1. It is the brightest star in the northern constellation Lyra. It is also the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the first star (other than Sun) to be photographed. Identify it
(A) Altair
(B) Sirius
(C) Vega
(D) Pleiades
2. In the study of black holes, what do you call a star that is produced by a supernova?
(A) Plutonic star
(B) Neutron star
(C) Falling star
(D) Shooting star
3. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the galaxy Milky Way?
(A) Less than 10% of the mass of the Milky Way is visible.
(B) Spitzer Space Telescope is an infrared telescope used in mapping and studying the Milky Way galaxy.
(C) Milky Way is a part of the Virgo supercluster, a group of galaxies within 150 million light years.
(D) All of these
4. Microgravity refers to_________
(A) Minimum gravity of the Moon
(B) Condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless
(C) Condition in which weight of people is equal to the force of gravity
(D) Maximum gravity exerted by the Moon on the object
5. “Space junk” which is moving very fast is circling the earth. They are pieces from spacecraft and can reach speeds of 4.3 to 5 miles per second. What are these “space junks” called?
(A) Orbit debris
(B) Orbital debris
(C) Debris of spacecraft
(D) Both (A) and (C)
6. Polaris, also known as the North star, appears to stay fixed above the Earth’s north pole along our planet’s rotational axis. It is therefore used to locate the north direction. It is the part of which constellation?
(A) Ursa Major
(B) Orion
(C) Cassiopeia
(D) Ursa Minor
7. The Murray-Darling River System is an important river system of which country?
(A) England
(B) Australia
(C) Canada
(D) USA
8. Robonaut, a NASA’s robot designed to be humanoid is called a dexterous robot because
(A) It can walk like a human
(B) Its hands and fingers move like humans
(C) It can think like a person
(D) It can eat like a person
Answer Key
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. B
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