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Gurukulam Quiz (Space)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the brightest event ever observed?

a)

Super Nova

b)

Nebula

c)

Gamma - Ray Burst

d)

Collapsing Star

2.

Who discovered Black Hole?

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Nicholas Copernicus

d)

Johannes Kepler

3.

How much time does sun rays take to reach the earth?

a)

8 hours

b)

8 seconds

c)

8 days

d)

8 minutes

4.

Which planet do most asteroids orbit?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Sun

d)

Pluto

5.

Which of these American astronomers discovered Pluto in 1930?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Harlow Shapley

c)

Clyde Tombaugh

d)

Edwin Hubble

6.

Who suggested that the sun is in the middle of the universe and not the earth?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Tycho Brahe

d)

Aryabhata

7.

Farthest we can see in space.

a)

32 billion light years

b)

24 billion light years

c)

32 million light years

d)

24 million light years

8.

The milky way galaxy is classified as ______

a)

Spiral Galaxy

b)

Round Galaxy

c)

Electric Galaxy

d)

Irregular Galaxy

9.

What does the colour of a star indicate?

a)

Distance from the Sun

b)

Lighting or Glow

c)

Distance from the Earth

d)

Temperature

10.

The 'Bing Bang Theory' is related to which of the following?

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Origin of the Universe

c)

Origin of Himalayas

d)

Eruption of Volcanoes

11.

Which of the following planet of the solar system is associated with the Goldilocks Zone?

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

12.

Triton is the moon of which planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

13.

Which is the brightest star outside the Solar System?

a)

Sirius

b)

Alpha Centauri

c)

Proxima Centauri

d)

Beta Centauri

14.

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."

Who said the above words?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Johannes Keples

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Galileo Galilei

15.

Identify the famous person

a)

Timothy Berners - Lee

b)

Neil Degrasse Tyson

c)

James Watson

d)

Peter Higgs