World Geography

Which of the following planets is known as 'Morning Star'?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

Which planet of the solar system spin on its axis at the fastest rate?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which planet is known as the 'Watery Planet'?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?

• Mercury

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

The correct sequence of planets in the descending order of their equatorial diameter is:

• Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Earth

• Earth, Mars, Mercury, Uranus

• Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Earth

• Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury

Which of the following is the largest of the inner planets?

• Venus

• Mercury

• Mars

• Earth

In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered four moons of which planet?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• None of these

In order of their distances from the sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?

• Earth and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Earth

• Saturn and Neptune

The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because:

• it gets hidden behind Venus

• it goes too far away from the earth

• it being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun

• it cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.

Comets revolve around:

• sun

• earth

• venus

• no single heavenly body