CH - 1 STARS & GALAXY

WHAT IS A PATTERN OF STARS IDENTIFIABLE IN THE NIGHT SKY CALLED ?

• GALAXY

• CONSTELLATION

• SUPERNOVA

• NEBULA

WHICH COLOUR OF STARS IS THE HOTTEST? ?

• RED

• WHITE

• GREEN

• BLUE

WHICH IS THE CLOSEST STAR TO SUN ?

• PROXIMA CENTAURI

• SIRIUS

• ALPHA CENTAURI

• MERCURY

The position of a planet when it is nearest to the Sun is called ?

• APOGEE

• APHELION

• PERIGEE

• PERIHELION

The unit of measuring distances between the stars is known as ?

• Light year

• Stellar mile

• Cosmic kilometer

• Galactic unit

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

• Circular and elliptic

• Parabolic and hyperbolic

• Elliptic and parabolic

• Circular and hyperbolic

On which of the following planets of the solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

The ‘Sea of Tranquility’ is on.

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

• Uranus

Halley’s comet appears once in a period of.

• 24 years

• 24 years

• 76 years

• 84 years

The planet that has no satellite is.

• Pluto

• Mars

• Uranus

• Saturn