World geography practice quiz 1 June 13, 2019 June 13, 2019 Please enter your email: 1. Halley’s comet appears once in a period of: 76 years 32 years 84 years 24 years 2. The correct sequence of planets in the descending order of their equatorial diameter is : Earth, Mars, Mercury, Uranus Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Earth Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Earth 3. Which planet is known as the ‘Watery Planet’ ? Mars Mercury Jupiter Earth 4. Asteroids have their orbits between the planets: Jupiter and Saturn Earth and Mars Mercury and Venus Mars and Jupiter 5. The distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms.) is : 111 149 193 168 6. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a : [CDS 2008] star galaxy planet constellation 7. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet? Jupiter Saturn Neptune None of these 8. A blackhole is a : [CDS 1999, 2001] star with no atmosphere star with very low surface temperature contracted star with intense gravitational pull pulsating star 9. Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double stars when observed by a binaries novae and supernovae quasars cosmic stars 10. Which of the following planets is known as ‘Morning Star’? Mercury Jupiter Venus Mars 11. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate? Jupiter Mercury Saturn Earth 12. The orbits of planets around the Sun, or of satellites around the Earth, can be : parabolic and hyperbolic circular and elliptic circular and hyperbolic elliptic and parabolic 13. To a space traveller on moon, the lunar sky during day time appears: black blue white red 14. Pole Star is always seen at one point in the sky whereas other stars are not; this is Pole star lies in the axis of spin of the earth Sun and Pole star are in two opposite directions relative to earth Pole star rotates with the same period as the earth Pole star is a star of our own galaxy 15. The outermost layer of Sun is called: convection zone corona chromosphere photosphere 16. Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets? [IAS 1990] Mars Earth Venus Mercury 17. The brightest star in the sky is: Sirius Proxima Centauri Sun Alfa Centauri 18. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky? Jupiter Mercury Mars Saturn 19. What are Sun spots? [Railways 1994] Regions on earth without winter climate Desert areas on the sun Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K 20. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Saturn and Earth Jupiter and Saturn Earth and Jupiter Saturn and Neptune Loading … Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related
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