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Who speculated that our universe is expanding?

1. Newton
2. Edwin Hubble
3. Galilio
4. Copernicus

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who had propounded the planetary laws?

1. Newton
2. Kepler
3. Galileo
4. Copernicus

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who had proved first that our earth and another planet are revolving?

1. Aristotle
2. Galileo
3. Copernicus
4. Edwin Hubble

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following elements occurs most abundantly in our universe?

1. Hydrogen
2. Nitrogen
3. Helium
4. Oxygen

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The stellar and solar source of energy is:

1. Nuclear fusion
2. Nuclear fission
3. Electromagnetic induction
4. Electromotive force

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The device employed to measure the diameters of stars and our galaxy (Milky Way) is called:

1. Photometer
2. Barometer
3. Viscometer
4. Interferometer

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following planets has the largest number of planets?

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Neptune

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following planet is also called morning star or evening star?

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Saturn

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The planet which completes one revolution in 88 days around the Sun is:

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Saturn

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The planet whose density is less than water and on keeping in the water it will start to float:

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Saturn
4. Mars

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which is the nearest of the sun?

1. Beta centaury
2. Alpha centaury
3. Gamma centaury
4. Proxima centaury

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The planet Neptune was discovered by:

1. Galley
2. Galileo
3. Kepler
4. Newton

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Which of the following is the nearest planet from the Sun?

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars

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The smallest planet of the solar system:

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Neptune
4. Uranus

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Which of the following is not a planet of solar system?

1. Mercury
2. Florida
3. Venus
4. Saturn

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following stars is the nearest star from the earth?

1. Pole Star
2. Comet
3. Sun
4. Asteroid

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The small groups of planetary pieces which are confined and revolving between Mars and Jupiter are called:

1. Meteors
2. Comet
3. Celestial bodies
4. Asteroids

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Halley's comet completes one revolution around the sun in:

1. 40 years
2. 46 years
3. 60 years
4. 76 years

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which year man first landed on the moon?

1. 1963
2. 1965
3. 1969
4. 1972

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In space, the sky looks to an astronaut:

1. Blue
2. Red
3. White
4. Black

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is also known by the name of red planet?

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Saturn

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The earth revolves round the sun in:

1. 360 days
2. 365 days
3. 365.25 days
4. 24 Hours

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Paris based minor planet centre of International Astronomical Union (IAU) has given a new name to the planet Pluto and it is:

1. 134340
2. 238380
3. Iris
4. Nixe

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The new name of the celestial body Xena-2003 UB 313 given by IAU is:

1. Sires
2. Iris
3. Grabrili
4. Daysomia

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the statement is correct about the planet Saturn?

1. Cooler than Pluto
2. Cooler than Neptune
3. Hotter than Neptune
4. Hotter than Jupiter

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who provided the first information regarding the Black Hole?

1. Copernicus
2. Herman Bondy
3. Rutherford
4. S. Chandrasekhar

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is the distance of the earth from the Sun?

1. 107.7 million km
2. 142.7 million km
3. 146.6 million km
4. 149.6 million km

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is also called Blue planet or Green planet?

1. Mars
2. Earth
3. Venus
4. Saturn

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The back part of the moon is always calm and dark which is called:

1. Sea of tranquillity
2. Ocean of storms
3. Both of these
4. None of these

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Which one of the following is the most elevated place on the moon’s surface?

1. Leibnitz Mountain
2. Dream Mountain
3. Black Mountain
4. None of these

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The area of the moon's surface where there is no possibility of the occurrence of water is called:

1. Ocean of storms
2. Areas of storms
3. Any of these
4. None of these

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The sky appears black from the moon because of :

1. Lack of atmosphere
2. Lack of cloud
3. Lack of oxygen and CO2
4. None of these

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The value of escape velocity on the moon's surface is:

1. 3.4 km/sec
2. 4 km/sec
3. 11.2 km/sec
4. 5.6 km/sec

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Which one of the following planets has the maximum value of escape velocity?

1. Venus
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Mercury

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following has minimum value of escape velocity on its surface?

1. Moon
2. Earth
3. Mars
4. Mercury

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What portion of the moon is visible from the earth's surface?

1. 47%
2. 34%
3. 21%
4. 41%

✅ Correct Answer: 4

At present how many planets are in existence is visible?

1. 9
2. 8
3. 7
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The astronaut who landed or stepped down first on the surface of moon:

1. Neil Armstrong
2. Uri Gagarin
3. Denial Pearl
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

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