Geography - 01

1. Which of the following planets is known as ‘Morning Star’?   

(1)  Mercury   (2) Venus (3) Mars   (4) Jupiter (5) Saturn

Ans. (2) Venus

2. How many years does Pluto take in revolving round the sun? 

(1)  110 years   (2) 246 years (3) 248 years (4) 250 years

Ans. (3) 248 years 

3. Comets are celestial bodies moving about the solar system in ----               

(1)  Elliptical or hyperbolic orbits, usually accompanied by a shining tail

(2) Elliptical orbits usually accompanied by a long shining tail

(3) Hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shining heads

(4) Hyperbolic orbit without projecting any tail or head

 Ans. (3) Hyperbolic orbit always accompanied by a shining heads

4. The temperature of the Sun’s outer surface is ------

(1) 60, 00, 000 ⁰C  (2) 6, 000 ⁰C   (3) 60 ⁰C   (4) 0 ⁰C

Ans. (2) 6, 000 ⁰C

                                                                                   

5. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?

(1)  Mercury   (2) Earth (3) Jupiter (4) Saturn 

Ans. (3) Jupiter

6. Which among the following four planets is the biggest in size?                                                                    

(1)  Mercury    (2) Earth     (3) Venus    (4) Mars

Ans. (2) Earth  

7.  Among the planets of the solar system, the one which has the longest period of rotation is ---   (1)  Venus       (2) Mars     (3) Pluto      (4) Saturn

Ans. (1)  Venus

  

8. Which one of the following statements regarding Shooting Stars is incorrect?                                             

(1) They are meteors

(2) They are the debris which got separated from a comet

(3) They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are passing through earth’s atmosphere   

(4) They are a kind of a star

Ans. (1) They are meteors

9. Which planet is known as ‘Watery Planet’?                                                                    

(1)  Mercury    (2) Earth     (3) Jupiter   (4) Mars

 Ans. (2) Earth 

10. Solar system was discovered by?     

(1)  Kepler     (2) Galileo     (3) Copernicus   (4) Eratosthenes

Ans. (3) Copernicus 

  

11. Huge congregations of stars that are held together by the force of gravity are known  as?                                                     (1)  Constellations (2) Solar systems  (3) Galaxies (4) Comets

 Ans. (3) Galaxies

12. The unit of measuring distances between the stars is known as?     

1)Galactic unit (2)Cosmic kilometer(3)Stellar mile (4)Light Year

 Ans. (4) Light Year

13. Even though Pluto is usually the farthest planet, its path is highly elliptical, crossing inside the path of some other planets. As a result, for a period of twenty years from 1979 the farthest planet is not Pluto but?     

1) Uranus       (2) Saturn      (3) Neptune    (4) Jupiter

Ans. (3) Neptune  

14. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?                                                           

(1)  Mercury    (2) Mars      (3) Jupiter    (4) Saturn

Ans. (2) Mars