World PLANETS IN UNIVERSE - General Knowledge - Online M.C.Q's for Competition Commission Exam - TEST NO.1

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

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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?