Universe Quiz Set 4

Question 1. For one revolution around the Sun, Uranus takes_________.

(A) 48 years

(B) 18 years

(C) 36 years

(D) 84 years

Question 2. The year is largest on________.

(A) Earth

(B) Neptune

(C) Jupiter

(D) Uranus

Question 3. Which is the smallest planet of the Solar System?

(A) Mercury

(B) Venus

(C) Mars

(D) Earth

Question 4. The coldest planet in the Solar System is_______.

(A) Saturn

(B) Mars

(C) Jupiter

(D) Neptune

Question 5. Which of the following planets is the farthest planet of the Solar System?

(A) Mars

(B) Saturn

(C) Earth

(D) Neptune

Question 6. On the surface of the Moon, two persons cannot listen each other as________.

(A) Sound travels very slow on the Moon

(B) They wear special types of space suits on the Moon

(C) There is no atmosphere on the Moon

(D) Their ears stops working at the Moon

Question 7. When does a Lunar eclipse take place? 

(A)When the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth

(B) When the Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon

(C) When the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon

(D)  None of the above

Question 8. When did man first land on the Moon?

(A) 1969

(B) 1971

(C) 1963

(D) 1953

Question 9. The ‘Sea of Tranquitity’ lies on________.

(A) Moon

(B) Jupiter

(C) Sun

(D) Earth

Question 10. Lunar Eclipse is caused when________.

(A) Sun and Moon coincide

(B) Sun comes between Earth and Moon

(C) Earth comes between Sun and Moon

(D) Moon comes in between Earth and Sun

Question 11. In which situation Lunar eclipse occurs?

(A) Half Moon

(B) Full Moon

(C) New Moon

(D) None of these

Question 12. The main condition responsible for greater brightness of the Moon on the full Moon day of 22nd Dec. 99 was_________.

(A)  Perigee

(B) Apogee

(C) Perihelion

(D) Aphelion

Question 13. When the Moon size is half of the full Moon, the angle between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon is________.

(A) 270º

(B) 180º

(C) 90º

(D) 45º

Question 14. Choose the odd one.

(A) Earth

(B) Moon

(C) Mercury

(D) Mars

Question 15. Which of the following is not a planet?

(A)  Mercury

(B)  Mars

(C)  Earth

(D) Moon

Question 16. The ‘blue Moon’ phenomenon occurs when________.

(A) Two full Moons occur in the same month

(B) Two full Moon appear in the same month, thrice in a calendar

(C) Four full Moons appear in two consecutive months of the same calendar year

(D)  None of the above

Question 17. When any object is taken from the Earth to the Moon________.

(A) It becomes totally weightless

(B) There is no change in its weight

(C) Its weight decreases

(D) Its weight increases

Question 18. The distance of Moon from the Earth is_______.

(A) 350 thousand km

(B) 446 thousand km

(C) 300 thousand km

(D) 384 thousand km

Question 19. A country by sending its ‘SELENE’ (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) in the orbit of the Moon became the first country in Asia. The country which achieved this fame is_________.

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) China

(D) Japan

Question 20. The asteroids are small celestial bodies in the solar system which are found between the planets.

(A) Neptune and Saturn

(B) Jupiter and Saturn

(C) Mars and Jupiter

(D) Mercury and Venus

Question 21. According to a new definition adopted by ‘International Astronomical Union’ in 2006, which of the following is not a ‘planet’?

(A) Jupiter

(B) Pluto

(C) Neptune

(D) Uranus

Question 22. Which planet takes the longest period in revolving around the Sun?

(A) Mercury

(B) Neptune

(C) Jupiter

(D) Uranus

Question 23. Titan is the largest Moon of the Planet_______.

(A) Saturn

(B) Jupiter

(C) Venus

(D) Mars

Question 24. Which of the following planets has rings around it?

(A) Earth

(B) Mercury

(C) Mars

(D) Saturn

Question 25. Time Saturn takes to complete one revolution around the Sun_______.

(A) 84 years

(B) 29.5 years

(C) 36 years

(D) 18.5 years

Question 26. Planet Saturn_______.

(A) Warmer than Jupiter

(B) Warmer than Neptune

(C) is colder than Neptune

(D) is colder than Jupiter

Question 27. After seven years of its journey spacecraft Cassini started its revolution in June-2004 around which planet?

(A) Saturn

(B) Mars

(C) Jupiter

(D) Mercury

Question 28. Which one of the following planets has largest number of natural satellites or Moons?

(A) Venus

(B) Saturn

(C) Mars

(D) Jupiter

Question 29. The ring of Jupiter is composed of________.

(A) Silicates

(B) Very thick and opaque

(C) Non-existent

(D) All of the above

Question 30. Which is the largest Planet in the Solar System?

(A) Saturn

(B) Uranus

(C) Neptune

(D) Jupiter