How is the sky filled with after sunset and in the night?
  • Bright objects
  • Dim objects
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
What is the name given to the full moon night?
  • Amavasya
  • Poornima
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
Which of the following name is given to the new moon?
  • Poornima
  • Amavasya
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
What are celestial bodies?
  • The sun
  • The moon
  • All the shining bodies in the sky
  • All of these
The celestial bodies which have their own heat and light are called
  • planets
  • stars
  • satellites
  • all of these
Which is the most recognisable constellation?
  • The saptarishi
  • The moon
  • The sun
  • The mars
The star which indicates the north is called
  • pole star
  • pole
  • north pole
  • south pole
The celestial bodies which do not have their own heat and light but are lit by the light of the stars are named as
  • stars
  • planets
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of these
The word ‘planet’ has been derived from the word ‘planetai’ which is named as
  • Latin word
  • German word
  • Greek word
  • English word
Which celestial bodies form the solar system?
  • The sun
  • The planets
  • The satellites, asteroids and meteoroids
  • All of the above
All the planets move around the sun in fixed elliptical path, these paths are called
  • axis
  • orbit
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Why is the shape of the earth geoid?
  • It is slightly flattened at the poles
  • It is spheroid at the poles
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
The earth is called a unique planet due to
  • neither too hot nor too cold
  • presence of air and water
  • oxygen, light supporting gas
  • all of these
The earth is called a blue planet because of the presence of
  • water
  • blue colour
  • brown colour
  • red colour
Why do we see only one side of the moon from the earth?
  • Because of moon moving around the earth in 27 days
  • 27 days also taken in one spin
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
Why does the moon not have conditions favourable for life?
  • because of non existent of water
  • because of non existent of air
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of these
Apart from stars, planets and satellites, there are numerous bodies which also move around the sun, what are these called?
  • Stars
  • Asteroids
  • Meteoroids
  • Planets
Asteroids are found between the orbits of Jupiter and
  • Mars
  • Earth
  • Venus
  • Neptune
Meteoroids are made up of
  • dust
  • pieces of rocks
  • gases
  • none of these
What is called a cluster of millions of stars, shining white in the starry sky?
  • Stars
  • Planets
  • Milky Way galaxy
  • Satellites
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