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Solar System

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Q1. Who discovered the solar system?

  1. AGalileo
  2. BJ.L. Baird
  3. CCopernicus
  4. DKepler
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Answer: C) Copernicus

Q2. What are the celestial bodies that revolve around the Sun called?

  1. APlanet
  2. Bsatellite
  3. CAsteroids
  4. Dcomet
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Answer: A) Planet

Q3. What is the name of a small celestial body that revolves around a planet?

  1. APlanet
  2. Bsatellite
  3. CAsteroids
  4. Dsolar star
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Answer: B) satellite

Q4. Who formulated the law of planetary motion?

  1. ANewton
  2. BKepler
  3. CCopernicus
  4. DGalileo
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Answer: B) Kepler

Q5. What is the number of planets revolving around the Sun?

  1. A8
  2. B7
  3. C5
  4. D6
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Answer: A) 8

Q6. Which of the following is the correct order of planets according to their increasing distance from the Sun?

  1. AMercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
  2. BMercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
  3. CMercury, Mars, Earth, Venus
  4. DMercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
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Answer: A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

Q7. Which of the following is the correct order of planets according to their increasing distance from the Earth?

  1. AMars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter
  2. BVenus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter
  3. CVenus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter
  4. DMars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury
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Answer: B) Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter

Q8. The descending order of the planets of the solar system according to their size is -

  1. AJupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury
  2. BJupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mercury and Mars
  3. CJupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mercury, Mars and Venus
  4. DJupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, Earth, Mars and Mercury
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Answer: A) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury

Q9. Which of the following is not a part of the solar system?

  1. AAsteroids
  2. BComet
  3. CPlanet
  4. Dnebula
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Answer: D) nebula

Q10. What is a constellation?

  1. Aa special shape in the sky of stars equidistant from the earth
  2. BA special shape in the sky of stars that cannot be equidistant from the Earth.
  3. CA special shape in the sky of the planets of our solar system
  4. DThe position of stars, planets and satellites in space creates a specific shape in the sky.
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Answer: B) A special shape in the sky of stars that cannot be equidistant from the Earth.

Q11. How many constellations are there in space?

  1. A87
  2. B88
  3. C89
  4. D90
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Answer: C) 89

Q12. On which planet is Mount Nix Olympia Columbus located?

  1. AMercury
  2. BVesper
  3. CEarth
  4. DMars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury
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Answer: D) Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury

Q13. What is the number of terrestrial planets?

  1. A3
  2. B4
  3. C5
  4. D6
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Answer: B) 4

Q14. Which one of the following is not a terrestrial planet?

  1. AMercury
  2. BVesper
  3. CFortunate
  4. DSaturn
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Answer: D) Saturn

Q15. What is the number of outer planets or Jupiter-like planets?

  1. A6
  2. B5
  3. C4
  4. D3
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Answer: C) 4

Q16. Jupiter-like planets do not include -

  1. ASaturn
  2. BArun
  3. CVarun
  4. DMars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury
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Answer: D) Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury

Q17. Except which of the following two planets, all other planets revolve around the Sun in anticlockwise direction -

  1. AMercury and Venus
  2. BEarth and Venus
  3. CArun and Varun
  4. DVenus and Arun
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Answer: D) Venus and Arun

Q18. Who is called the 'father of the solar system'?

  1. Ato the sun
  2. Bto the earth
  3. Cto Jupiter
  4. Dto Saturn
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Answer: A) to the sun

Q19. The 'exploding star' in the universe is called -

  1. AComet
  2. Bmeteor
  3. Cseductive
  4. DInnovative star
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Answer: D) Innovative star

Q20. The scientist who first discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun was-

  1. ANewton
  2. BDalton
  3. CCopernicus
  4. DEinstein
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Answer: C) Copernicus

Q21. Which of the following is not a planet that ancient Indians considered a planet?

  1. ASun
  2. BFortunate
  3. CVesper
  4. DSaturn
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Answer: A) Sun

Q22. The gas that helps in the formation of the Sun is-

  1. Aoxygen and carbon dioxide
  2. Bhelium and oxygen
  3. CHelium and nitrogen
  4. Dhydrogen and helium
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Answer: D) hydrogen and helium

Q23. What is the central part of the Sun called?

  1. Astratosphere
  2. Bphotosphere
  3. Cchromosphere
  4. Dlithosphere
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Answer: B) photosphere

Q24. What is the part above the Sun called?

  1. Ahyposphere
  2. Bphotosphere
  3. Cchromosphere
  4. Dstratosphere
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Answer: C) chromosphere

Q25. The sun always rises in the east because -

  1. Athe earth rotates from west to east
  2. Bthe earth rotates from east to west
  3. CIt is located in the east
  4. Dall of which
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Answer: A) the earth rotates from west to east

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