MCQ-GENERAL ASTRONOMY

1) when did Artemis 1 launched?

(i) 16th November 2022
(ii) 14th November 2022
(iii) 14th December 2022
(iv) 10th December 2022
2) What is the black hole located in the middle of our galaxy?
(i) Cygnus x-1
(ii) Cygnus x-3
(iii) Sagittarius A
(iv) Centaurus A
3) According to the string theory how many dimensions operates
universe?
(i) 11 dimensions
(ii) 5 dimensions
(iii) 3 dimensions
(iv) 10 dimensions
4) When did Cygnus A discovered?
(i) In 1946
(ii) In 1939
(iii) In 1971
(iv) In 1953
5) When did voyager 1 cameras powered down?
(i) In 1977
(ii) In 2000
(iii) In 1990
(iv) In 1983
6) What is the distant to heliosphere from the sun?
(i) 2 AU
(ii) 50 AU
(iii) 100AU
(iv) 90 AU
7) What is the most ancient era of Martian history?
(i) Pre- Hesperian
(ii) Noachian
(iii) Hesperian
(iv) Amazonian
8) What is the second largest Jovian moon?
(i) Ganymede
(ii) Titan
(iii) Europa
(iv) Callisto
9) What are the rays that includes most of sun rays?
(i) UV, gamma, visible
(ii) Gamma, UV, infrared
(iii) X-rays, visible, UV
(iv) UV, visible, infrared
10) What type of galaxy is NGC 224?
(i) Spiral galaxy
(ii) Elliptical
(iii) Peculiar
(iv) Lenticular
11)
What is the name of this spacecraft?
i) Mechta
ii) Luna 3
iii) Sputnik 1
iv) None of this above
12) What is the closest black hole to the Earth that ever discovered?
i) A0620-00
ii) Gaia BH1
iii) Gaia DR2
iv) V Puppis
13) What are the names of moons of mars?
i) Phobos, europa
ii) Moon, IO
iii) Deimos, europa
iv) Phobos, Deimos
14) What is the brightest star of canis major?
i) Vega
ii) Rigel
iii) Sirius
iv) Betelgeuse
15) When the focal length of telescope is 1500mm and the focal
length of eyepiece is 30mm find the magnification power of
telescope?
i) 45mm
ii) 30mm
iii) 100mm
iv) 50mm
16) Which type of mirror is used as a primary mirror of classic
Cassegrain telescope?
i) Parabolic mirror
ii) Hyperbolic mirror
iii) Concave mirrors
iv) Convex mirrors
17) What is the patterns of the stars in the sky called?
i) Figures
ii) Constellation
iii) Asterism
iv) Formation
18) Dwarf planet is a spherical celestial body revolving around the sun
but lacking certain technical criteria that are required to be classed
as planet. How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system?
i) 12
ii) 6
iii) 5
iv) 8
19) Select the answer with a cosmic ray observatory.
i) Compton observatory
ii) Chandra observatory
iii) Big band lake observatory
iv) Pierre auger observatory
20) What is the angular separation between Sirius A and Sirius B in arc
seconds?
i) Between 0 and 1 arc seconds
ii) Between 3 and 11arc seconds
iii) Between 5 and 13 arc seconds
iv) Between 0 and 12 arc seconds
21) Planet p is located 279 million km from the star s and planet p’ is
53.5 million km from the same star s. what is the minimum distance
between p and p’?
i) 53.5 million km
ii) 166.5 million km
iii) 225.5 million km
iv) 112.75 million km

22) where is this nebula located?

i) Grater dog constellation
ii) Charioteer constellation
iii) Cepheus constellation
iv) Scorpius constellation
23) Which Jovian moon covered by volcanos?
 i) Callisto
ii) Ganymede
iii) Thebe
iv) Io
24) Find the planet.
 Orbit around the sun.
 Has rings.
 17 times mass of earth.
 Third most massive planet.
i) Neptune
ii) Saturn
iii) Uranus
iv) Mars
25) What is the distance to the M31 galaxy?
i) 23M light years
ii) 2.5M light years
iii) 2.7M light years
iv) 2.4M light years
26) What is the planet that made from the hardest naturally occurring
material known?
i) WASP-12b
ii) Mars
iii) 55 Cancri e
iv) GJ 367b
27) What is the book that Carl Sagan wrote?
i) The earth as a planet
ii) Out of the cradle
iii) The cosmic voyage: through time and space
iv) Mars and the mind of man
28) What is called a planet that does not orbit a star, instead
wandering through the galaxy alone?
i) Dwarf planet
ii) planetar
iii) rogue planet
iv) Inferior planet
29) What is called when two stars revolving together?
i) Binary stars
ii) Twin system
iii) Tatooine
iv) Star cluster
30) What is the current stage of our sun?
i) Red giant
ii) White dwarf
iii) Yellow dwarf
iv) Massive star
31) What does WIMP stand for?
i) Winding inferno magma plane
ii) Weakly interacting massive particle
iii) Waesuck infrared micro particles
iv) West invisible meteor path
32) What is the birthplace of our sun?
i) Stellar nebula
ii) M67
iii) M23
iv) M38
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(1) What is pulsar?

(2) Who is the inventor of telescope?
(3) What is the 2nd closest star to earth?
(4) What is the largest planetarium in the world?
(5) What is the average temperature of Neptune?
(6) When is world space week?
(7) How many rings does Saturn have?
(8) What is event horizon?
(9) What is celestial sphere directly above any observer?
(10) What is called the space between stars?
(11) If a galaxy is moving away from us in space, does the
light coming off of it have a shorter or longer wavelength?
(12) What is the nuclear reaction that take place in the
core of the stars?