Universe MCQ Quiz - Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly

1. 101 km
2. 111 km
3. 121 km
4. 125 km

2. An ape like creature identified as man appeared in the

1. Pleistocene epoch
2. Pliocene epoch
3. Miocene epoch
4. Oligocene epoch

3. An eclipse of the sun, takes place

1. When the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth.
2. Once every five years
3. When the moon is full
4. When the Earth comes between the Sun and the moon

4. How many kilometres and represented by 1^ohm of latitude?

1. 321 km
2. 211 km
3. 111 km
4. 91 km

5. If a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is quite far from the earth, the eclipse would be likely to be

1. Total
2. Partial
3. Annular
4. None of these

6. In the earliest days when life originated on earth, the atmospheric obtained

1. Free oxygen
2. No oxygen
3. Oxygen in fixed form
4. Oxygen bound to carbon

7. Light-year measures which of the following ?

1. Intensity of light
2. Mass
3. Time
4. Distance

8. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies

1. Between the Mars and the Jupiter
2. Between the Saturn and the Neptune
3. Between the Mars and the Venus
4. That burn brightly on entering the Earth atmosphere

9. On planet Earth, there is no centrifugal force at the

1. Equator
2. Tropic of Cancer
3. Tropic of Capricorn
4. Poles

10. One astronomical unit is the average distance between.

1. The Earth and the Sun
2. The Earth and the Moon
3. The Jupiter and the Sun
4. The Pluto and the Sun