Universe General Knowledge MCQs - 6

Universe General Knowledge MCQs - 6

1. The visible part of the sun is called __________.
(a) Ionosphere
(b) Hydrosphere
(c) Photosphere ✓
(d) Troposphere

42. When and by whom were the rings of Saturn discovered?
(a) Galileo; 1610 ✓
(b) Edmund Halley; 1682
(c) Newton; 1682
(d) Tycho Brahe; 1590

43. Light takes nearly 4 years to reach us from the nearest star. What is the distance between that star and the earth?
(a) 2.18 x 1016m
(b) 2.58 x 1016m
(c) 3.18 x 1016m
(d) 3.78 x 1016m ✓

44. “Galileo Satellites”, named after their discoverer, are four large moons of the planet __________.
(a) Jupiter ✓
(b) Neptune
(c) Saturn
(d) Uranus

45. Titan, the largest moon in the solar system, is also the largest moon of __________.
(a) Jupiter
(b) Mars
(c) Saturn ✓
(d) Uranus

46. Who was the first to speculate that Venus is completely covered with clouds?
(a) Christian Huygens ✓
(b) Giordano Bruno
(c) Copernicus
(d) Descasrtes

47. Who was the first to determine that the day on the Mars was, like ours, roughly twently-four hours long?
(a) Isaac Newton
(b) Copernicus
(c) Giordano Burno ✓
(d) Christians Huygens

48. How long does a sun-ray take to travel from the sun to the earth?
(a) 400 sec
(b) 450 sec
(c) 498 sec ✓
(d) 600 sec

49. The comet, named after Edmund Halley, reappears after a time interval of every __________.
(a) 36 years
(b) 76 years ✓
(c) 116 years
(d) 156 years

50. A Comet __________.
(a) Has a tail always pointing away from the sun ✓
(b) Has a tail always pointing towards the sun
(c) Has a tail, sometimes pointing towards the sun and sometimes away from it
(d) Has no tail at all


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