THE UNIVERSE MCQS SET 01

THE UNIVERSE MCQS SET 01

1. Which of the following planets is known as 'Morning Star'?
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Ans: (b)
 

2. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (c)
 

3. Which planet is known as the 'Watery Planet' ?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Ans: (b)
 

4. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
(a) Mercury
(b) Mars
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (b)
 

5. The correct sequence of planets in the descending order of their equatorial diameter is :
(a) Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Earth
(b) Earth, Mars, Mercury, Uranus
(c) Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Earth
(d) Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Ans: (d)
 

6. Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets?
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
(d) Earth
Ans: (d)
 

7. In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?
(a) Saturn
(b) Jupiter
(c) Neptune
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
 

8. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
(a) Earth and Jupiter
(b) Jupiter and Saturn
(c) Saturn and Earth
(d) Saturn and Neptune
Ans: (b)
 

9. The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because:
(a) it gets hidden behind Venus
(b) it goes too far away from the Earth
(c) it being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
(d) it cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.
Ans: (c)
 

10. Comets revolve around:
(a) sun
(b) earth
(c) venus
(d) no single heavenly body
Ans: (a)