Find answers to the Multiple alternative queries (MCQs) at the bottom of the page.
1. Nebula is a cloudy luminous patch in the heavens that consists of a galaxy of stars or of materials (dust and gas) from which such galaxies are being formed. Name the brightest Nebula in the sky.
- (A) Large Magellanic Cloud
- (B) Orion Nebula
- (C) Ring Nebula
- (D) M 42
2. No spectacle in the Universe is more dramatic than an exploding star. What name is given to this phenomenon in cosmology?
- (A) Black hole
- (B) Neutron Star
- (C) Supernova
- (D) None of the above
3. Titan is the moon of a planet of our solar system, it is loaded with organic substances that bacteria can eat. Name the planet.
- (A) Venus
- (B) Neptune
- (C) Saturn
- (D) Jupiter
4. "God does not play dice with the Universe" who said this?
- (A) Albert Einstein
- (B) Edmund Halley
- (C) Edwin Rubble
- (D) Francis Daily
5. Quasars are recently discovered extra-galactic sources of high energy electromagnetic radiation. Name the brightest Quasar known.
- (A) 3 C-245
- (B) 3 C-273
- (C) 0Q-172
- (D) PK-220-330
6. Which one of the following is not the name of the space shuttles?
- (A) Challenger
- (B) Atlantic
- (C) Columbia
- (D) Skylab
7. Name the gas which was discovered on the Sun about 125 years ago during eclipse watching.
- (A) Hydrogen
- (B) Helium
- (C) Nitrogen
- (D) Argon
8. Constellation is the configuration of a group of stars. Hydra is the largest constellation. Name the smallest constellation.
- (A) Cetus
- (B) Crux Australis
- (C) Apus
- (D) Dorado
9. Planets are non-luminous heavenly bodies may be rocky or gaseous. But some planets enjoy the status of a star in everyday life. Which planet of our solar system is called as the Morning Star?
- (A) Mars
- (B) Mercury
- (C) Uranus
- (D) Venus
10. Satellites are objects that revolve around planets. Satellites may be natural (like moons) or artificial (man-made). Man-made satellites are launched into the Earth's orbit for various purposes. Which one of the following man-made satellite goes around the Earth at low altitudes?
- (A) Meteorological Satellites
- (B) Communication Satellites
- (C) Spy Satellites
- (D) Navigation Satellites
11. Meteorites are extra-terrestrial intruders and they have been hitting our Earth in the past. A huge meteorite fell in Tunguska, Siberia (Russia) in the early twentieth century. What was the year?
- (A) 1908
- (B) 1907
- (C) 1906
- (D) 1901
12. Who was the first to show that the planets move around the Sun in elliptic orbits?
- (A) Ptolemy
- (B) Johannes Kepler
- (C) Archimedes
- (D) Galileo Galilei
13. Penzias and Wilson detected an Echo from the Big Bang in the form of microwave radiation. This is also called as the 3K microwave background signal. In which year were Penzias and Wilson awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery?
- (A) 1978
- (B) 1968
- (C) 1958
- (D) 1948
14. So like the Sun in chemical composition, the lord of the planets falls far short of the bulk and heat to blaze as a star itself. It is the hottest planet of our solar system. Name it.
- (A) Neptune
- (B) Saturn
- (C) Jupiter
- (D) Uranus
15. Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to the Earth apart from the Sun. How far is this from the Earth?
- (A) 8.22 light years.
- (B) 7.22 light years.
- (C) 6.22 light years.
- (D) 4.22 light years.
16. Parsec is a unit of distance used to measure the separation of stars. What is its equivalent in light years?
- (A) 3.26 light years.
- (B) 4.26 light years.
- (C) 5.26 light years.
- (D) 6.26 light years.
17. Zodiac is the zone of the celestial sphere that contains the paths of the sun, the moon and the planets. How many constellations lie on the Zodiac belt?
- (A) 12
- (B) 14
- (C) 16
- (D) 18
18. Polaris is the northern pole star. Name the southern pole star.
- (A) Urase
- (B) Sigma Octanis
- (C) Tau Octanis
- (D) Lambda Octanis
19. Stars are of various types. Our Sun is also a typical star. What type of star it is?
- (A) Supergiant
- (B) Red giant
- (C) Yellow dwarf
- (D) White dwarf
20. Matter of the Universe exists in four distinct physical states. Name the physical state in which most of the matter of the Universe is conserved.
- (A) Liquid
- (B) Solid
- (C) Gas
- (D) Plasma
- 1. A
- 2. B
- 3. C
- 4. D
- 5. B
- 6. D
- 7. D
- 8. B
- 9. D
- 10. D
- 11. B
- 12. B
- 13. A
- 14. C
- 15. D
- 16. A
- 17. A
- 18. B
- 19. C
- 20. D
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