OUR UNIVERSE
Alcoholic drinks contain---------------Ethyl alcohol
Jamini Roy is a famous-----------------Painter Calcium is required by human body for------Strong teeth and for strong bone What is Muntz Metal?------An alloy containing copper and zinc in the proportion of 3:2 The first man to reach south pole was---------Amundson What is Interpol?---------International Police In how many fields the nobel prize is awarded?------6 Who is the writer of "Swami and Friends"------------R.K.Narayan Which is the brighest star in our solar system?------Sirius The earths annual circuit round the sun covers a distance of----------966 million km The speed per minute at which the earth revolves round the sun is-------more than 1600 km Which gas is most predominent in the sun?-----------Hydrogen The time taken by the Uranus to revolve round the sun is approximately?---------84 years Which is the brighest planet as seen from the earth?--------------Venus The distance between the earth and the sun is greatest during------------Aphelion The earth rotates on its axis from----------West to East On which of the following planets of solar system does the sun rise in the west and set in the east?----------Venus The planet Pluto's orbit around the sun takes about-----------------248 years The biggest star in our galaxy is----------------Sun The nearest star to earth (excepting the sun), in our galaxy is---------Proxima centuri Who was the first to observe sun-spots?------------Galileo What is the sun-spots?-----------These are cooler areas which move about on the sun's surface and show up as dark spots. The only planet in the solar system which rotate on its axis from East to West is--------------Uranus |
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What is the distance between the earth and the sun?--------150 x 10*10*10*10*10*10 km
How many times is sun bigger in size than the earth?-------109 times
When was neutron,one of the particles of an atom,discovered?--------1932
The sun's heat and light energy reaches the earth by which mode of transmission?-----------Radiation
How many days does the moon take to return to the same position among the constellations?----28 days
Which planet takes the least time to complete one revolution around the sun?-------Mercury
Name two planets which appear as 'moving star' in the eastern sky and 'evening star' in the western sky.-------Mercury and Venus
Name two planets lying between the sun & the earth.--------Mercury and Venus
Who was the first to determine that the day on the mars was,like ours,roughly 24 hours long?-----Giordano Bruno
How long does a sun-ray take to travel from the sun to the earth?----------500 seconds
The comet named after Edmund Halley,reappears after the time interval of every---------76 years
Titan,the largest moon in the solr system, is also the largest moon of-----------Saturn
Who was the first person to measure the size of another planet----------Christian Huygens
Who was the first to speculate that Venus is completely covered with clouds-------Christian Huygens
The atoms are composed of how many kinds of elementary particles?---------Three
What name is given to the path of the sun amongst the stars in our galaxy?-------Ecliptic
The visible part of the sun is called------Ionosphere
Which of the planets reflects back to space the highest percentage of light it receives from the sun than any other planet of the solar system?----Venus
How many times is sun bigger in size than the earth?-------109 times
When was neutron,one of the particles of an atom,discovered?--------1932
The sun's heat and light energy reaches the earth by which mode of transmission?-----------Radiation
How many days does the moon take to return to the same position among the constellations?----28 days
Which planet takes the least time to complete one revolution around the sun?-------Mercury
Name two planets which appear as 'moving star' in the eastern sky and 'evening star' in the western sky.-------Mercury and Venus
Name two planets lying between the sun & the earth.--------Mercury and Venus
Who was the first to determine that the day on the mars was,like ours,roughly 24 hours long?-----Giordano Bruno
How long does a sun-ray take to travel from the sun to the earth?----------500 seconds
The comet named after Edmund Halley,reappears after the time interval of every---------76 years
Titan,the largest moon in the solr system, is also the largest moon of-----------Saturn
Who was the first person to measure the size of another planet----------Christian Huygens
Who was the first to speculate that Venus is completely covered with clouds-------Christian Huygens
The atoms are composed of how many kinds of elementary particles?---------Three
What name is given to the path of the sun amongst the stars in our galaxy?-------Ecliptic
The visible part of the sun is called------Ionosphere
Which of the planets reflects back to space the highest percentage of light it receives from the sun than any other planet of the solar system?----Venus
Who wrote the book "Harmonies of the World"?---------Johannes Kepler
What will happen if the Earth were to stop its rotatory motion on its axis?-------There will be no day and night as at present In which part of the solar system is the sun located?---------Approx. at the centre of the system Which of the planets turns on its axis in 24 hours and 37 minutes?-------Mars Who was the first to measure the distnce round the earth?----------Eratosthenes What percentage of the irregular surface of the Earth is covered with water?---------80 % Which planet was for the first time observed in 1930?----------Pluto Which of planets has almost the same mass,size and density as the Earth?------------Venus The temperature at the surface of the sun and its centre is respectively,about------6000 k |
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