Every Knowledge

QNo.1 Circumference of earth is around

A 20000 km

B 30000 km

C 40000 km

D 60000 km

QNo.2 The earth is more closer to Sun is

A January

B July

C September

D June

QNo.3 The shape of our milky way galaxy is

A Irregular

B Spiral

C Elliptic

D Rectangular

QNo.4 The coldest planet of Solar System is

A Jupiter

B Pluto

C Saturn

D Mars

QNo.5 The brightest planet in the solar system is

A Saturn

B Venus

C Neptune

D Mars

QNo.6 The planet with shortest day time is

A Venus

B Earth

C Jupiter

D Pluto

QNo.7 First Satellite Sputnik 1 was launched in October 1957. Indicate the date

A 2 October 1957

B 4 October 1957

C 6 October 1957

D 8 October 1957

QNo.8 Earth revolves around the sun in the direction

A East to West

B West to East

C South to North

D North to South

QNo.9 Who is the first tourist in space?

A Lewis Carol

B J.D. Salinger

C Austin Deyer

D Dennis Tito

QNo.10 Which planet takes the largest time to go once around the Sun?

A Uranus

B Jupiter

C Neptune

D Pluto

QNo.11 Which of the following planets is called evening star?

A Mars

B Mercury

C Venus

D Jupiter

QNo.12 What is the rank of the earth in the solar system in terms of size?

A Third

B Fourth

C Fifth

D Sixth

QNo.13 The planet with the shortest rotation time around its axis is

A Mercury

B Jupiter

C Earth

D Pluto

QNo.14 The theory that refers to an explosion about 10 to 15 billion years ago, which most astronomers believe to be the origin of the Universe, is called.

A The Red Shift Theory

B Relativity Theory

C Big Bang Theory

D Titanic Theory

QNo.15 Operation Path Finder was a mission to

A Sun

B Moon

C Mars

D Venus

QNo.16 Black holes are stellar objects which

A Emit black body radiation

B Have weak gravitational field

C Have intense gravitational field

D Have intense magnetic field.

QNo.17 Which one of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites

A Jupiter

B Uranus

C Saturn

D Venus

QNo.18 The distance of the planets from the sun in the increasing order is

A Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

B Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury

C Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

D Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth

QNo.19 The earth is the third nearest planet to the sun located between the planets

A Mars and Jupiter

B Venus and Mars

C Mercury and Venus

D Jupiter and Saturn

QNo.20 The planet, which is not only the smallest but also nearest to the sun, is

A Jupiter

B Mercury

C Mars

D Venus

QNo.21 How many are Satellites (Moons) of Saturn Planet?

A 27

B 36

C 47

D 56

QNo.22 Which of the following planets is farthest from the sun?

A Mercury

B Mars

C Neptune

D Uranus

QNo.23 Name two planets which appear as ‘morning star’ in the eastern sky and ‘evening star’ in the western sky

A Mars and Venus

B Jupiter and Mars

C Saturn and Uranus

D Mercury and Venus

QNo.24 Name two planets lying between the sun and the earth.

A Mercury and Mars

B Venus and Mars

C Mercury and Venus

D Jupiter and Saturn

QNo.25 How many times is the planet Saturn bigger than the earth (in diameter)?

A Four times

B Six times

C Eight times

D Ten times

QNo.26 Traveling at the speed of light one can travel how many times around the earth in one second?

A 3 times

B 5 times

C 7 times

D 9 times

QNo.27 Which planet is known as watery planet?

A Earth

B Mars

C Venus

D Mercury

QNo.28 In which part of the solar system is the sun located?

A At the top of the system

B At the bottom of the system

C At the left hand comer of the system

D Approximately at the centre of the system

QNo.29 Which planet contians largest quantity of carbon dioxide i.e. 95%?

A Earth

B Jupiter

C Venus

D Mercury

QNo.30 How many times is the sun bigger in size than the earth?

A 69 times

B 89 times

C 99 times

D 109 times

QNo.31 The sun consists mostly of

A Helium

B Hydrogen

C Nitrogen

D Oxygen

QNo.32 The only planet in the solar system which rotates on its axis from East to West is

A Earth

B Jupiter

C Neptune

D Uranus

QNo.33 Which of the following planets has almost the same mass, size and density as the earth?

A Venus

B Mars

C Saturn

D Uranus

QNo.34 The biggest star in our galaxy is

A Epsilon Aurigae

B Proxima Centauri

C Sirius

D Sun

QNo.35 Who was the second to observe sun-spots after ibn Zubir?

A Galileo

B Halley

C Newton

D None of the above

QNo.36 The planet Neptune’s orbit around the sun takes about .

A 247.7 years

B 165 years

C 84 years

D 29.5 years

QNo.37 The visible part of the sun is called

A Ionosphere

B Hydrosphere

C Photosphere

D Troposphere

QNo.38 “Galileo Satellites”, named after their discoverer, are four large moons of the planet

A Jupiter

B Neptune

C Saturn

D Uranus

QNo.39 Titan, the largest moon in the solar system, is also the largest moon of

A Jupiter

B Mars

C Saturn

D Uranus

QNo.40 How long does a sun-ray take to travel from the sun to the earth?

