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GK/Everyday Science

The outermost layer of the sun is called:

A. Lithosphere
B. Chromo sphere
C. Corona
D. Photosphere

To a space traveler on moon, the lunar sky during day time appears:

A. White
B. Blue
C. Black
D. Red

The North Star is a part of the constellation:

A. Orion
B. Big Dipper
C. Little dipper
D. None of these

The change in colours of stars arises due to:

A. Variation in their distance from the earth
B. Variation in their surface temperature
C. Fluctuations in their composition and size
D. Irregular absorption or scattering in earth's atmosphere

The planet that has no satellite is:

A. Mars
B. Mercury
C. Venus
D. Both b & c

The fastest rotating planet is Mercury and the fastest spinning planet is:

A. Saturn
B. Jupiter
C. Mercury
D. None of these

The orbits of planets around the sun, or of satellite around the earth can be:

A. Circular and elliptic
B. Circular and hyperbolic
C. Elliptic and parabolic
D. Parabolic and hyperbolic

Which of the following is brightest planet?

A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Mars
D. Jupiter

Planet nearest to the sun are:

A. Mercury and Mars
B. Mercury and Venus
C. Earth and Mercury
D. Mercury and Uranus

The planet having 27 moons is:

A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune

A terrestrial planet is a planet of:

A. A dense, rocky body
B. Low density balls of gas
C. High density balls of gas
D. None of these

The distance between the earth and the sun in million kms is:

A. 111
B. 149
C. 200
D. 188

The hottest planet is:

A. Mercury
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn

Which one of the following planets takes the same number of days for rotation and revolution?

A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Saturn

Lunar eclipse occurs on:

A. New moon
B. Full moon
C. Half moon
D. Quarter moon

Jupiter is larger than the earth by about:

A. 5 times
B. 11 times
C. 20 times
D. 25 times

Halley's comet appears once in a period of:

A. 24 years
B. 30 years
C. 76 years
D. 80 years

The Saturn rings were discovered by:

A. Copernicus
B. Newton
C. Galileo
D. None of these

Which planet is known as the Earth's Twin?

A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune

Which of the following is known as the "Red Planet"?

A. Mercury
B. Mars
C. Saturn
D. Venus

The position of a planet when it is nearest to the sun, is called

A. Perihelion
B. Aphelion
C. Apogee
D. Perigee

Comets revolved around:

A. Earth
B. Sun
C. Venus
D. No single heavenly body

Moon is called a satellite of the earth because

A. It is much smaller than the earth
B. It revolves around the sun
C. It has no light of his own
D. It produces tides in earth

Which one of the following is not a satellite of Jupiter?

A. Callisto
B. Lo
C. Europa
D. Titan

Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the:

A. Earth on the moon
B. Earth on the sun
C. Sun and the moon on earth
D. Moon on earth