World Geography - Part 1
-The Universe-
competitive exams in India.
World Geography General Knowledge Questions for Competitive test planning and Interview, for those up-and-comers who are getting ready for Competitive assessments and GK Interview
●The Universe●
1. Which of the subsequent planets is understood as 'Morning Star'?
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Ans: (b)
2. Which planet of the system spins on its axis at the fastest rate?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (c)
3. Which planet is understood because the 'Watery Planet' ?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Ans: (b)
4. Which planet looks reddish within the night sky? [Hotel Management 1991]
(a) Mercury
(b) Mars
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (b)
5. the right sequence of planets within the descending order of their equatorial diameter is :
(a) Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Earth
(b) Earth, Mars, Mercury, Uranus
(c) Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Earth
(d) Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Ans: (d)
6. Which of the subsequent is that the largest of the inner planets? [IAS 1990]
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
(d) Earth
Ans: (d)
7. In 1610, Galileo discovered four moons of which planet?
(a) Saturn
(b) Jupiter
(c) Neptune
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
8. so as of their distances from the Sun, which of the subsequent planets lie between
Mars and Uranus? [IAS 2008]
(a) Earth and Jupiter
(b) Jupiter and Saturn
(c) Saturn and Earth
(d) Saturn and Neptune
Ans: (b)
9. the earth Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because:
(a) it gets hidden behind Venus
(b) it goes too distant from the world
(c) it being too on the brink of the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
(d) it can't be seen in the dark as at that point no sunlight falls thereon .
Ans: (c)
10. Comets revolve around: [NDA 1990]
(a) sun
(b) earth
(c) venus
(d) no single heavenly body
Ans: (a)
11. Which two planets of the system haven't any satellites?
(a) Mercury and Venus
(b) Venus and Mars
(c) Mercury and Mars
(d) Venus and Neptune
Ans: (a)
12. The planet having thirteen moons is :
(a) Venus
(b) Mars
(c) Uranus
(d) Neptune
Ans: (d)
13. 'The length of its day and therefore the tilt of its axis are almost just like those of the earth'.
This is true of: [IAS 2003, 1994]
(a) Uranus
(b) Neptune
(c) Saturn
(d) Mars
Ans: (d)
14. the most well liked planet is : [CPO SI 2002]
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (b)
15. Which of the subsequent is that the brightest planet? [Bank PO 1991]
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter
Ans: (b)
Also Read : Indian Geography GK
16. Which of the planets is nearest to the earth? [Asstt Grade 1993]
(a) Jupiter
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Mars
Ans: (b)
17. Which planet is understood because the Earth's Twin?
(a) Venus
(b) Mars
(c) Uranus
(d) Neptune
Ans: (a)
18. Which one among the subsequent planets takes an equivalent number of days for rotation and
revolution?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Mercury
(d) Jupiter
Ans: (b)
19. On which of the subsequent planets of the system does the sun rise within the west and
set in the east?
