Gk Questions interview questions – page 105

What is the most massive star known so far?

1. Altair
2. Proxima Centauri
3. Sun
4. Eta Carinae

The smallest star in the universe known so far is

1. Gliese 623b
2. Proxima Centauri
3. Sirius
4. None of the above

Lunar Sea refers to

1. A large water body illuminated by the moon light
2. A dark plain on the moon
3. A sea on earth which experiences high tides due to gravitational attraction of the moon
4. A small sea on the moon

To a space traveler on moon, the lunar sky during day time appears

1. White
2. Blue
3. Red
4. Black

The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by

1. Rotation of the sun on its axis
2. Gravitation and centrifugal force
3. The rotation and density
4. Their great size and spherical shape

The distance between the Earth and the Sun (in million kms.) is

1. 111
2. 121
3. 149
4. 168

The light coming from stars gives the idea of their

1. Density
2. Mass
3. Size
4. Rotational speed

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

1. Apogee
2. Aphelion
3. Perigee
4. Perihelion

The unit of measuring distances between the stars is known as

1. Light year
2. Stellar mile
3. Cosmic kilometer
4. Galactic unit

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

1. Circular and elliptic
2. Parabolic and hyperbolic
3. Elliptic and parabolic
4. Circular and hyperbolic

Which of the following river is known as India’s River of Sorrow?

1. Hooghly
2. Damodar
3. Ghaghara
4. Kosi

Which of the following is the longest river in India?

1. Godavari
2. Ganga
3. Brahmaputra
4. Narmada

The planet that lies at the outermost orbit of the Solar system is

1. Neptune
2. Saturn
3. Mercury
4. Pluto

The largest planet of the solar system is

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Earth
4. Mars

Parsec is the unit of measurement of

1. Orbital velocity of giant stars
2. Brightness of heavenly bodies
3. Astronomical distance
4. Density of stars

The planet that has no satellite is

1. Pluto
2. Mars
3. Uranus
4. Neptune

Which of the following is the brightest planet?

1. Mercury
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Venus

Which constellations appear to pass through the Zodiac?

1. Cancer and Great bear
2. Orion and Scorpio
3. Leo and Orion
4. Scorpio and Cancer

Planets nearest to the Sun are

1. Mercury and Uranus
2. Mercury and Venus
3. Mercury and Mars
4. Earth and Mercury

Halley’s comet appears once in a period of

1. 24 years
2. 32 years
3. 76 years
4. 84 years

The smallest planet is

1. Uranus
2. Venus
3. Pluto
4. Mercury

Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the Universe?

1. Cosmology
2. Cosmography
3. Astronomy
4. Geomorphology

Huge congregations of stars that are held together by the force of gravity are known as

1. Comets
2. Galaxies
3. Solar systems
4. Constellations

Which planet of the solar system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?

1. Jupiter
2. Saturn
3. Mercury
4. Earth

Which one of the following planets is at the farthest distance from the earth?

1. Neptune
2. Saturn
3. Mars
4. Jupiter

The Nilgiri hills are located in the state of

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Bihar
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Madhya Pradesh

The Chhotanagpur plateau is a

1. Pediplain
2. Foredeep
3. Peneplain
4. Depression

Aravalli ranges are an example of

1. Volcanic mountains
2. Folded mountains
3. Block mountains
4. Residual mountains

Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in

1. Baluchistan
2. Myanmar
3. Nepal
4. Kashmir

“Everything else can wait, but not agriculture”. The statement is attributed to

1. Sardar Patel
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. J.L. Nehru
4. Jagjivan Ram