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SPACE QUIZ

 

1.       Which planet in our Solar System is nearly as big as the Earth?

Option A. Mercury

Option B. Mars

Option C. Venus

 

The answer is, Option C. Venus

2.       Where is the asteroid belt located between?

Option A. Earth and Mars

Option B. Mars and Jupiter

Option C. Neptune and Saturn

 


The answer is, Option B. Mars and Jupiter

3.       Name the point in the orbit of the Moon at which it is farthest from the Earth?

Option A. Apogee

Option B. Perigee

Option C. Solstice

 

The answer is, Option A. Apogee

4.       Which planet in our solar system is known for having the most extensive ring system?

Option A. Jupiter

Option B. Saturn

Option C. Uranus

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The answer is, Option B. Saturn

5.       Which planet is made up of thick white and yellowish clouds of sulfuric acid?

Option A. Neptune

Option B. Uranus

Option C. Venus

 

The answer is, Option C. Venus

6.       Which one of the following planets has the shortest day?

Option A. Mercury

Option B. Earth

Option C. Mars

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The answer is, Option B. Earth

7.       Which among the following planets is also known as Veiled Planet?

Option A. Venus

Option B. Mars

Option C. Jupiter

 

The answer is, Option A. Venus

8.       “Hippocamp” is, Moon of which planet?

Option A. Jupiter

Option B. Neptune

Option C. Uranus

 

The answer is, Option B. Neptune

9.       Which of the following dwarf planets lies in the main asteroid belt?

Option A. Eris

Option B. Haumea

Option C. Ceres

 

The answer is, Option C. Ceres

10.   Which planet has the largest number of natural satellites?

Option A. Saturn

Option B. Jupiter

Option C. Neptune

 

The answer is, Option A. Saturn

 11.   What is the closest planet to the Sun?

Option A. Mercury

Option B. Venus

Option C. Earth

 

Mercury is the closest planet, to the Sun.

 

12.   There are 8 recognized planets in the Solar System. How many of them are Gas Giants?

Option A. Three

Option B. Four

Option C. Five

 

There are four gas giants in our Solar System.

 


13.   Which planet has the highest mountain in the Solar System?

Option A. Venus

Option B. Earth

Option C. Mars

 

Mars has the highest mountain in the solar system, called Olympus Mons

 

14.   What is the hottest terrestrial planet?

Option A. Mercury

Option B. Venus

Option C. Earth

 

Venus is the hottest terrestrial planet.

 

15.   Which planet could float in water because of its low density?

Option A. Earth

Option B. Jupiter

Option C. Saturn

 

Saturn could float in water because of its low density.

 

16.   What planet orbits the Sun on its side?

Option A. Saturn

Option B. Uranus

Option C. Neptune

 

Uranus orbits the Sun on its side.

 

17.   What is the farthest Gas Giant from the Sun?

Option A. Uranus

Option B. Neptune

Option C. Pluto

 

The farthest gas giant from Sun is, Neptune

 

18.   Comets have two tails. One is a dust tail comprises of particles from its surface. What is the other tail called?

Option A. Plasma tail

Option B. Stream

Option C. Double tail

 

The answer is, plasma tail, which comprises electrons and ions that are ionized by the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

 

19.   Which of these is not usually characteristic of a comet’s orbit?

Option A. Retrograde orbit

Option B. Eccentric to ecliptic

Option C. Circular orbit

 

The answer is, Circular orbit. Comets go around the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit.

 

20.   The area that meteor showers originate from in the sky is called?

Option A. Ecliptic

Option B. Zenith

Option C. Radiant

 

The area that meteor showers originate from in the sky is called Radiant point

 21.   What is the object that falls into Earth's atmosphere leaving a lit trail behind it?

Option A. Meteor

Option B. Meteoroid

Option C. Meteorite

 

 Meteor is the object that falls into Earth's atmosphere leaving a lit trail behind it.

 

22.   Long term comets are thought to originate in what area of the solar system?

Option A. Asteroid Belt

Option B. Kuiper Belt

Option C. Oort Cloud

 

The long term comets tend to have orbits that are randomly oriented, and not necessarily anywhere near the ecliptic. They are thought to originate in the Oort cloud.

 

23.   The nucleus of a comet is surrounded by what?

Option A. A Tail

Option B. A Coma

Option C. A Full Stop

 

A cometary nucleus is composed of rock, dust, and frozen gases. When heated by the Sun, the gases sublime and produce an atmosphere, surrounding the nucleus known as the coma.

