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Which is the heaviest planet?
Jupiter
Which is the brightest planet?
Venus
Which is the lightest planet?
Mercury
Who was the first to prove the Copernican theory of solar system?
Kepler
Which is largest satellite in the solar system?
Titan
Which is the only satellite that is proved to have atmosphere?
Titan
Which is the fastest orbiting planet?
Mercury
Which planet is the closest to earth?
Venus
Which is the planet that rotates backward?
Venus
Which planets atmosphere is similar to that of earth’s?
Mars
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Who discovered the existence of water vapour in the Mars?
Huggins
Who detected the dark areas on the surface of the Mars?
W.H. Pickering
Who first time observed the Saturn through a telescope?
Galileo
Who discovered the Uranus?
Sir William Herschel
Which was the space vehicle to the Uranus by America?
Voyager-1977
Who discovered the Neptune?
Leverrier and Adams
Which is the largest asteroid discovered?
Ceres
Who discovered ‘Ceres’?
Giuseppe Piazzi
What is the unknown mineral found in the moon?
Armalcolite
When the earth comes between the sun and the moon, the shadow of the earth falls on the moon. What is the phenomenon called?
Lunar eclipse
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Which is the farthest visible object in space?
Andromeda galaxy
What is the distance from the earth to sun?
149600000 Kms
Which star is nearest to earth?
Sun
How much time is required light to reach the earth from the sun?
8 Minutes
Which is the nearest star visible to naked eye?
Alpha Centauri
This is the most famous comet which reaches the solar system in every 76.3 years. What is its name?
Halley’s comet
Name the Indian astronomer who challenged the famous ‘Big Bang’ theory regarding the evolution of universe?
Jayanth V Narlikkar
Twins developed from separately fertilised ova are..
Fraternal twins
It was an Indian astronomer who states for the first time that the earth revolves on its own axis Who was he?
Aryabhatta
Who discovered ‘radio telescope’?
Karl Jansky-1931
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Who developed ‘radio telescope’
Gorte Reber-1937
Who invented telescope?
Hans Lippershey
Who improved telescope?
Galileo
Where is the largest refractor telescope situated?
At Yerkes Observatory in Chicago University
Which is the largest comet?
Holmes comet
Who is the progenitor of the theory of the ‘evolution of universe’?
Gamov
Who was the first to give evidence to the theory that ‘the universe is expanding always’?
Edwin P Hubble
Where is the largest reflector telescope situated?
At Mount Semirodriki in Mount Caucasus, Russia
What is Van Allen Belt?
This is the ozone region of the ionosphere
Which is the star that is changing into gas?
Nova
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What is the name given to the bright spot on the sun?
Facula
Who propounded the idea “black hole”?
John Archibald
Which branch of the science studies the position of man in the universe?
Anthrospic Cosmology
What is the name given to the large constellation in the southern sky?
Hydra
Which is the eclipse that occurs only in the new moon?
Solar eclipse
What is the unit of distance of stars?
Light year
What is the life span of an ordinary star?
100 crore years
For which discovery did Subrahmaniam Chadrasekhar get Nobel prize?
For the theory about white dwarfs
Which are the six planets that could be seen with naked eyes?
Mercury, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Earth
Where is the solar observatory situated in India?
Ahmedabad
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Where is the name given to the small dense hot star that has reached the last stage of its life?
White dewarf
In which state substance exists in the sun?
Plasma
Which are the important pulsating nebulae?
Hublind, Toury
How much time required for the sun one revolution on its own axis?
25.4. days
Which is the most helpful star to know direction?
Polestar
Name the scientist who made detailed study of Nova?
Tycho Brache
Which is the earliest work on Astronomy?
Aryabhattiyam
The outer most layer of the sun is called
Corona
The innermost layer in the sun is called
Photosphere
The region between the corona and the photosphere is called
Chromosphere
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Name the scientists who have detailed information about nebulae?
Charles Medier, W.Herschel, Van Mannar, L.H Aller Barman, R Milkovsky
What is the ‘FM” in FM radio?
Frequency Modulation
When was the satellite communication system introduced in our country?
On 2nd February 1971 at Arvi near Pune
Which was the first artificial satellite launched for telecommunication?
Telstar
Where did the first correct television broadcast start? When?
At Alexandra palace in London, 1936
Who were the advocates of architecture post modernism?
Robert Ventury and Charles Moore
What does the VHS in Video denote?
Video Home System
What is the speed of telecom signals?
About the speed of light
‘Small is beautiful’ is a famous book on technology and environment.
Who is the author?
E.F. Schumaker
‘Telex’ is the short form of two words. What are they?
Telegraph and Exchange
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