Solar System

The major galaxy closest to our Earth

• Ceres

• Andromeda

• Milkyway

__________ is called saptarishi In India

• Ursa Minor

• Ursa Major

• Pointers

Latin word _______ means the Sun

• Sol

• Sola

• Los

According to astronomers, the sun was born about ________ years ago

• 6.4 billion years

• 4.6 billion years

• 15 billion years

_________ holds the Earth and other planets in their orbits

• Force

• Mass

• Gravity

The brightest star in the sky

• Pointer

• Pole star

• Ceres

Millions of stars form the ______________

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Constellation

Andromeda galaxy lies about -------- million light-years away from the Earth

• 5.2

• 2.5

• 4.2

Who was the first man to walk in space?

• Rakesh Sharma

• Alexi Leonov

• Galileo

Name the first Indian to visit space

• Kalpana Chawla

• Aryabhatta

• Rakesh Sharma