Moon
D. Revolution of Moon
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The distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms) is ________
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Which of the following is called Red Planet?
A. Venus
B. Mercury
C. Mars
D. Jupiter
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Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to Milky Way?
1. It is a spiral galaxy.
2. The solar system resides in one of its spiral arms.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
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The planet having fourteen moons is ________
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
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The exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis is ________
A. 24 hrs
B. 24 hrs 35 sec
C. 23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec
D. 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
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The Planet which comes close to the size of Earth is ________.
A. Venus
B. Jupiter
C. Saturn
D. Mercury
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Why stars look more in west than east?
A. Universe is moving from east to west
B. Earth is moving around the Sun
C. Earth is moving from east to west
D. Earth is moving from west to east
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The largest of the planets is
A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
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Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Nicholas Copernicus
C. Johannes Kepler
D. Isaac Newton
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The four largest planets of the solar system in descending order are
A. Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus
B. Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune
C. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
D. Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune
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The mass of Jupiter is almost
A. Tenth of the mass of the Sun
B. One Thousandth of the mass of the Sun
C. Hundred of the mass of the Sun
D. Half of the mass of the Sun
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One astronomical unit is the average distance between which of the following?
A. Earth and Sun
B. Earth and Moon
C. Jupiter and Sun
D. Pluto and Sun
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Which of the following Scientist proved that the path of each planet around the Sun is elliptical?
A. Kepler
B. Galileo
C. Newton
D. Copernicus
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Which of the following planet is farthest from Sun?
A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
C. Neptune
D. Uranus
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What is the total number of planets move around the Sun?
A. Five
B. Eight
C. Seven
D. Six
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Which of the following is the largest planet?
A. Jupiter
B. Venus
C. Saturn
D. Uranus
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