 

24.   Meteorites are made of what?

Option A. Rock or Iron

Option B. Ice or Rock

Option C. Cheese or Onion

 


Meteorites have traditionally been divided into three broad categories: stony meteorites are rocks, mainly composed of silicate minerals; iron meteorites that are largely composed of metallic iron-nickel; and, stony-iron meteorites that contain large amounts of both metallic and rocky material.

 

25.   Which planet is called Red planet due to its rock Iron Oxides?

Option A. Uranus

Option B. Mercury

Option C. Mars

 

Mars is known as the red planet due to the presence of iron oxide on its surface. The iron oxide gives the planet a reddish hue, which can be easily observed from Earth with a telescope

 

26.   Stars appear to move from?

 

Option A. West to East

Option B. East to West

Option C. North to South

 

Because of how the Earth rotates, it appears like the stars are moving from east to west. Around its axis, the Earth revolves from west to east. Therefore, Stars seem to move from east to west.

 

27.   Which two planets of the solar system have no natural satellites?

 

Option A. Mercury and Mars

Option B. Mercury and Venus

Option C. Venus and Mars

 

Earth has one moon, and Mars has two minor moons. Mercury and Venus have no moons at all. The ice giants Uranus and Neptune, as well as the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, all possess several moons.

 

28.   Which part of the Sun is visible to humans?

 

Option A. Core

Option B. Atmosphere 

Option C. Photosphere

 

Photosphere is the part of the Sun is visible by human. The boundary between the Sun's interior and the solar atmosphere is called the photosphere. It extends up to around 400 kilometres above the visible surface near the solar disk's core.

29.   Sun rises in the west and sets in the east in which of the following planets?

 

Option A. Venus

Option B. Mars 

Option C. Uranus

 

In contrast to the majority of the planets in our solar system, Venus spins on its axis backward. This reveals that, contrary to what we observe on Earth, the Sun rises in the west and sets in the east.

 

30.   Which among the following takes the shortest time to revolve around the Sun?

 

Option A. Earth

Option B. Venus 

Option C. Mercury

 

Mercury takes the shortest period of time to revolve around the Sun, about 88 days. 

31.   Which of the following is the Sun predominantly made up of?

 


Option A. Helium 

Option B. Hydrogen

Option C. Oxygen

 

The answer is, Hydrogen.

The Sun is a large sphere of heated gas that is blazing. Roughly 70% of this gas is hydrogen, while about 28% is helium. 1.5% of matter is made up of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, while the remaining 0.5% is made of other elements.

 

32.   The largest circular storm in our solar system is on the surface of which of the following planets?

 

Option A. Jupiter 

Option B. Venus

Option C. Uranus

 

The answer is, Jupiter.

The largest storm, which is ever seen in solar system is in Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is the planet which is also called the gas giant.

 

33.   The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from the sun is known as what?

 

Option A. Photon

Option B. Solar Wind

Option C. Sun Spot

 

The answer is, Solar Wind.

The solar wind is a stream of extremely hot, charged particles that are thrown out from the upper atmosphere of the sun.

 

34.   One Jupiter day is equal to which of the following?

 

Option A. 30 Hrs 40 Min

Option B. 9 Hrs 50 Min

Option C. 3 Hrs 20 Min

 

The answer is, 9 Hrs 50 Min.

Jupiter's day varies from 9 hours and 56 minutes around the poles to 9 hours and 50 minutes close to the equator.

 

35.   The time interval between two successive occurrences of a specific type of alignment of a planet or the moon with the sun and the earth is referred to as?

 

Option A. Sidereal Period

Option B. Opposition

Option C. Synodic Period

 

The answer is, Synodic Period.

The time interval between two successive occurrences of a particular type of lineup of a planet with the Sun and the Earth is called the synodic period.

 

36.   How long the Sunspot cycle?

 

Option A. 3 Years

Option B. 11 Years

Option C. 26 Years

 

The answer is, 11 Years.

Sunspots can last for weeks or even years before dissipating. The number of sunspots varies over a multi-year cycle. Historical records going back to the 1700s reveal that this sunspot cycle is roughly eleven years long — though sometimes it is longer or shorter.

 

37.   In which following types of galaxies, the Andromeda Galaxy belongs to?

 

Option A. Elliptical

Option B. Spiral

Option C. Irregular

 

The answer is, Spiral.

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies belong to a subtype known as barred spirals, which make up two-thirds of the group. Barred spirals sport ribbons of stars, gas, and dust that cut across their centres. Scientists think the presence of a bar indicates that a galaxy has reached full maturity.

