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question_answer1)
Which of the following physical quantities has light year as its unit?
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Intensity of light done
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question_answer2)
Identify the closest star to our solar system.
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Swati done
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question_answer3)
What are groups of stars which seem to form a pattern called?
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Galaxies done
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Constellations done
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question_answer4)
What is the approximate height of a geostationary satellite?
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12,800 km done
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7,200 km done
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36,000 km done
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question_answer5)
Which of the following is the first Indian satellite?
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INSAT done
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Aryabhatta done
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Bhaskara done
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APPLE done
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question_answer6)
What kind of a planet is Jupiter?
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question_answer7)
How do stars appear to move?
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question_answer8)
To which of the following category does Orion belong?
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question_answer9)
Which planet has "the great red spot"?
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question_answer10)
Where is a spy satellite deployed?
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question_answer11)
What is Ceres?
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A satellite of Mars done
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A satellite of Jupiter done
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A meteorite that fell over Siberia in done
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question_answer12)
Which of the following is the brightest non-star visible to the human eye?
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question_answer13)
Which is the only moon in the solar sys- tem with active volcanoes?
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lo done
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question_answer14)
Which is the largest, natural satellite in the solar system?
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question_answer15)
Which of the following planets can be seen with naked eyes?
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question_answer16)
In which orbits do satellites revolve?
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Only in elliptical orbits done
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question_answer17)
Identify the biggest constellation.
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question_answer18)
Of which element is ozone made?
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question_answer19)
Who proved that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits?
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question_answer20)
Which of the following is equal to one cosmic year?
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\[2.25\times {{10}^{6}}\text{ }days\] done
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\[225\times {{10}^{6}}\text{ }years\] done
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question_answer21)
Between 1979 and 1999, which of these planets was the farthest from the sun?
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question_answer22)
Which is the nearest galaxy to our galaxy?
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question_answer23)
Which of the following planets takes the maximum time to rotate around itself?
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question_answer24)
What is Halley?
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A satellite of Jupiter done
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question_answer25)
When was the sun formed?
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10 billion years ago done
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11.5 billion years ago done
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question_answer26)
What are stars mainly made up of?
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Water and helium done
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question_answer27)
Which of the following statements is correct about galaxies?
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They move towards each other. done
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They move away from each other. done
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They do not move at all. done
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They have fixed number of stars. done
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question_answer28)
Why does the pole star appear to be stationary in all seasons?
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It does not rotate on its axis. done
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It happens to lie on the axis of equator. done
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It happens to lie above the axis of north pole of the earth. done
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It is the most distant of all the stars. done
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question_answer29)
What makes the live telecast of a cricket match possible?
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Sun-synchronous satellite done
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question_answer30)
Where do you find the ?sea of tranquility"?
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question_answer31)
What is a cosmic year?
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The time taken by the sun to revolve around the centre of the galaxy, the Milky Way. done
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question_answer32)
Mercury is closer to the sun than Venus. But Venus is hotter than Mercury. Give reason.
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Mercury has no atmosphere and Venus has a thick atmosphere which can retain the heat. done
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Mercury is mostly made up of sedimentary rocks while Venus contains igneous rocks. done
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The sun absorbs the heat of the Mercury as it is closer to the sun. done
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All of the above done
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question_answer33)
What is the closely packed part of the comet which contains solid particles, stones and frozen water called?
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question_answer34)
Identify the fastest planet of the solar system.
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question_answer35)
The diagram given below shows an image of a constellation used by astronomers.
What is the name of this constellation?
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