ASTRONOMY QUIZ

1)Which way does Earth spin?

a)From west to east b)From east to west

2) Which planet is bigger?

a)Earth b)Mars

3) Which of these planets has no moons?

a)Mercury b)Uranus

4) Which of these is a moon of Jupiter?

a)lo b)Enceladus

5) Which of these is the distance between Earth and the

centre of the Milky Way galaxy?

a)25,000 light years b)250 light years

6) Which galaxy is further away from Earth?

a)Andromeda b)Large magellanic cloud

7) Which year was the first exoplanet discovered in?

a)1997 b)1995

8) Which way were all the elements heavier than iron

formed?

a) In the big bang b) In a supernova explosion

9)  Which of these is evidence for the big bang theory?

a) Observations of the red shift of distant galaxies b)The
abundance of nitrogen in the earth’s atmosphere

10)  Which of these can be formed in a supernova?

a)Neutron star b)White dwarf

11)  Which of these refers to the mass over which a star will
become a black hole?

a)Planck mass b)Chandrasekhar limit

12) How many moons are in our solar system?

a)182 moons b)181 moons

13) Name the second biggest planet in our solar system?

a)Saturn b)Mercury

14)Which planet is famous for the beautiful rings that

surround it?

a)Saturn b)Mercury

15)What is the name of NASA’S most famous space

telescope?

a)Hubble space telescope b)James webb space telescope

16)Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which

planet?

a)Mercury b)Mars

17)Which is the nearest star to the sun?

a)Alpha Centauri-A b)Proxima Centauri

18)How big is the super moon compared to the original
moon?

a)14% b)23%

19) Which planet has the most moons?

a)Saturn b)Jupiter

20) Which star is called earth’s satellite?

a)Moon b)Sun

SPACE EXPLORATION QUIZ

21)The Luna Programme was a series of unmanned space
mission launched by which country?

a)Soviet Union b)United States Of America

22)Which of the following launched vehicle was used for the

Project Apollo?

a)Saturn launch vehicle b)Rocket lab test launch

23)Which of the following was the first artificial satellite?

a)Sputnik b)Apollo 11

24)Which of the following was the first venus exploration

mission of the European Space Agency?

a) Venera mission b) Venus express

25) Which of the following NASA's space probe designed to

study the composition of the interior of the comet Tempel 1?
a)Deep impact b) Messenger

26) Which of the following unmanned spacecraft sent by

NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moon?

a) Galileo b)Suisei

27)  Which of the following is the India's first lunar probe

launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation?

a)Chandrayaaan program b)Mangalyaan program

28) Which of the following robotic space probe launched

to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit?

a)Galileo b)NEAR shoemaker

29) Which year did the Spirit and Opportunity rovers land on
Mars?

a)1997 b)1999

30)  When will the Voyager 1 spacecraft pass by another star

system?

a)In 40,000 years b)In 400 years

31)  When was the last time we landed a spacecraft on

Venus?

a)1985 b)1995

32) How long did it take New Horizons to reach Pluto?

a)Nineteen years b)Nine years