A 400 sec

B 450 sec

C 498 sec

D 600 sec

QNo.41 Some times the moon passes between the sun and the earth this phenomenon is known as

A Lunar eclipse

B Solar eclipse

C Earth eclipse

D None of above

QNo.42 How many days does the moon take to return to the same position among the constellations?

A 28 days

B 29 days

C 26 days

D None of the above

QNo.43 How many of the eight planets of the solar system were known in the life time of Kepler, the formulator of laws of planetary motions?

A 4

B 6

C 7

D All the planets

QNo.44 Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double stars when observed by a telescope, are known as:

A Cosmic stars

B Quasars

C Bindaries

D Novae and supernovae

QNo.45 Some times the earth passes exactly between the moon and the sun this condition is knonw as

A Earth eclipse

B Solar eclipse

C Lunar eclipse

D None of these

QNo.46 The outermost layer of Sun is called:

A Convection zone

B Photosphere

C Chromosphere

D Corona

QNo.47 'A star which appears blue* is:

A Cooler than the moon

B Hotter than the sun

C As hot as the sun

D Cooler than the sun

QNo.48 The light corning from stars gives the idea of their:

A Size

B Rotation

C Mass

D Temperature

QNo.49 The period of one revolution of sun around the centre of galaxy is called:

A Parsec

B Astronomical year

C Cosmic year

D Ughi year

QNo.50 Super Nova is:

A An asteroid

B A black hole

C A comet

D A dying star

QNo.51 The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is:

A 1 sec

B 13 sec

C 2 sec

D 2.3 sec

QNo.52 The shape of our milkyway galaxy is:

A Circular

B Elliptical

C Spiral

D None of the above

QNo.53 Triton is a satellite of .

A Jupiter

B Pluto

C Uranus

D Neptune

QNo.54 Which planet is referred to both as the “Morning Star and the Evening Star”?

A Saturn

B Venus

C Jupiter

D Mercury

QNo.55 Which is the brightest planet in the Solar System?

A Jupiter

B Mercury

C Uranus

D Venus

QNo.56 The scientists have found some proofs of presence of life on which of the following planets?

A Jupiter

B Venus

C Mars

D Mercury

QNo.57 Which of the following planets have no moon?

A Pluto and Mercury

B Mercury and Venus

C Mars and Venus

D Pluto and Mars

QNo.58 Which is the densest planet of the solar system?

A Sun

B Jupiter

C Mercury

D Earth

QNo.59 Phases of the Moon are caused by

A The Revolution of Earth

B The Revolution of Moon

C Rotation of Earth

D Rotation of the Moon

QNo.60 In which year did man first step out on the moon?

A 1961

B 1965

C 1969

D 1971

QNo.61 When did the space age begin with the launch of the Russian Sputnik?

A October 4, 1950

B October 2,1952

C September 4,1954

D October 4,1957

QNo.62 The only planet whose day is longer than its year is

A Mars

B Venus

C Uranus

D Neptune

QNo.63 Which one of the following stars is nearest to the earth?

A Polaris

B Alpha Gentauri

C Sun

D Sinus

QNo.64 Hubble is a

A Rocket name

B Space station

C Space telescope

D Microscope

QNo.65 Hubble space telescope was launched into the space on

A April 24, 1980

B April 24, 1985

C April 24, 1990

D April 24, 1996

QNo.66 Hubble space telescope was launched into the space with the help of space shuttle

A Colombia

B Discovery

C Apollo II

D Skylab-I

QNo.67 Which of the following spacecrafts enabled man to step on the moon first?

A Sputnik I

B Luna II

C Voshod I

D Apollo XI

QNo.68 Jupiter is about how many times larger (in diameter) than the earth?

A Slimes

B 10times

C 20 times

D 50 times

QNo.69 Which one of the following is applicable to the planet Venus’?

A Smallest of the planets

B Brightest as seen from the Earth

C Nearest to the Sun

D Farthest from the Sun

QNo.70 The biggest planet is

A Venus

B Mars

C Mercury

D Jupiter

QNo.71 Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

A Venus

B Neptune

C Mars

D Jupiter

QNo.72 The planet which revolves very slowly around the sun is

A Neptune

B Jupiter

C Mars

D None of these

QNo.73 The planet nearest to the Earth is

A Mercury

B Jupiter

C Venus

D Pluto

QNo.74 Which of the following planets has the smallest diameter?

A Mercury

B Mars

C Pluto

D Venus

QNo.75 Which is the brightest star in the night sky?

A Affair

B Deneb

C Sirius

D Sun

QNo.76 Which of the following planets orbits around the sun in the backward direction from east to west?

A Earth

B Mercury

C Jupiter

D Venus

QNo.77 Bodies which usually fall from the sky on the Earth are called

A Comets

B Meteors

C Rock

D None of these

QNo.78 The earth revolves around the sun at a speed of__

A 18.5 km/sec

B 26.6 km/sec

C 29 km/sec

D 31.9 km/sec

QNo.79 Which is known as “Earth’s near twin planet”?

A Uranus

B Earth

C Venus

D Saturn