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Q1. While viewing the night sky, Ravi notices that some bright points twinkle a lot while a few do not. The ones that do NOT twinkle are most likely
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Q2. Three bright stars in a short straight line are located around the middle of which constellation?
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Q3. In Indian astronomy, the nakshatra Ardra refers to which star?
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Q4. After identifying the Big Dipper, Priya wants to locate the Pole Star. She should look at the two stars at the end of the Big Dipper's cup and imagine a straight line passing through them at approximately
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Q5. The presence of excessive artificial light at night is referred to as
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Q6. One astronomical unit (au) is approximately equal to
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Q7. Which four planets are the inner planets nearest to the Sun with solid rocky surfaces?
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Q8. Venus is commonly called the Morning Star or the Evening Star because
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Q9. Pluto, once called a planet, is currently classified as a
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Q10. Circular bowl-like structures seen on the Moon's surface are called craters. Most of these craters have formed due to
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Q11. India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully soft-landed on the Moon on
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Q12. To mark the success of Chandrayaan-3, the Government of India declared 23 August to be celebrated as
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Q13. The tail of a comet appears mainly because
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Q14. Among the planets, which is the easiest to identify with the naked eye because it is very bright?
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Q15. A Class 6 group from Rampur reaches a dark open area at night for star watching. To see the night sky better, they should
