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1. A study of binary stars is most helpful in 10. The wavelength of maximum energy, released during an
(a) Finding their distances atomic explosion, was 2.93  10–10m. Given that the Wien's
(b) Finding their temperature constant is 2.93  10–3mK, the maximum temperature
attained must be of the order of
(c) Finding their masses
(a) 10–7K (b) 107K
(d) Verifying Newton's force law of gravitation
(c) 10–13K (d) 5.86  107K

2. A group of bright and faint stars is called

11. Black hole is a
(a) Galaxy (b) Comet
(a) Hole in the ozone layer of atmosphere
(c) Black hole (d) Constellation
(b) Hole in earth's centre
(c) Highly dense matter available in the atmosphere
3. According to modern astronomers into how many
(d) Hole in troposphere
constellations, the whole sky is divided
(a) 1011 (b) 88
(c) 880 (d) 5000 12. A planet of mass M has a satellite of mass m, revolving
around the planet in a circular orbit of radius r and time
period T. The mass (M) of the planet is
4. Which of the following theories is the most satisfactory about
the origin of the universe 4 π2 r3 4 π2 r 2
2 3
(a) Big Bang theory (b) Pulsating theory (a) GT (b) GT
(c) Steady state theory (d) None of these GT 2 r3 G
3 2
(c) 4 πr (d) 4 πT
5. Which of the planet is brightest
(a) Mercury (b) Venus 13. The age of universe is believed to be
(c) Mars (d) Jupiter (a) 1 billion years (b) 10 billion years
(c) 10-20 billion years (d) 1000 billion years
6. A star which appears blue will be
(a) As hot as the sun (b) Cooler than the sun 14. A planet which is born sister of earth is
(c) Very cold indeed (d) Much hotter than the sun (a) Mercury (b) Venus
(c) Mars (d) Jupiter
7. Hubble showed that the universe as a whole is expanding and
the distant stars are receding from us. The spectral line from a
15. Source of Sun's energy is
star, when compared with the corresponding line from an
source will then show (a) Burning of hydrogen
(a) A shift in frequency towards the red end (b) Fission reactions involving hydrogen
(c) Fusion reactions involving hydrogen
(b) A shift in frequency towards the violet end
(d) Some other source
(c) No shift in frequency at all
(d) A shift in frequency towards the violet end as well as a
16. Asteroids are
decrease in intensity
(a) Small planets
(b) Shooting stars
8. The solar constant on the surface of the earth is S. What will
be its value on the surface of another planet which is about (c) Found in a belt between Earth ad Venus
5.3 A.U. away from sun (d) None of these
S S
2
(a) 5. 3 (b) (5 .3 ) 17. Sun radiates continuously and maintains its brightness
(c) 5.3 S 2
(d) (5.3) S because
(a) Helium is converted into iron in its core
(b) Of fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium
9. CO2 gas is found in which of the following pairs of the planet
(c) Fusion of helium in hydrogen
(a) Earth and Mercury (b) Mercury and Saturn (d) Burning of carbon, in its core
(c) Venus and Saturn (d) Venus and Mars
18. Venus appears brighter than other stars because
(a) It is heavier than other planets
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(b) Its density is more than other planets

