Space English

Question. Which planet in the solar system has most moons?

Ans: Jupiter

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Question. The spring tides,when the tides are most pronounced, occur on

Ans: New Moon Days,When the moon is in Quadrature

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Question. On the Full Moon Day when the Sun is in Scorpio the moon is called

Ans: the Hunters Moon

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Question. On a certain full Moon day when the Sun is in Libra the Moon will rise exactly when the Sun sets. The Moon on that night is called

Ans: the Harvest Moon

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Question. A few days before and also after the Full Moon, her luminosity is more than a semi-circle,she is said to be

Ans: gibbous

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Question. Master Control facility to track satellites in India is at

Ans: Hassan

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Question. The gravitational pull on the Moon is

Ans: 1/6 of the Earth

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Question. Can you see a star between the horns of a Crescent Moon ?

Ans: No

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Question. A simple instrument by which solar time(based on the Sun's motion) at any instant can be found by finding the position of shadow cast by a rod on a graduated plate is called

Ans: Sun dial

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Question. The time taken by the Earth to rotate once about its axis is called

Ans: Sidereal day

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Question. When the luminous Moon looks exactly like a semi-cirlce, she is said to be

Ans: quadrature

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Question. The calendar is based on the

Ans: Solar year

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Question. In the southern hemisphere, the hottest period is

Ans: 1st week of February

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Question. June 22, when the Sun is on the Tropic of Cancer, is the longest day. if it is in the northern hemisphere it is

Ans: not the hottest day

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Question. When it is spring in the Northern hemisphere, in the southern hemisphere it is

Ans: autumn

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Question. On June 22 and December22, the Sun is away from the Earth; these two days are called

Ans: solstices

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Question. On March 21 and September23, the Sun crosses the equator. The two days are called

Ans: equinoxes

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Question. The length of time between the rising and setting of the Sun at all places on the Earth is

Ans: depends upon the latitude of the place

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Question. Even though Pluto is usually the farthest planet, its path is highly ecliptical, crossing inside the path of some other planets. As a result, for a period of twenty years from 1979, the farthest planet is not Pluto, but

Ans: Neptune

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Question. The time taken by the Uranus to revolve round the Sun is approximately

Ans: 84 Years

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Question. Which star is brighter Sun ?

Ans: Egin Star

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Question. How much time is required for the sunlight to reach the earth ?

Ans: 8 min

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Question. Which planet was first found in space ?

Ans: Sun

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Question. Which of the following is responsible for life on the Earth ?

Ans: Sun

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Question. The Moon has no atmosphere because

Ans: Of its thinnes

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Question. Once in how many years calendars will be alike ?

Ans: 12

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Question. Which planet has a lot of satellites ?

Ans: Saturn

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Question. When does Solar Eclipse take place ?

Ans: When the temperature of the Sun reaches to a superlative degree

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Question. Who discovered the Earth's revolution ?

Ans: Copernicus

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Question. Space Application Centre is in

Ans: Ahmedabad

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Question. When you go higher up in the atmosphere, the first layer of its known as

Ans: Troposphere

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Question. The rotation of the Earth causes

Ans: Days and nights

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Question. The Theory of Expanding Universe was first propounded by

Ans: Newton

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Question. If the Earth had no satellite of its own(ie. the Moon), which of the following phenomena will not occur?

Ans: Spring tie

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Question. A star which explodes and throws off a bright outer shell of gas is known as

Ans: Nova

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Question. The biggest star in our galaxy is

Ans: Proxima Centauri

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Question. The nearest star to Earth(Excepting Sun) in our galaxy is

Ans: Proxima Centauri

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Question. Who was the first to observe Sun spots ?

Ans: Galileo

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Question. Which of the following planets takes very nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the Earth ?

Ans: Mars

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Question. In which year did man first step out o the moon ?

Ans: 1969

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Question. The largest number of natural satellites(or moons) that any one of the planets of the Solar System has is

Ans: 17

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Question. What quantity of hydrogen in the Sun is converted into helium every second ?

Ans: 4 x 1011grams

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Question. How many hydrogen nuclei combine to form a nucleus of helium in the Sun, with an attendant release of a gamma-ray photon ?

Ans: 4

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Question. Titan, the largest Moon in the Solar System, is also the largest Moon of

Ans: Mars

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Question. What name is given to the path of the Sun amongst the stars in our galaxy ?

Ans: Ecliptic

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Question. The visible part of the Sun is called

Ans: photosphere

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Question. The radius of which of the following is 7 x 105 kilometers ?

Ans: Sun

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Question. The Sun shines vertically on the Equator

Ans: Twice a year