(a) Venus
(b) Mars
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (a)
20. Which of the subsequent planets of the system has the longest day? [IAS 2003, CDS
1994]
(a) Mercury
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus
(d) Earth
Ans: (c)
21. Match the following:
A. Largest Planet 1. Mercury
B. Brightest Planet 2. Jupiter
C. Densest Planet 3. Earth
D. Smallest Planet 4. Venus
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 2 4 3 1
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 3 4 2 1
Ans: (b)
22. the precise time taken by the world for single rotation on its own axis is: [RRB 1991]
(a) 24 hrs
(b) 24 hrs 35 sec
(c) 23 hrs 50 minutes 7.2 sec
(d) 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 sec
Ans: (d)
23. Match the following:
Planet Gases in atmosphere
A. Venus 1. Hydrogen and helium
B. Mars 2. Hydrogen, helium, ammonia, methane
C. Saturn 3. Carbon dioxide, amonia and methane
D. Jupiter 4. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 2 1 4 3
Ans: (a)
24. Consider the following astral bodies:
1. Sirius
2. Venus
3. Mars
The correct sequence in decreasing order of their brightness is : [CDS 1999]
(a) 2, 3, 1
(b) 1, 2, 3
(c) 3, 2, 1
(d) 2, 1, 3
Ans: (d)
25. Lunar Sea refers to :
(a) a small sea on the moon
(b) a sea on earth which experiences high tides thanks to gravity of the moon
(c) a dark plain on the moon
(d) a light-weight water body illuminated by the moon-light
Ans: (c)
Also Read : Indian Geography GK
26. 'Parsec' is the unit of measurement of:
(a) density of stars
(b) astronomical distance
(c) brightness of heavenly bodies
(d) orbital velocity of giant stars
Ans: (b)
27. The sunspots cause: [UP PCS 1995]
(a) aurora borealis and aurora australis
(b) magnetic storms on the surface of the sun
(c) polar auroras
(d) all of these
Ans: (d)
28. the sunshine coming from stars gives the thought of their:
(a) size
(b) rotational speed
(c) mass
(d) temperature
Ans: (d)
29. The Milky way extends through a distance:
(a) 1 light year
(b) 8 light years
(c) 105
light years
(d) 1010 light years
Ans: (c)
30. the amount of 1 revolution of sun round the centre of galaxy is called:
(a) Parsec
(b) Astronomical year
(c) Cosmic year
(d) Light year
Ans: (c)
31. Super Nova is : [CDS 1994]
(a) an asteroid
(b) a black hole
(c) a comet
(d) a dying star
Ans: (d)
Ans: (d)
32. The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they really are. This due to:
(a) vertical motion of these heavenly bodies
(b) motions of the earth
(c) atmospheric refraction
(d) these are visible due to light of the sun reflected from their surface
Ans: (c)
33. Match the following:
A. Waxing and waning of moon
B. The coning dark shadow
C. The zone of faint shadow
D. A hollow sphere of infinite radius at the centre of which our earth lies
1. Umbra Zone
2. Penumbra Zone
3. Celestial sphere
4. Phases of the moon
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 3 2 4 1
Ans: (c)
34. an equivalent side of the moon always faces the world because: [Railways 1994]
(a) Moon and the Earth have gravitational force
(b) Moon cannot change its position
(c) the amount of rotation of the moon its axis and period of revolution around' the world
is almost the same
(d) the amount of rotation of the Moon isn't adequate to the amount of rotation of the world
Ans: (c)
35. Who of the subsequent discovered the laws of planetary orbits? [Asstt Comm 2008]
(a) Galileo Galilei
(b) Nicholas Copernicus
(c) Johanries Kepler
(d) Isaac Newton
Ans: (c)
36. Twelve constellations mentioned as zodiac are: [IAS 1989]
(a) signs of Roman gods
(b) imaginary region that encompass the trail of the planets
(c) a group of stars
(d) none of these
Ans: (c)
37. The term 'meteor' is applied to an interplanetary body:
(a) after it enters the atmosphere of the world
(b) after it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in mid air as a ball of fireside
(c) after it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without
exploding in mid-air
(d) before it enters the earth's atmosphere
Ans: (b)
38. Which one among the subsequent statements regarding Shooting Stars is wrong ? [NDA
1995]
(a) They are meteors
(b) they're the debris which got separated from a comet
(c) They emit light thanks to extremely heat caused by friction while they're
passing through earth's atmosphere
(d) They are a kind of a star
Ans: (d)
Also Read : Indian Geography GK
39. The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by :
(a) their great size and spherical shape
(b) the rotation and density
(c) gravitation and centrifugal force
(d) rotation of the sun on its axis
Ans: (c)
40. the space of the closest star besides the sun from the world is :
(a) 4.9 x 1111m
(b) 95 x1015 m
(c) 4.3 light years
(d) 4.2 light years
Ans: (d)
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