(c) It is nearer to earth in comparison to other planets 28. An extremely hot star would appear to be
(d) Nuclear fusion takes place at its surface (a) Red (b) Blue
(c) Yellow (d) Orange
19. There is no atmosphere on moon because
(a) There is no vegetation 29. The sun emits a light with maximum wavelength 510 mm
(b) The escape velocity at its surface is very low while another star X emits a light with maximum wavelength
of 350 nm. What is the ratio of surface temperature of sun and
(c) Diffusion constant of gases is high the star X
(d) There is vacuum in space (a) 2.1 (b) 0.68
(c) 0.46 (d) 1.45
20. Which of the following planets have rings around it
(a) Uranus (b) Mars 30. A double star is a system of two stars rotating about their
(c) Jupiter (d) Saturn centre of mass only under their mutual gravitational
attraction. Let the star have mass m and 2m and their
separation be l. Their time period of rotation about their
21. Milky way is centre of mass will be proportional to
(a) A planet of our system 2/ 3
(a) l (b) l
(b) A sun
1/ 2 −1/ 2
(c) One of the solar system (c) m (d) m
(d) One of the enormous galaxies of universe
31. Hubble's law is related with
22. Hubble's law states that the velocity with which the 'milky (a) Comet (b) Speed of galaxy
way' is moving away from the earth is proportional to (c) Black hole (d) Planetary motion
(a) Square of the distance of the milky way from the earth
(b) Distance of milky way from the earth 32. 'Albedo' is
(c) Mass of the milky way (a) Reflecting power of a heavenly body
(d) Product of the mass of the milky way and its distance (b) Transmitive power of a heavenly body
from the earth
(c) Absorptive power of a heavenly body
(d) Refracting power of a heavenly body
23. The hottest planet of solar system is
(a) Mars (b) Mercury
(c) Venus (d) Pluto 33. According to the pulsating theory the expansion and
contraction of the universe repeats after every
(a) 11 years (b) 8 billion years
24. Towards the centre of sun (c) 8 million years (d) 80 billion years
(a) Density decreases
(b) Pressure decreases
34. Meteors are
(c) Temperature decreases (a) Small stars
(d) Density and pressure increases (b) Burnt pieces of comets that fall on earth
(c) Comets without tails
25. Period of revolution increases in the order of (d) None of these
(a) Saturn, Uranus, Venus (b) Mars, Saturn, Pluto
(c) Mercury, Neptune, Mars (d) Mars, Jupiter, Venus
35. Which of the following helps us in the determination of the
temperature of sun
26. The length of Milky way is (a) Kirchhoff's law (b) Maxwell Boltzmann law
(a) 100,000 light years (b) 10,000 light years (c) Planck's law (d) Stefan's law
(c) 1000 light years (d) 100 light years
36. How does the red shift confirms that the universe is
27. Which of the nine planets is nearest to sun expanding
(a) Venus (b) Mercury (a) Due to Wien's law (b) Due to Stefan's law
(c) Mars (d) Jupiter (c) Due to Kirchhoff's law (d) Due to Doppler's effect
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(c) Angular momentum (d) Kinetic energy

37. Two stars P and Q are observed at night. Star P appears
reddish while, star Q is white. From this we conclude 47. Mass of earth has been determined through
(a) Temperature of Q is higher than that of P (a) Use of Kepler's T2/R constancy law
(b) Temperature of Q is lower than that of P (b) Sampling the density of earth's crust and using R
(c) Star Q is at the same distance at that of star P (c) Cavendish's determination of G and using R and 'g' at
(d) Star P is farther than star Q the surface
(d) Use of periods of satellites at different heights above
38. Albedo is maximum for earth's surface
(a) Pluto (b) Venus
(c) Earth (d) Mercury 48. The galaxies are moving away from each other. It is
explained by
(a) White dwarf star (b) Red shift
39. When original mass of star is greater than 5 M (M = mass of
the sun). The death of this star will give rise to (c) Neutron star (d) None of these
(a) White dwarf (b) Black hole
(c) Quasars (d) Nebula 49. Speed of recession of galaxy is proportional to it's distance

40. The tail of the comet is due to (a) Directly (b) Inversely
(a) Vaporisation of water on the comet (c) Exponentially (d) None of these
(b) Sublimation of vapour in the comet
(c) Cooling of water in the comet 50. Great bear is a
(d) Vaporisation of heat in the comet (a) Star (b) Galaxy
(c) Constellation (d) Planet
41. In our solar system, there is one sun and
(a) Seven planets 51. Surface temperature of the sun is of the order of
(b) Nine planets (a) 5000 K (b) 7000 K
(c) Eleven planets (c) 6000 K (d) 12000 K
(d) Indefinite number of planets
52. The colour of a star is an indication of its
42. Which one of the following planet has the longest day (a) Weight (b) Distance
(a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Surface temperature (d) Size
(c) Mercury (d) Earth
53. Which of the following is coldest planet
43. Which one of the following is known as Saptarishi (a) Mercury (b) Pluto
(a) Orion (b) Ursa major (c) Earth (d) Venus
(c) Ursa minor (d) Scorpion

