1 |
The seasonal contrasts are maximum in: |
Low latitude
Mid latitude
Sub tropic
High latitude
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2 |
The first satellite was launched by: |
France
USSR
USA
UK
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3 |
On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east? |
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
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4 |
The four largest planets of the solar system in the descending order are: |
Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune
Saturn,Jupiter,Uranus,Neptune
Uranus,Neptune,Saturn,Jupiter
Jupiter,Uranus,Saturn,Neptune
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5 |
The bright heavenly body with a long luminous tail,is called |
A planet
A constellation
A comet
A satellite
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6 |
Year is longest on: |
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
None of these
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7 |
Asteroids have their orbits between the planets: |
Mars and Jupiter
Earth and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Mercury and Venus
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8 |
Which is the coldest planet: |
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Neptune
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9 |
Tides are the highest : |
When the earth is nearest to the sun
When the earth nearest to the moon
When the sun,moon and earth are in line
None of these
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10 |
Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets? |
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Earth
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11 |
The planet that lies at the outermost orbit of the solar system is: |
Saturn
Naptune
Mercury
None of these
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12 |
The radiant energy of the sun is transmitted in the form of: |
Particles
Short waves
Long waves
None of these
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13 |
An observation at the point on the earth where only the penumbra region of moon's shadow will move past, will observe a: |
Total solar eclipse
Partial solar eclipse
total lunar eclipse
None of these
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14 |
The planet having the large number of satellites in the solar system is: |
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
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15 |
The outermost layer of the sun is called: |
Lithosphere
chromosphere
corona
photosphere
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16 |
To a space traveler on moon,the lunar sky during day time appears: |
White
Blue
Black
Red
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17 |
The North Star is a part of the constellation: |
Orion
Big dipper
little dipper
None of these
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18 |
The change in colour of stars arises due to: |
Variation in their distance from the earth
Variation in their surface temperature
Fluctuation in their composition and size
Irregular absorption or scattering in earth's atmosphere
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19 |
The planet that has no satellite is: |
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Both b & c
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20 |
The fastest planet is: |
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
None of these
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21 |
The orbits of planets around the sun,or of satellites around the earth can be: |
Circular and elliptic
Circular and hyperbolic
Elliptic and parabolic
parabolic and hyperbolic
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22 |
Which of the following is brightest planet? |
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
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23 |
Planet nearest to the sun are: |
Mercury and Mars
Mercury and Venus
Earth and Mercury
Mercury and Uranus
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24 |
The planet having five moons is: |
Venus
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
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25 |
A terrestrial planet is a planet of: |
A dense,rocky body
Low density balls of gas
High density balls of gas
None of these
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26 |
The distance between the earth and the sun in million kms is: |
111
149
200
188
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27 |
The hottest planet is: |
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
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28 |
Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation and revolution ? |
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
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29 |
Lunar eclipse occurs on: |
New moon
Full moon
Half moon
Quarter moon
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30 |
Jupiter is larger than the earth by about: |
5 times
10 times
20 times
25 times
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31 |
Halley's comet appears once in a period of: |
24 years
30 years
76 years
80 years
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32 |
The Saturn rings were discovered by: |
Copernicus
Newton
Galileo
None of these
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33 |
Which planet is known as the Earth's Twin? |
Venus
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
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34 |
Which of the following is known as the ''Red Planet''? |
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Venus
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35 |
The position of a planet when it is nearest to the sun,is called |
Perihelion
Aphelion
Apogee
Perigee
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36 |
Comets revolved around: |
Earth
Sun
Venus
No single heavenly body
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37 |
Moon is called a satellite of the earth because |
It is much smaller than the earth
It revolves around the sun
It has no light of his own
It produces tides on earth
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38 |
Which one of the following is not a satellite of Jupiter? |
Callisto
Lo
Eurpa
Titan
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39 |
Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the: |
Earth on the moon
Earth on the sun
Sun and the moon on earth
Moon on earth
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40 |
The largest planet of the solar system is: |
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
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41 |
Solar eclipse occurs when: |
Earth comes between sun and moon
Moon is at right angle to earth
Moon comes between sun and earth
Sun comes between moon and earth
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42 |
The solar wind is composed of: |
Outward stream of protons of the sun surface
Ionized gas
plasma
All of these
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43 |
Which of the following planets is at the farthest distance from the earth? |
Neptune
Mercury
Mars
None of these
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44 |
If there is no sun,the colour of the sky would be: |
Orange
Blue
Yellow
None of these
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45 |
The smallest planet is: |
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
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