World PLANETS IN UNIVERSE – General Knowledge – Online M.C.Q’s for Competition Commission Exam – TEST NO.1
Category : General Knowledge
Topic : World PLANETS AND UNIVERSE
Basic Purpose : Online Preparation for Competition and Commission Exams for different Jobs/Recruitments in Pakistan , India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Iran and China etc.
Test Type : Multiple Choice Questions [MCQ’s]
Time Limit : 22 Minutes 30 SECONDS
Total MCQ’s : 65
World PLANETS IN UNIVERSE - General Knowledge - MCQ's - TEST NO.1
World PLANETS IN UNIVERSE - General Knowledge - MCQ's - TEST NO.1
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Question 1 |
The first artificial satellite was launched on?
A | Octobeer 4, 1967 |
B | 4-Oct-51 |
C | 4-Oct-57 |
D | 4-Oct-61 |
Question 2 |
The first astronaut to set foot on moon was?
A | Yuri Gagarin |
B | Alen Shephered |
C | Neil Armstrong |
D | Edwin Aldrin |
Question 3 |
Jupiter is about how mant times larger (in diameter) than the earth?
A | 20 times |
B | 50 times |
C | 10 times |
D | 5 times |
Question 4 |
Which is known as ''Earth's near twin planet''?
A | Uranus |
B | Venus |
C | Saturn |
D | Earth |
Question 5 |
The time taken by the Uranus to revolve round the sun is approximately?
A | 90 years |
B | 76 years |
C | 84 years |
D | 80 years |
Question 6 |
Which of the following planets has the smallest diameter?
A | Venus |
B | Mars |
C | Pluto |
D | Mercury |
Question 7 |
On 20th July 1969, two American scientists landed on?
A | Pluto |
B | Jupiter |
C | Moon of earth |
D | Mars |
Question 8 |
America launched its first space station in the year?
A | 1969 |
B | 1963 |
C | 1973 |
D | 1978 |
Question 9 |
Which planet is known as ''Earth's near twin planet''?
A | Venus |
B | Mercury |
C | Neptune |
D | Mars |
Question 10 |
Blue dwarfs' and 'Red gaints' refer respectively to?
A | Old stars and young stars |
B | Pigmies and the Caucasians |
C | Native and hybrid varieties of milch cattle |
D | Young stars and old stars |
Question 11 |
Which planet is referred to both as the '' Morning Star and the Evening Star''?
A | Venus |
B | Jupiter |
C | Saturn |
D | Mercury |
Question 12 |
The mean distance from the earth to the Sun is?
A | 14 million Km |
B | 250 million Km |
C | 450 million Km |
D | 150 million Km |
Question 13 |
Bodies which usually fall from the sky on the Earh are called?
A | Meteors |
B | Comets |
C | None of these |
D | Rock |
Question 14 |
On which planet are scientists hopeful of the existence of some type of life?
A | Pluto |
B | Mars |
C | Saturn |
D | Jupiter |
Question 15 |
Comets are luminous celestial bodies moving round the?
A | Sun |
B | Earth |
C | Jupiter |
D | Moon |
Question 16 |
The rising of the evening star indicates the?
A | East |
B | South pole |
C | North pole |
D | West |
Question 17 |
The energy generation in stars is?
A | Due to fission and fusion of light nuclei |
B | Mainly due to the fission of heavy nuclei |
C | Mainly due to the fusion of light nuclei |
D | Solely due to the fusion of heavy nuclei |
Question 18 |
Hubble space telescope was launched into the space with the help of space shuttlef?
A | Colombia |
B | Apollo-2 |
C | Discovery |
D | Skylab-1 |
Question 19 |
Which is the densest planet of the solar system?
A | Sun |
B | Jupiter |
C | Mercury |
D | Earth |
Question 20 |
The heaviest mass revolving round the Sun is?
A | Moon |
B | Neptune |
C | Jupiter |
D | Pluto |
Question 21 |
Which of the following planets orbits around the sun in the backward direction from east to west?
A | Mercury |
B | Venus |
C | Jupiter |
D | Earth |
Question 22 |
Which one of the following planets has the largest oxygen content?
A | Venus |
B | Earth |
C | Jupiter |
D | Mercury |
Question 23 |
The planet nearest to the Earth is?
A | Mercury |
B | Pluto |
C | Venus |
D | Jupiter |
Question 24 |
Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
A | Neptune |
B | Mars |
C | Venus |
D | Jupiter |
Question 25 |
The extreme day and night temperatures approximately on the moon are respectively?
A | 500 Centigrade and 50 Centigrade |
B | 100 Centigrade and 180 Centigrade |
C | 1000 Centigrade and 0Centigrade |
D | 200 Centigrade and 100 Centigrade |
Question 26 |
The biggest planet is?
A | Venus |
B | Jupiter |
C | Mars |
D | Mercury |
Question 27 |
How many layers are present in the atmosphere of the sun?
A | 3 |
B | 4 |
C | 1 |
D | 2 |
Question 28 |
The planet which revolves very slowly around the sun is?
A | Neptune |
B | Mars |
C | Jupiter |
D | None of these |
Question 29 |
Phases of the Moon are caused by?
A | Rotation of the Moon |
B | The Revolution of Moon |
C | Rotation of Earth |
D | The Revolution of Earth |
Question 30 |
On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east?
A | Mars |
B | Venus |
C | Saturn |
D | Jupiter |
Question 31 |
When did the space age begin with the launch of the Russian Sputnik?
A | 4-Sep-54 |
B | 4-Oct-57 |
C | 4-Oct-50 |
D | 2-Oct-52 |
Question 32 |
Who, amongst the following, was the first to measure the distance round the earth?
