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Which of the following planets are the inner planets?
1. Mercury
2. Jupiter
3. Venus
4. Earth
5. Mars
6. Saturn
Select the correct answer using the code given above:
1, 3, 4 and 5 only
1, 3 and 4 only
2, 3, 4 and 6 only
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Consider the following statements about the difference between the Terrestrial and the Jovian planets:
1. The Terrestrial planets have higher densities than the Jovian planets.
2. The Terrestrial planets are smaller than the Jovian planets.
3. The Jovian planets have lower gravity than the Terrestrial planets.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 and 2 only
2 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
Consider the following statements about the Moon:
1. The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth.
2. The formation of the Moon is an outcome of the ‘Giant Impact’, called “the Big Splat”.
3. Neither Mercury nor Venus has any Moons at all.
Consider the following statements:
1. Moon can only be seen once in a month.
2. The day of full moon is called Poornima. Which of the above statements is/are correct:
1 Only
2 Only
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
Which of the following planets have rings around them:
1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Mars
4. Uranus
Choose from the following options:
1 and 2 Only
1, 2 and 3 Only
2, 3 and 4 Only
1, 2 and 4 Only
Which of the following assumptions is/are correct about the “Nebular Hypothesis” of the origin of the Earth?
1. The planets were formed out of a cloud of material associated with a youthful Sun.
2. A wandering star approached the Sun and slowly condensed into planets.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1 only
Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements about the Big Bang Theory:
1. It considered the universe to be roughly the same at any point of time.
2. It is also called the Expanding Universe Hypothesis.
3. It was proposed by Edwin Hubble.
1 and 3 only
Consider the following statements about star formation:
1. The matter and energy were evenly distributed in the early universe.
2. The formation of the stars is believed to have taken place some 5-6 billion years ago.
3. A light year is a measure of time.
Which of the following stages represents the correct order for the formation of the planets?
1. A rotating disc of gas and dust develops around the gas core.
2. The gravitational force within the lumps leads to the formation of a core to the gas cloud.
3. The gas cloud starts getting condensed and the matter around the core develops into small- rounded objects.
4. Larger bodies start forming by collision and gravitational attraction causes the material to stick together.
1 2 4 3
2 1 4 3
2 1 3 4
1 2 3 4
1. The imaginary horizontal lines drawn on the surface of earth for representing different locations as measured from the centre of earth are called latitudes.
2. The axis of earth is one of such latitudes.
3. The latitude of equator divides earth into two equal parts.
Which of the above statements is/are correct:
2 and 3 Only
1 and 3 Only
All are Correct
The largest circular storm in our solar system is on the surface of which of the following planets?
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
Earth
Rounded to the nearest day, the Mercurian year is equal to:
111 days
88 days
50 days
25 days
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:
a conjunction
an opposition
a sidereal period
synodic period.
The sunspot cycle is:
3 years
11 years
26 years
49 years
One of the largest volcanos in our solar system-if not the largest-is named Olympus Moons. This volcano is located on:
Saturn
Mars