54. According to Hubble's law, the redshift (Z ) of a receding

44. Smaller pieces of heavy stones and metals which on entering galaxy and its distance r from earth are related as
earth's atmosphere burns out are
(a) Z ∝r (b) Z ∝1/r
(a) Comets (b) Meteorites
2 3 /2
(c) Asteroids (d) All of these (c) Z ∝1/ r (d) Z ∝r

45. In determining the temperature of a distant star, one makes 55. The condition for a uniform spherical mass m of radius r to
use of be a black hole is [G = gravitational constant and g =
(a) Kirchhoff's law (b)Stefan's law acceleration due to gravity]
1/2 1/2
(c) Wien's displacement law (d)None of these (a) (2 Gm/r ) ≤c (b) (2 Gm/r ) =c
1/2 1/2
46. The motion of planets in the solar system is an example of (c) (2 Gm/r ) ≥c (d) ( gm/r ) ≥c
conservation of
(a) Mass (b) Momentum
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56. Fraunhofer lines of the solar system is an example of kms−1

(a) Emission spectrum 2×10−6 , 1 .58×103 year
(b) ly
(b) Emission band spectrum
kms−1
(c) Continuous emission spectrum 106 , 1 . 49×1010 year
(c) ly
(d) Line absorption spectrum
(d) None of these
57. The difference in the lengths of a mean solar day and a
sidereal day is about 64. Consider a binary star system consisting of two stars of
(a) 1 min (b) 4 min M M
masses 1 and 2 separated by a distance of 30 AU with a
(c) 15 min (d) 56 min period of revolution equal to 30 years. If one of the two stars
is 5 times farther from the centre of mass than the other. The
masses of the two stars in terms of solar masses are
58. A bright star is indicated to have a brightness magnitude of –
(a) 5, 15 (b) 25, 5
5 compared to a star of brightness zero magnitude. It means
that this star compared to the reference star of zero brightness (c) 25, 10 (d) 7, 25
is
(a) 100 times less bright (b) 5 times more bright 65. A planet of mass m moves in an ellipse around the sun of
(c) 5 times less bright (d) 100 times more bright MS r1
mass so that its maximum and minimum distances are
r
and 2 respectively. The angular momentum of the planet
59. The sun revolves around the galaxy with a speed of 250 relative to the centre of the sun is
km/sec and it's radius is 3  104 light year. The mass of the
milky way is
(a) 3  1040kg
(c) 5  1040kg
(b) 3  1041kg
(d) 6  1041kg
(a) √ 2 GM S r 1
(r 1 +r 2 )
(b) √ 2 GM S m 2 r 1 r 2
(r 1 + r 2 )

60. There are certain types of stars called visible stars which (c) √ GM S r 1 r 2
(r 1 +r 2 )
(d) √
r 1 r 2 (r 1 +r 2 )
2 GM S

undergo periodic change in their light output. If such a star

quadruple it's light output, how much does it's magnitude 66. The percentage of Sun's total energy which reaches the earth's
change surface is
(a) – 1.25 (b) – 1.5 (a) 10–7 % (b) 10–6 %
(c) – 1.75 (d) – 2 (c)10–3 % (d)10–2 %

61. A particular emission line, detected in the light from a galaxy,

has a wavelength λ =1. 1 λ , where λ is the proper 67. Suppose a planet goes around Sun with a linear speed twice
'

wavelength of the line. The galaxy distance from us as fast that of earth. What will be it's orbit size as compared to
9 9 that of earth ? (Radius of earth = R)
(a) 1 .6×10 ly (b) 0.97×10 ly
(a) R / 4 (b) R / 2
9 11
(c) 2 .4×10 ly (d) 1.62×10 ly (c) R (d) 2R

62. Assuming that the dimmest visible star to the naked eye has a
magnitude of about 6. Brightness of planet Venus (magnitude
= – 4) w.r.t. this star is
(a) 10,000 times brighter (b) 2000 times brighter
(c) 15000 times brighter (d) 4000 times brighter

63. A galaxy is observed to be moving with a velocity of 8600

km-sec–1. If it is at a distance of 430 million light year from
us, Hubble constant and corresponding age of the universe are
respectively
kms−1
2×10−5 , 1. 49×1010 year
(a) ly