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