World PLANETS IN UNIVERSE General KnowledgeTEST NO.2

The planet, Which is not only the smallest but also nearest to the sun, is?

The sunspots cause?

cPole star is always seen at one point in the sky Whereas other stars are not; this is because?

What name is given to the path of the sun amongest the stars in our galaxy?

How many are Satellites (Moons) of Saturn Planet?

Which planet takes the largest time to go once around the sun?

How many times is the planet Saturn bigger than the earth (in diameter)?

A Comet?

In which part of the solar system is the sun located?

The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is due to?

The planets Neptune's orbit around the sun takes about?

Who was the first to determine that the day on the Mars was, like ours, roughly twently-four hours long?

The biggest star in our galaxy is?

When and by whom were the rings of Saturn discovered?

Which planet contains largest quantity of carbon dioxide i.e 95%?

The planets of the solar system travel with the sun through millions of stars in our galaxy at a speed of about?

Some times the moon passes between the sun and the earth this phenomenon is known as?

A 'black hole' is a body in space which does not allow any radiation to come out.This property is due to its?

The distance of the planets from the sun in the increasing order is?

The outermost layer of sun is called?

Which one of the following planets has the maximum number of satellittes?

'Galileo Satellites'', named after their discoverer, are four large moons of the planet?

The period of one revolution of sun around the centre of galaxy is called?

A light year, as a unit of measurement of distances of heavenly bodies, is equal to?

How long does a sun-ray take to travel from the sun to the earth?

Black holes are stellar objects which?

Titan, the largest moon in the solar system, is also the largest moon of?

Name two planets lying between the sun and the earth?

How many days does the moon take to return to the same position among the constellations?

Stars which appear single to the naked eye but are double stars when observed by a telescope, are known as?

A star which appears blue' is?

Which of the following planets reflects back the highest percentage of light it receives from the sun than any other planet of the solar system?

The visible part of the sun is called?

Who was the first to speculate that Venus is completely covered with clouds?

Light takes nearly 4 years to reach us from the nearest star. What is the distance between that star and the earth?

Some times the earth passes exactly between moon and the sun this condition is known as?

The earth is the third nearest planet to the sun located between the planets?

How many times is the sun bigger in size than the earth?

The planet with the shortest rotation time around its axis is?

The only planet in the solar system which rotates on its axis from East to West is?

The theory that refers to an explosion about 10 to 15 billion years ago,Which most astronomers believe to be the origin of the Universe,is called?

The temperature at the surface of the sun and its centre is respectively, about?

The Milky way extends through a distance of?

Which of the following planets is farthest from the sun?

Travelling at the speed of light one can travel how many times around the earth in one second?

Which of the following planets has almost the same mass,size and density as the earth?

Which of the following planets is called evening star?

Super Nova is?

The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by the?

Which planet is known as watery planet?

The light coming from stars gives the idea of their?

Twelve constellations referred to as zodiac, are?

How many of the eight planets of the solar system were known in the life time of Kepler, the formulator of laws of planetary motions?

The largest number of natural satellites (or moons) that any one of the planets of the solar system has is?

Name two planets which appear as 'morning star' in the eastern sky and 'evenig star' in the western sky?

What are sun-spots?

Which of the following planets takes very nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the earth?

Which of the following makes the planet Saturn unique in the solar family?

The comet, named after Edmund Halley, reappears after a time interval of every?

Operation Path Finder is a mission to?

During a solar eclipse,which of the following represents the relative position of the Sun,Moom and Earth correctly?

According to new scientific research water is present on the surface of except earth planet?

All of the following planets have lesser diameter than the earth,except?

The sun consists mostly of?

What is the rank of the earth in the solar system in terms of size?

Who was the second to observe sun-spots after Ibn Zubir?