ASTRO SCIENCE TEST PAPER

ASTRO SCIENCE TEST PAPER

1. In 1572, famous astronomer Tycho Brahe discovered two Supernovas. These Supernovas were located in the constellation….

a) Cassiopeia         b) Virgo             c) Hercules      d) Perseus

 

2. Lagoon Nebula (Ms) and Omega Nebula (Mix) belong to which star constellation?

a) Cepheus            b) Cygnus          c) Sagittarius    d) Pisces

 

3. Sirius, the brightest star belongs to which star-constellation?

a) Canis major       b) Taurus            c) Crater           d) Caring

 

4. The distance between Sun and Earth is one Astronomical unit (1 A.U) that is equal to:

a) 169, 598, 500 km      b) 159, 598, 500 km        c) 189, 589, 500 km      d) 149, 600, 000 km

 

5. Which planet is called Morning Star?

a) Mercury      b) Venus             c) Mars         d) Saturn

 

6. Cassini mission was set to the planet:

a) Venus         b) Saturn            c) Sun           d) Mercury

 

7. The Sun is seen the longest against which zodiacal constellation?

a) Aries           b) Taurus            c) Virgo         d) Libra

 

8. The whole celestial sphere is divided into how many star constellations?

a) 100             b) 98                  c) 72              d) 88

 

9. Who proposed the heliocentric hypothesis?

a) Kepler            b) Tycho Braha             c) Nicolas Copernicus                 d) Ptolemy

 

10. Among these one is not a space shuttle:

a) Atlantis        b) Columbia                    c) Discovery             d) Kalpana

 

11. Name the Russian launch vehicle that placed India's first satellite Aryabhata in orbit:

a) Delta            b) C-1 Intercosmos          c) Vostok         d) Arianne

 

12. Which was America's first satellite?

a) Tel Star         b) Bird         c) Explorer – 1        d) Mariner

 

13. Who gave the first evidence of the 'Big Bang Theory'?

a) Edwin Hubble            b) Albert Einstein           c) Stephen Hawking           d) C.V. Raman

 

14. There are more than ……….. galaxies in the observable universe?

a) 10¹²                    b) 10¹¹             c) 10²²             d) 10¹⁵

 

15. How many stars are present in a typical galaxy?

a) 10⁷ to 10¹²         b) 10⁵ to 10¹⁰                  c) 10⁹ to 10¹²                d) 10⁸ to 10¹⁵

 

16. Name the fifth largest of the modern constellations, which was also included in Ptolemy's constellation.

a) Hercules     b) Pegasus            c) Perseus       d) Cepheus

 

ANSWER SHEET:-

1.a      2.c          3.a          4.d          5.b          6.b          7.c          8.d

9.c      10.d       11.c         12.c        13.a        14.b        15.a        16.a