 

38.   Which unlucky Apollo lunar landing was cancelled after an oxygen tank exploded?

 

Option A. Apollo 12

Option B. Apollo 11

Option C. Apollo 13

 

The answer is, Apollo 13.

Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission's dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours into the flight forced the crew to abandon all thoughts of reaching the moon.

 

39.   There is only one planet in the solar system has a day which lasts longer than its year. Which one?

 

Option A. Venus

Option B. Jupiter

Option C. Saturn

 

The answer is, Venus.

The planet with the longest day is Venus, which takes 5832 hours to complete one rotation about its axis. One unique fact about Venus is that it completes the revolution around the Sun faster than rotation about its axis. This means that the length of a year in Venus is lesser than that of its day.

 

40.   Which spacecraft is the first manned spacecraft?

 


Option A. Sputnik 1

Option B. Vostok 1

Option C. Voyager 1

 

The answer is, Vostok 1.

Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to carry a human, Yuri A. Gagarin, into space, occurring 25 days prior to the first U.S. suborbital flight. Because of concerns of adverse reactions to due to experiencing weightlessness, the manual controls on the spacecraft were locked prior to launch and the entire flight was under the control of ground personnel.

 

 

 41.   Which star is nearest to the sun?

 

Option A. Vega

Option B. Proxima Centauri

Option C. Sirius

 

The answer is, PROXIMA CENTAURI.

Proxima Centauri is a small, low-mass star located 4.25 light-years away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Its Latin name means the 'nearest of Centaurus'. It was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes and is the nearest-known star to the Sun.

 

 

42.   Which gas is the main component of the atmosphere of Mars?

 

Option A. Nitrogen

Option B. Argon

Option C. Carbon Dioxide

 

The answer is, CARBON DIOXIDE.

Mars' atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and it has traces of oxygen, carbon monoxide, water, methane, and other gases, along with a lot of dust.

 

43.   On which day of the year does the summer solstice usually occur?

 

Option A. June 21

Option B. September 5

Option C. March 14

 

The answer is, JUNE 21.

The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (20 or 21 June) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (21 or 22 of December).

 

44.   Stars made off with what?

 

Option A. Hot Gas

Option B. Hot Rock

Option C. Hot Chocolate

 

The answer is, Hot Gas.

Stars are giant balls of hot gas – mostly hydrogen, with some helium and small amounts of other elements. Every star has its own life cycle, ranging from a few million to trillions of years, and its properties change as it ages.

45.   Where is the Sea of Tranquility?

 

Option A. Mars

Option B. Earth

Option C. Moon

 

The answer is, Moon.

Sea of Tranquility is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It is the first location on another celestial body to be visited by humans.

 

46.   How hot is the surface of the Sun?

 

Option A. 10000 °C

Option B. 5600 °C

Option C. 3500 °C

 

The answer is, 5600 °C.

The temperature at the surface of the Sun is about 10,000 Fahrenheit that is, 5600 Celsius. The temperature rises from the surface of the Sun inward towards the very hot center of the Sun where it reaches about 27,000,000 Fahrenheit that is, 15,000,000 Celsius.

 

47.   What is the name of our galaxy?

Option A. Milky Way

Option B. Betelgeuse

Option C. Ganymede

 

The answer is, Milky Way.

Our galaxy is called the Milky Way because it appears as a milky band of light in the sky when you see it in a really dark area. The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

 

48.   Which woman astronaut has set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman?

 

Option A. Peggy Whitson

Option B. Jessica Meir

Option C. Christina Koch

 

The correct answer is Christina Koch.

The longest-ever single spaceflight by a woman was accomplished by NASA astronaut Christina Koch. She spent 328 days on the ISS, surpassing the previous record set by fellow American Peggy Whitson.

49.   Which of the following space agencies uses a spacecraft named Hayabusa?

 

Option A. NASA

Option B. JAXA

Option C. CNES

 

The answer is, JAXA. (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Hayabusa is series of Japanese spacecraft that explored asteroids. The first Hayabusa studied the asteroid Itokawa and returned a sample container of dust grains to Earth in 2010.

 

50.   Who among the following was the first to explain that the rotation of the earth on its axis accounts for the daily rising and setting of the sun?

 

Option A. Aryabhata

Option B. Bhaskara

Option C. Varahamihira

 

The answer is, Aryabhata.

Aryabhatta, the famous Indian mathematician who discovered zero was the one who declared that the Earth rotates on its own axis. He also proved that the reason for the lunar eclipse is the shadow of the Earth.

 

 

 

 

 


 

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