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Category SAMPLE PAPER SYLLABUS 2021-22 Astronomy
Olympiad
I S AO 2021
Total Ques ons : 50 Total Marks : 100 Time : 1 hr.
PATTERN & MARKING SCHEME
INTERNATIONAL SPACE Section (1) Space Science & (2) True/False (3) General Knowledge
Astronomy Questions Questions
& ASTRONOMY OLYMPIAD
No. of Questions 30 10 10
Marks per Ques. 2 1 3

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Section – 1 & 2 : Questions related to Space Science and Astronomy
SYLLABUS
Section – 3 : Questions related to Reasoning, Aptitude & General Knowledge

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SPACE SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY
1. How long is Earth's revolu on? 9. The Earth's axis is lted _____ degrees
(A) Six Months (B) Nine Months (A) 23.5 Degrees (B) 23 Degrees

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(C) One Year (D) One & half Year (C) 24.5 Degrees (D) 24 Degrees

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2. The imaginary line that represents earth's lt is 10. Who discovered the shape of a planet's orbit is
called what? tc actually an ellipse?
(A) Axis (B) Equator (A) Einstein (B) Newton
(C) Tropic of Cancer (D) Poles (C) C.V. Raman (D) Kepler
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3. What do the planets orbit in our Solar System? 11. Which phase does the moon begin with?
(A) Galaxy (B) Sun (A) Crescent Moon (B) Full Moon
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(C) Stars (D) Poles (C) New Moon (D) Gibbous Moon
4. When are the equinoxes?
12. When is the earth day?
(A) Mar & Sep (B) Mar & Dec
(A) 23 March (B) 22 February
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(C) Apr & Sep (D) Feb & Dec

(C) 23 May (D) 22 April
5. Where is most of the water on earth present?
13. What layer of the Earth do we live on?
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(A) Glaciers (B) Lake

(A) Mantle (B) Crust
(C) River (D) Oceans
(C) Core (D) Outer Core
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6. How many natural satellites does Earth have?

(A) Three (B) Two 14. What is the name of India's first satellite?
(C) One (D) Zero (A) Rohini (B) In-Sat
(C) Aryabha a (D) Chandrayaan
7. The sun appears to sets in the a____direc on
(A) South (B) West 15. Which of the planet rotates in a direc on opposite
(C) East (D) North to the direc on of earth's rota on?
(A) Venus (B) Uranus
8. Which planet has iron in its soil and is the red planet?
(C) Neptune (D) Mercury
(A) Venus (B) Mars
(C) Mercury (D) Jupiter

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 16. Where on Earth can you experience en re days 27. What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
of darkness? (A) Posi on (B) Distance from sun
(A) Poles (B) Equator (C) Asteroid Belt (D) Orbit of the planet
(C) Tropic of cancer (D) Tropic of capricon
28. The a rac ve force between two objects
17. An instrument that shows direc on and uses a
(A) Velocity (B) Gravity
small magnet to show North.
(C) Repulsion (D) None of these
(A) Stethoscope (B) Sensors
(C) Magnetometer (D) Compass 29. Who was the first person to use a telescope to
observe objects in space?
18. Which was the first successful man-made satellite
(A) Newton (B) Einstein
launched in space?
(C) Galileo (D) Kepler

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(A) Aryabha a (B) Explorer 1
(C) Sputnik 1 (D) Starlink 30. The moon revolves around Earth about once
every________.

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19. Who was the second man landed on the moon?
(A) Month (B) Week
(A) Michael Collins (B) Neil Armstrong
(C) 1.5 Month (D) None of these
(C) Buzz Aldrin (D) Rakesh Sharma

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20. Name the first reusable spacecra . Tick the right answer

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(A) Cassini (B) Columbia
31. Gravity on the moon is stronger than gravity on earth.
(C) GSLV (D) Atlas
True False
21. Country that landed the first man on the Moon
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32. European Central Time(ECT) is the standard against
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(A) Soviet Union (B) Japan
which all the world's clocks are set
(C) China (D) USA
True False
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22. Luminosity measures a star's _________.

33. Mars is the terrestrial planet
(A) Posi on (B) Brightness
(C) Distance (D) None of these True False
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23. Name the star closest to Earth. 34. Earth spins on its axis is called revolu on
(A) Centauri (B) Vega True False
(C) Sun (D) Rigel
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24. The shape of our Milky Way galaxy can be 35. The equator always receives direct sunlight
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classified as ____________. True False

(A) Spiral (B) Ellip c
(C) Irregular (D) Len cular 36. Mantle is the 2nd layer of the earth ?
True False
25. A collec on of stars, dust, and gas bound together
by gravity.
37. Neil Armstrong was the first person to enter in space
(A) Galaxy (B) Solar System
(C) Nebula (D) Cluster True False

26. Orbiter that is currently orbi ng Jupiter 38. Venus have no moon
(A) Aditya (B) Cassini
True False
(C) Starlink (D) Juno

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 39. Titan is the biggest moon of our solar system 46. Which fish has no skeleton at all?
True False (A) Starfish (B) Jellyfish
(C) Piranha (D) Tuna
40. Saturn is the only planet with rings
47. Longest river on earth
True False
(A) Ganga (B) Amazon
(C) Nile (D) Yamuna
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
48. Olympics games are held a er every?

41. Who invented zero ? (A) 4 (B) 5

(C) 2 (D) 3

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(A) Newton (B) C.V. Raman
(C) Aryabha a (D) Galileo
49. Which was the first animal to go to space?

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42. First woman traveled in space ? (A) Monkey (B) Cat
(A) Tracy Dyson (B) Kalpana Chawala (C) Fox (D) Dog
(C) Sunita Williams (D) Valen na Tereshkova
50. Who is known as ‘Human Computer’?

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43. Father of Indian Space Programme
(A) S.Ramanujan (B) Aryabha a

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(A) Vikram Sarabhai (B) Abdul Kalam
(C) Shakuntala Devi (D) C.R. Rao
(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru (D) Homi J. Bhabha

44. How many cards are there in a playing deck?

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(A) 50 (B) 51
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(C) 52 (D) 53

45. How many days are there in a leap year?

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(A) 365 (B) 366

(C) 365.25 (D) 366.25
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ANSWERS
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1.(C) 2.(A) 3.(B) 4.(A) 5.(D) 6.(C) 7.(B) 8.(B) 9.(A) 10.(D) 11.(C) 12.(D) 13.(B) 14.(C) 15.(A)
16.(A) 17.(D) 18.(C) 19.(C) 20.(B) 21.(D) 22.(B) 23.(C) 24.(A) 25.(A) 26.(D) 27.(C) 28.(B) 29.(C) 30.(A)
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31.False 32.False 33.True 34.False 35.True 36.True 37.False 38.True 39.False 40.False
41.(C) 42.(D) 43.(A) 44.(C) 45.(B) 46.(B) 47.(C) 48.(A) 49.(D) 50.(C)

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