Universe General Knowledge MCQs - 14

Universe General Knowledge MCQs - 14

1. Comets are luminous celestial bodies moving round the __________.
(a) Sun ✓
(b) Moon
(c) Earth
(d) Jupiter

2. On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Mars
(c) Venus ✓
(d) Saturn

3. On another planet, the local terminology for earth, water, light, air and sky are ‘sky’, ‘light’, ‘airr, ‘water’, and ‘earth’, respectively. If someone is thirsty there, what would he drink?
(a) Sky
(b) Water
(c) Air
(d) Light ✓

4. Which planet is known as “Earth’s near twin planet”?
(a) Mercury
(b) Mars
(c) Venus ✓
(d) Neptune

5. Which planet is the least dense?
(a) Mercury
(b) Mars
(c) Saturn ✓
(d) Earth

6. The time taken by the Uranus to revolve round the sun is approximately
(a) 76 years
(b) 80 years
(c) 84 years ✓
(d) 90 years

7. Which of the following planets orbits around the sun in a clockwise direction from east to west?
(a) Earth
(b) Jupiter
(c) Mercury
(d) Uranus ✓

8. The earth revolves around the sun at a speed of__________.
(a) 18.5 km/sec
(b) 26.6 km/sec
(c) 29 km/sec ✓
(d) 31.9 km/sec

9. Who, amongst the following, was the first to measure the distance round the earth?
(a) Eratosthenes ✓
(b) Euclid
(c) Happarchus
(d) Thales of Miletus

10. Which is known as “Earth’s near twin planet”?
(a) Uranus ✓
(b) Earth
(c) Venus
(d) Saturn

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