Galaxies - class-VI
A comprehensive quiz covering galaxies, the Milky Way, constellations, and related cosmological concepts including star distributions, galaxy shapes, and the Big Bang theory.
Questions
Constellation Orion can be seen only with a telescope.
- True
- False
Which of the following constellation contains the Pole Star?
- Ursa Major
- Ursa Minor
- Pleides
- Orion
The Milky Way Galaxy has
- elliptical shape
- spiral shape
- irregular shape
- none of these
- universe
- galaxy
- constellation
- none of the above
According to best estimates today, how old is the universe ?
- between ten and twenty thousand years.
- between ten and twenty million years.
- between ten and twenty billion years.
- between ten and twenty trillion years.
- between ten and twenty quadrillion years.
Which of the following provides clear evidence that the universe is expanding ?
- the Oort cloud
- the Kuiper belt
- Saturn's ring
- Halley's comet
- the red shift of distant galaxies
Community or collection of stars is called:
- solar system
- galaxy
- planet
- milky way
The galaxies are usually classified on the basis of their:
- Mass
- Size
- Shape
- Any one of the above
A family of stars is called a
- galaxy
- solar system
- universe
- whirling havens
Cosmic or galactic year is :
- year in which a comet arrives.
- period taken by Earth to revolve around the Sun.
- year in which total solar eclipse occurs.
- period of Sun's revolution around galactic centre.
- light
- gravity
- radiation
- satellites
Solar system revolves around the Milky Way galaxy with the speed of:
- $2.5$ $\text{light years} / s$
- $250\ km/s$
- $250\ \text{light years} / s$
- $2.5\ km/s$
Milky Way is moving in local group of galaxies with a speed of:
- $300 \ light\ years \ {s}^{-1}$
- $300\ light\ years\ {hr}^{-1}$
- $300\ km$ ${s}^{-1}$
- $300m$ ${s}^{-1}$
The total mass of all stars in Milky Way galaxy is about:
- $2\times {10}^{41}\ kg$
- $2\times {10}^{31}\ kg$
- $2\times {10}^{21}\ kg$
- $2\times {10}^{11}\ kg$
The time taken by the Sun to revolve around the centre of our galaxy is:
- 25 million years
- 100 million years
- 250 million years
- 500 million years
- $V \propto \displaystyle\frac{1}{R}$
- $V \propto {R}^{2}$
- $V \propto R$
- $V \propto \displaystyle\frac{1}{{R}^{2}}$
The astronomers have estimated that the universe was formed about _____ years ago.
- 10 million
- 15 million
- 15 billion
- 50 billion
The distance between the galaxy Andromeda and Earth is ________ light years.
- $2 \times {10}^{6}$
- $3 \times {10}^{8}$
- $22 \times {10}^{16}$
- $12 \times {10}^{8}$
A group of stars can called as
- galaxy
- solar system
- universe
- whirling havens
The Indian name of Andromeda galaxy is
- Akash Ganga
- Milky Way
- Saptarishi
- None of these
Galaxies are categorized on basis of their shape which includes:
- spiral shape galaxies
- elliptical galaxies
- irregular galaxies
- all of above
Identify which of the following is not true according to the Big Bang Theory?
- Our universe is spreading out over time.
- As energy cooled down over time, particles were able to form matter.
- Our universe is becoming more compact over time.
- All energy was confined in some point from which the explosion occurred.
- Energy began to spread out a long time ago.
A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as a _____.
- $Constellation$
- $Saptrishi$
- $Planet$
- $Satellite$
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 $= 9.5 \times 10 ^ { 15 } \mathrm { m }$
- Approximately $8.1 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
- approximately $4.3 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
- Approximately $6 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
- approximately $3 \times 10 ^ { 37 } \mathrm { kg }$
Milky way is _____ in shape.
- Elliptical
- Spiral
- Regular
- Circular
The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is _________.
- Fornax galaxy
- Samprero galaxy
- Andromeda galaxy
- Pinwheel galaxy
The stars in space are _________________.
- uniformly spread out.
- distributed completely at random
- mostly contained within widely separated galaxies
- chiefly in the Milky Way
The Milky Way is ________________.
- a gas cloud in the solar system
- a gas cloud in the galaxy of which the sun is a member
- the galaxy of which the sun is a member
- a nearby galaxy
Milky Way galaxy is in cluster of galaxies which is also known as:
- local group
- big bang group
- temperate group
- none of the above
The visible light spectrum of a typical star like our Sun shows:
- bright emission lines
- shows all of the other answers depending on the season on Earth
- no spectral lines at all
- dark absorption lines