Universe MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

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

11. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures (approx)

1. 100 km
2. 111 km
3. 151 km
4. 175 km

12. Primitive ape appeared in the

1. Palaeozoic era
2. Mesozoic era
3. Cenozoic era
4. Cretaceaus era

13. Spring tides occur when

1. The moon is nearest to the earth
2. The moon is farthest from the earth
3. The moon, the sun and the earth are right angles with the earth are in the same line.
4. The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line.

14. Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs in

1. 22-Dec
2. 23-Sep
3. 21-Jun
4. 21-Mar

15. The approximate diameter of the earth is

1. 4,200 km
2. 6,400 km
3. 12,800 km
4. 15, 600 km