Universe & Solar System Section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11

What is meant by the eclipse of Moon?

a) For any place, it is the average angle made by a line drawn from the moon to place and horizontal at midnight.

b) When the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, it causes the shadows of the Moon to fall on Earth.

c) It is path along which the moon revolves.

d) It occurs when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon and the centers of all three are on the same straight line.

Question : 12

Our solar system is located in which Galaxy?

a) Milky Way

b) Andromeda

c) Alpha Centauri

d) Proxima Centauri

Question : 13 [SSC SO 2008]

The four largest planets of the Solar System in decreasing size are

a) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

b) Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune

c) Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune

d) Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus

Question : 14

The planet which is called twin sister of the Earth is

a) Mars

b) Uranus

c) Venus

d) Mercury

Question : 15

The largest planet in our solar system is

a) Jupiter

b) Saturn

c) Uranus

d) Earth