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Beyond Earth — Practice

15 questions 15 min Recall + understand

Q1. Stars shine because they
- A. Reflect the Sun's light back to us
- B. Are very near to Earth
- C. Shine with their own light
- D. Are heated by the Moon
Q2. Currently, the term constellation refers to
- A. Any random group of three stars
- B. Defined regions of the sky that often include star patterns
- C. Patterns of planets in the night sky
- D. A single very bright star
Q3. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially divided the entire sky into
- A. 27 nakshatras
- B. 12 zodiac signs
- C. 88 constellations
- D. 100 regions
Q4. The brightest star in the night sky is
- A. Sirius
- B. The Pole Star
- C. Betelgeuse
- D. Aldebaran
Q5. The Pole Star appears nearly stationary in the
- A. East direction
- B. South direction
- C. West direction
- D. North direction
Q6. In India, the Big Dipper is commonly known as
- A. Saptarishi
- B. Krittika
- C. Dhruva tara
- D. Rohini
Q7. Our Sun is a
- A. Planet
- B. Star
- C. Satellite
- D. Comet
Q8. The movement of an object around the Sun is called
- A. Rotation
- B. Oscillation
- C. Revolution
- D. Vibration
Q9. The eight planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun are
- A. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- B. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- C. Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
- D. Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Q10. Mars is called the Red Planet because
- A. It is the hottest planet
- B. It emits red light of its own
- C. The soil on Mars is reddish in colour
- D. It is closest to the Sun
Q11. The Moon takes about how many days to complete one revolution around the Earth?
- A. 1 day
- B. 7 days
- C. 27 days
- D. 365 days
Q12. Objects that move around planets are commonly called
- A. Stars
- B. Satellites
- C. Comets
- D. Asteroids
Q13. The asteroid belt in our Solar System lies between the orbits of
- A. Earth and Mars
- B. Mars and Jupiter
- C. Jupiter and Saturn
- D. Saturn and Uranus
Q14. Halley's Comet appears in our sky approximately once every
- A. 27 years
- B. 50 years
- C. 76 years
- D. 150 years
Q15. Our home galaxy is called
- A. Andromeda Galaxy
- B. Milky Way Galaxy or Akasha Ganga
- C. The Solar System
- D. Canis Major

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