Constellations - class-VI

constellations

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Constellation Orion can be seen only with a telescope. 

  1. True
  2. False
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following constellation contains the Pole Star?

  1. Ursa Major
  2. Ursa Minor
  3. Pleides
  4. Orion
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Milky Way Galaxy has 

  1. elliptical shape
  2. spiral shape
  3. irregular shape
  4. none of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Fill in the blank:
A vast collection of billions of stars is called a _______.
  1. universe
  2. galaxy
  3. constellation
  4. none of the above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to best estimates today, how old is the universe ?

  1. between ten and twenty thousand years.
  2. between ten and twenty million years.
  3. between ten and twenty billion years.
  4. between ten and twenty trillion years.
  5. between ten and twenty quadrillion years.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following provides clear evidence that the universe is expanding ?

  1. the Oort cloud
  2. the Kuiper belt
  3. Saturn's ring
  4. Halley's comet
  5. the red shift of distant galaxies
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Community or collection of stars is called:

  1. solar system
  2. galaxy
  3. planet
  4. milky way
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The galaxies are usually classified on the basis of their:

  1. Mass
  2. Size
  3. Shape
  4. Any one of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A family of stars is called a

  1. galaxy
  2. solar system
  3. universe
  4. whirling havens
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cosmic or galactic year is :

  1. year in which a comet arrives.
  2. period taken by Earth to revolve around the Sun.
  3. year in which total solar eclipse occurs.
  4. period of Sun's revolution around galactic centre.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Fill in the blank:

Stars in a galaxy are held together by ______.
  1. light
  2. gravity
  3. radiation
  4. satellites
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Solar system revolves around the Milky Way galaxy with the speed of:

  1. $2.5$ $\text{light years} / s$
  2. $250\ km/s$
  3. $250\ \text{light years} / s$
  4. $2.5\ km/s$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Milky Way is moving in local group of galaxies with a speed of:

  1. $300 \ light\ years \ {s}^{-1}$
  2. $300\ light\ years\ {hr}^{-1}$
  3. $300\ km$ ${s}^{-1}$
  4. $300m$ ${s}^{-1}$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The total mass of all stars in Milky Way galaxy is about:

  1. $2\times {10}^{41}\ kg$
  2. $2\times {10}^{31}\ kg$
  3. $2\times {10}^{21}\ kg$
  4. $2\times {10}^{11}\ kg$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The time taken by the Sun to revolve around the centre of our galaxy is:

  1. 25 million years
  2. 100 million years
  3. 250 million years
  4. 500 million years
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Fill in the blank:

If $V$ is the velocity of a receding galaxy and $R$ is the distance of the galaxy from the Earth. Then the relation between $V$ and $R$ is _______ .
  1. $V \propto \displaystyle\frac{1}{R}$
  2. $V \propto {R}^{2}$
  3. $V \propto R$
  4. $V \propto \displaystyle\frac{1}{{R}^{2}}$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The astronomers have estimated that the universe was formed about _____  years ago.

  1. 10 million
  2. 15 million
  3. 15 billion
  4. 50 billion
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The distance between the galaxy Andromeda and Earth is ________ light years.

  1. $2 \times {10}^{6}$
  2. $3 \times {10}^{8}$
  3. $22 \times {10}^{16}$
  4. $12 \times {10}^{8}$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A group of stars can called as

  1. galaxy
  2. solar system
  3. universe
  4. whirling havens
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Indian name of Andromeda galaxy is

  1. Akash Ganga
  2. Milky Way
  3. Saptarishi
  4. None of these
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Galaxies are categorized on basis of their shape which includes:

  1. spiral shape galaxies
  2. elliptical galaxies
  3. irregular galaxies
  4. all of above
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify which of the following is not true according to the Big Bang Theory?

  1. Our universe is spreading out over time.
  2. As energy cooled down over time, particles were able to form matter.
  3. Our universe is becoming more compact over time.
  4. All energy was confined in some point from which the explosion occurred.
  5. Energy began to spread out a long time ago.
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as a _____. 

  1. $Constellation$
  2. $Saptrishi$
  3. $Planet$
  4. $Satellite$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Astronomers have observed a small massive object at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. A ringof material orbits this massive object; the ring has a diameter of about 15 light years and an orbital  speed of 200$\mathrm { km } / \mathrm { s }$ . What is the mass of the massive object at the centre of the minky  Way? Given $G = 6.67 \times 10 ^ { - 11 } \mathrm { Nm } ^ { 2 } \mathrm { kg } ^ { 2 }$ and 1 light year $= 9.5 \times 10 ^ { 15 } \mathrm { m }$ 

  1. Approximately $8.1 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
  2. approximately $4.3 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
  3. Approximately $6 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
  4. approximately $3 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Milky way is _____ in shape.

  1. Elliptical
  2. Spiral
  3. Regular
  4. Circular
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is _________.

  1. Fornax galaxy
  2. Samprero galaxy
  3. Andromeda galaxy
  4. Pinwheel galaxy
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The stars in space are _________________.

  1. uniformly spread out.
  2. distributed completely at random
  3. mostly contained within widely separated galaxies
  4. chiefly in the Milky Way
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Milky Way is ________________.

  1. a gas cloud in the solar system
  2. a gas cloud in the galaxy of which the sun is a member
  3. the galaxy of which the sun is a member
  4. a nearby galaxy
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Milky Way galaxy is in cluster of galaxies which is also known as:

  1. local group
  2. big bang group
  3. temperate group
  4. none of the above
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The visible light spectrum of a typical star like our Sun shows:

  1. bright emission lines
  2. shows all of the other answers depending on the season on Earth
  3. no spectral lines at all
  4. dark absorption lines