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  1. Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?

  2. A.

     Mercury

    B.

     Earth

    C.

     Jupiter

    D.

     Saturn


  3. To a space traveller on moon, the lunar sky during day time appears ________

  4. A.

     White

    B.

     Blue

    C.

     Black

    D.

     Red


  5. The time required by moonlight to reach the earth is ________

  6. A.

     1 sec

    B.

     1.3 sec

    C.

     2 sec

    D.

     2.3 sec


  7. Comets moves around the

  8. A.

     Earth

    B.

     Venus

    C.

     Sun

    D.

     Jupiter


  9. The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by ________

  10. A.

     Their great size and spherical shape

    B.

     The rotation and density

    C.

     Gravitation and centrifugal force

    D.

     Rotation of the sun on its axis


  11. Which of the following celestial bodies bear, 'The Sea of Tranquility' and 'The Ocean of Storms' ?

  12. A.

     Mars

    B.

     Venus

    C.

     Moon

    D.

     Sun


  13. Who founded the word "Geography"?

  14. A.

     Ptolemy

    B.

     Eratosthenes

    C.

     Hicatus

    D.

     Herodotus


  15. The Saturn rings were discovered by ________

  16. A.

     Copernicus

    B.

     Newton

    C.

     Galileo

    D.

     None of these


  17. The same side of the moon always faces the Earth because ________

  18. A.

     Moon and the Earth have gravitational force

    B.

     Moon cannot change its position

    C.

     The period of rotation of the Moon on its axis and period of revolution around' the Earth is almost the same

    D.

     The period of rotation of the Moon is not equal to the period of rotation of the Earth


  19. The orbits of planets around the Sun, or of satellites around the Earth, can be ________

  20. A.

     Circular and elliptic

    B.

     Circular and hyperbolic

    C.

     Elliptic and parabolic

    D.

     Parabolic and hyperbolic