Q 1 – Who gave the nebular hypothesis?
(a) Immanual Kant
(b) Aristotle
(c) Chamberlain
(d) none of these
(a) Immanual Kant.
Q 2 –When was nebular hypothesis revised?
(a) 1796
(b) 1900
(c) 1950
(d) 1920
(a) 1796
Q 3 –The sun is surrounded by
(a) solar nebula
(b) dust material
(c) none of them
(d) both of them
(a) solar nebula.
Q 4 –Who gave the Big Bang theory?
(a) Kant
(b) Chamberlain
(c) Edwin Hubble
(d) none of them
(c) Edwin Hubble.
Q 5 –When did the event of Big Bang take place?
(a) 13.6 million years ago
(b) 13.7 billion years ago
c) 4.6 billion years ago
(d) 4.6 million years ago
(b) 13.7 billion years ago.
Q 6 –A galaxy start to form a large cloud of hydrogen gas called
(a) Planet
(b) Earth
(c) Moon
(d) Nebula
(d) Nebula.
Q 7 –The size of the galaxies range from
(A) 80,000 to 150,000
(b) 80,000 to 160,000
(c) 50,000 to 180,000
(d) 60,150,000
(a) 80,000 to 150,000.
Q 8 –The formation of stars have taken place before
(a) 5 million years
(b) 5 billion years
(c) 6 million years
(d) 5 to 6 billion years ago
(d) 5 to 6 billion years ago.
Q 9 –A light year is a measure of
(a) distance
(b) time
(c) both
(d) none of them
(a) distance
Q 10 –What is the speed of light?
(a) 300,000 km/second
(b) 330,000 km/second
(c) 30,000 km/second
(d) 3.0 km/second
(a) 300.000 km/second.
Q 11 –One light year is equal to
(a) 9.461 × 1012 km
(b) 9.461 × 1011 km
(c) 9.4 × 1012 km
(d) none of these
(a) 9.461 × 1012 km.
Q 12 –The distance between the sun and the earth in terms of light years is
(a) 8.311 minutes
(b) 8.31 minutes
(c) 8.310 minutes
(d) 8.312 minutes
(a) 8.311 minutes
Q 13 –How many planets are there in the solar system?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 11
(a) 9.
Q 14 –From which of these our solar system has been formed?
(a) nebula
(b) dust grains
(c) planetesimal
(d) none of these
(a) nebula.
Q 15 –Which one is known as an inner planet?
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Earth
(d) all of them
(d) all of them
Q 16 –Which one is known as an outer planet
(a) Jupiter
(b) Saturn
(c) Neptune
(d) all of them
(d) all of them
Q 17 –Which one is known as a terrestrial planet?
(a) Venus
(b) Neptune
(c) Pluto
(d) none of them
(a) Venus.
Q 18 –What are Jovian or Gas Giant planets?
(a) Inner planets
(b) Outer planets
(c) none of these
(d) both of these
(b) Outer planets.
Q 19 –Planets were formed about ……….. years ago
(a) 4.6 billion
(b) 4.6 million
(c) 3.8 billion
(d) 3.8 million
(a) 4.6 billion.
Q 20 –Name the natural satellite
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Moon
(d) Earth
(c) Moon.
Q 21 –Initially, earth was a thin atmosphere mostly containing ‘
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Helium
(c) both
(d) none of them
(a) both.
Q 22 –What is the distance between the earth and the sun?
(a) 149.6 million kms
(b) 15.98 million kms
(c) 169.34 million kms
(d) 179.67 million kms.
(a) 149.6 million kms’
Q 23 –When were oceans formed
(a) 500 million years ago
(b) 500 billion years ago
(c) 50 million years ago
(d) 50 billion years ago
(a) 500 million years ago.
Q 24 –The oceans were formed within __________ from the formation of the earth.
(a) 500 million years ago
(b) 300 million years ago
(c) 400 million years ago
(d) 200 million years ago
(a) 500 million years ago
Q 25 –Which one of the following is not related to the formation or modification of the present atmosphere?
(a) Solar winds
(b) Differentiation
(c) Degassing
(d) Photosynthesis
(b) Differentiation
Q 26 –Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?
(a) These planets are smaller
(b) They could not hold the escaping gases
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
(c) Both a and b
Q 27 –The terrestrial planets were formed in the close vicinity of the
(a) Parent star
(b) Asteroids
(c) Escaping gases
(d) Outer planets
(a) Parent star
Q 28 –Which one of the following has the longest duration?
(a) Eons
(b) Period
(c) Era
(d) Epoch
:(a) Eons
Q 29 –Firstly life on the earth was originated in
(a) Water
(b) Air
(c) Plain land
(d) Mountains
(a) Water
Q 30 –The wrong statement in relation to terrestrial planets is
(a) they are formed at quite a distant location.
(b) they have low gravitational pull.
(c) they could not hold the escaping gases.
(d) they are made up of rocks and metal, and have relatively high densities
(a) they are formed at quite a distant location.
Q 31 –Water vapours and gases in the atmosphere were contributed by
(a) magnetism
(b) seismic activities
(c) volcanism
(d) tectonic activity
(c) volcanism
Q 32 –Which one of the following experts gave the nebular hypothesis?
(a) Immunal kant
(b) Lalpace
(c) Chamberlain
(d) Moulton
(b) Lalpace
Q 33 –What is the diameter of Galaxies?
(a) Between 80 thousands to 1, 50,000 light years
(b) Between 70 thousands to 1, 30,000 light years
(c) Between 50 thousands to 1, 10,000 light years
(d) Between 30 thousands to 1, 20,000 light years
(a) Between 80 thousands to 1, 50,000 light years
Q 34 –Fossils are
(a) remains of plants and animals in the rocks
(b) the old rocks
(c) the old books related to the origin of the earth
(d) the dust particles
(a) remains of plants and animals in the rocks’
Q 35 –The inner planets mean
(a) Planets between the sun and the earth
(b) Planets between the sun and the belt of asteroids
(c) Planets in gaseous state
(d) Planets without satellite(s)
(b) Planets between the sun and the belt of asteroids
Q 36 –What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun?
(a) 149.6 Millions kms
(b) 15.98 Millions kms
(c) 169.34 Millions kms
(d) 179.67 Millions kms
(a) 149.6 Millions kms
Q 37 –Expansion of universe means
(a) increase in the number of stars.
(b) increase in space between the galaxies.
(c) discovery of new celestial bodies.
(d) increase in the speed of rotation of planets.
.(b) increase in space between the galaxies.
Q 38 –Which one of the following experts gave the Collision Hypothesis?
(a) Immunal kant
(b) Lalpace
(c) Chamberlain
(d) Sir James and Harold Jeffrey
(d) Sir James and Harold Jeffrey
Q 39 –Who suggested that the earth and the moon formed a single rapidly rotating body?
(a) Sir George
(b) Sir Chamberlain
(c) Sir Moulton
(d) None of these
(a) Sir George
Q 40 –Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?
(a) These planets are smaller
(b) They could not hold the escaping gases
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
(c) Both a and b