A | Euclid |
B | Happarchus |
C | Thales of Miletus |
D | Eratosthenes |
Question 33 |
The earth revolves around the sun at a speed of?
A | 31.9 Km/sec |
B | 26.6 Km/sec |
C | 18.5 Km/sec |
D | 29 Km/sec |
Question 34 |
The natural satellite of the Earth is?
A | Neptune |
B | Venus |
C | Mars |
D | Moon |
Question 35 |
Trition is a satellite of?
A | Uranus |
B | Pluto |
C | Neptune |
D | Jupiter |
Question 36 |
The shape of our milkyway galaxy is?
A | Elliptical |
B | None of the above |
C | Spiral |
D | Circular |
Question 37 |
In 1997, on returning back to earth's atmosphere a satellite was broken into pieces is?
A | Apollo-2 |
B | Skylab |
C | Sputnik |
D | Rahber |
Question 38 |
Which one of the following is applicable to the planet 'Venus'?
A | Nearest to the Sun |
B | Smallest of the planets |
C | Farthest from the Sun |
D | Brightest as seen from the Earth |
Question 39 |
Asteroids or planetoids circle between?
A | Mars and Earth |
B | Venus and Earth |
C | Jupiter and Saturn |
D | Mars and Jupiter |
Question 40 |
The first ever artificial satellite was launched bt?
A | America |
B | Russia |
C | Japan |
D | France |
Question 41 |
Which is the brightest comet known to man so far?
A | Shoemaker-Levy |
B | Hale-Bopp |
C | Swift-Tuttle |
D | Kohoutek |
Question 42 |
The brightest visible star is?
A | Procyon |
B | Altair |
C | Sirus |
D | Canous |
Question 43 |
The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is?
A | 2.3 sec |
B | 1 Sec |
C | 2 sec |
D | 1.3 sec |
Question 44 |
The scientists have found some proofs of presence of life on which of the following planets?
A | Mars |
B | Venus |
C | Mercury |
D | Jupiter |
Question 45 |
Hubble space telescope was launched into space on?
A | 24-Apr-85 |
B | 24-Apr-90 |
C | 24-Apr-80 |
D | 24-Apr-95 |
Question 46 |
The temperature of Sun's centre is 15 millions C and the temperature of outer surface of sun is?
A | 4000 to 5000? C |
B | 5000 to 5500 ?C |
C | 4500 to 5000? C |
D | 5500 to 6000 ?C |
Question 47 |
In 1986, Russia launched its space station into space, which was?
A | Mir |
B | Rahber |
C | Skylab-2 |
D | Sputnik |
Question 48 |
Which of the following planets oribits around the sun in a clockwise direction from east to west?
A | Mercury |
B | Jupiter |
C | Uranus |
D | Earth |
Question 49 |
Hubble is a?
A | Microscope |
B | Space station |
C | Rocket name |
D | Space telescope |
Question 50 |
The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called?
A | Meteors |
B | Comets |
C | Asteroids |
D | Meteorites |
Question 51 |
Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Mars all will be visible within a roughly area of sky in May 2011?
A | 65 degree |
B | 31 degree |
C | 16 degree |
D | 6 degree |
Question 52 |
Which one of the following conditions is most relevant for the presence of life on Mars?
A | Occurrence of ozone |
B | Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water |
C | Atmospheric composition |
D | Thermal conditions |
Question 53 |
Which one of the following planets contains the 'Great Red Spot'?
A | Mars |
B | Jupiter |
C | Satrun |
D | Pluto |
Question 54 |
Mercury is?
A | The fastest planet |
B | The planet nearest to Sun |
C | The largest planet |
D | The fastest planet and The planet nearest to Sun |
Question 55 |
Which is the brightest planet in the Solar System?
A | Venus |
B | Mercury |
C | Jupiter |
D | Uranus |
Question 56 |
The only planet whose day is longer than its year is?
A | Mars |
B | Neptune |
C | Uranus |
D | Venus |
Question 57 |
Which of the following spacecrafts enabled man to step on the moon first?
A | Luna 2 |
B | Sputnik 1 |
C | Apollo XI |
D | Voshod 1 |
Question 58 |
The correct sequence of the following planets in terms of gravity, in the descending order is?
A | Neptune,Uranus,Saturn,Earth |
B | Uranus,Earth,Saturn,Neptune |
C | Earth,Uranus,Neptune,Saturn |
D | Saturn,Earth,Neptune,Uranus |
Question 59 |
The term 'meteor' is applied to an interplanetary body?
A | After it eenters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in midair as a ball of fire |
B | Before it enters the earth's atmosphere |
C | After it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without |
D | After it enters the atmosphere of the earth |
Question 60 |
Which planet is the least dense?
A | Earth |
B | Mars |
C | Saturn |
D | Mercury |
Question 61 |
Which one of the following stars is nearest tp the earth?
A | Polaris |
B | Sun |
C | Alpha Centauri |
D | Sinus |
Question 62 |
Which is the brightest star in the night sky?
A | Deneb |
B | Sun |
C | Sirius |
D | Altair |
Question 63 |
Which pf the following planets have no moon?
A | Mercury and Venus |
B | Pluto and Mercury |
C | Mars and Venus |
D | Pluto and Mars |
Question 64 |
On another planet the local terminology for earth,water,light,air and sky are 'sky', 'light', 'air', 'water',and 'earth', respectively If someone is thirsty there?
A | Air |
B | Light |
C | Sky |
D | Water |
Question 65 |
In which year did man first step out on the moon?
A | 1969 |
B | 1965 |
C | 1971 |
D | 1961 |
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