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Pinnacle Geography ydrogenandhelium.NumberofMoons h planet of all eight planets. Geography -95.Neptune-Itistheonlyplanetinour solarsystemnotvisibletothenakedeye. Q.10. The Kuiper Belt is a ring of icy Solar System And Its Planets It has 14 Moons. r ocks&dustbodiesjustoutsidetheorbit of___. .1. Which is the mostwidelyaccepted Q .5. Which scientist thought of the Q SSC MTS 17/05/2023 (Afternoon) model to explain the formation and concept of the steady state of the (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune evaluation of the solar system? universe? SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (1st shift) Sol.10.(d) Neptune - Farthest-known SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Morning) (a) Harold Jeffrey (b) Edwin Hubble lanetfromtheSun.Rotationonitsaxis- p (a) Cloud hypothesis (c) Fred Hoyle (d) Pierre - Laplace 16 hours. Revolution - 165 Earth years. (b) Gas hypothesis Size-17timesthemassofEarth.Moons (c) Nebular hypothesis Sol.5.(c) Fred Hoyle. Steady-State - 14. Natural satellite - Triton (largest (d) Solar hypothesis heory:Itisatheoreticalmodelinwhich T moon).Onlyaplanetwhichis invisibleto ol.1.(c) Nebular hypothesis - The S theUniverseisconstantlyexpandingbut the naked eye. planets were formed out of a cloud of with a fixed average density.Thetheory was put forward by three scientists .11.Themoonmovesaroundtheearth Q material associated with ayouthfulsun, (1948) : Sir Hermann Bondi, Thomas in about _______days. which was slowly rotating. The theory Gold, and Sir Fred Hoyle. SSC MTS 14/06/2023 (Morning) was developed by Immanuel Kant. But (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 25 Mathematician Laplace revised it in .6. Fromthegivenalternatives,identify Q 1796.OtherHypothesis:BigBangTheory ol.11.(c) 27. Moon is the only natural S the dwarf planet. -PropoundedbyGeorgeLamaitrerelated satelliteofplanetEarth.It takes27days, Higher Secondary 30/06/2023 ( Shift - 2) to the origin of the universe. 7hoursand43minutestocompleteone (a) Pluto (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Mars revolutionaroundtheEarth.Earth'sMoon .2. Terrestrial planets are composed Q ol.6.(a) Pluto. The five dwarf planets S is the fifth largest m oon in the solar of______. are Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, system (Largest - GanymedeofJupiter). SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (Evening) and Eris. A dwarf planet is a celestial Distance - 384,400 kilometers from Earth. (a) metals and air (b) rocks and metals body that is inorbitaroundtheSunand (c) metals and gas (d) rocks and gas .12. Minal wrote an essay on the Q hasenoughmasstoberoughlyroundin shape. largest moon of Saturn. Which among Sol.2.(b) Rocks and metals. Terrestrial the following moons is it? lanets - Mercury, Venus (Earth’s sister P Q.7. Which amongthefollowingplanets SSC MTS 19/06/2023 (Morning) planet), Earth and Mars. They are is also known as "morning star"? (a) Atlas (b) Titan (c) Carme (d) Europa categorised into the following: Silicate SSC MTS 10/05/2023 (Evening) Planets, Iron Planets, Coreless Planets, ol.12.(b) Titan - The second-largest S (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Earth Carbon (diamond) Planets. Saturn, moon in our solar system. Ganymede Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are called ol.7.(c) Venus - The second planet S (Jupiter’s moon ) is thelargestmoonin Jovian Planets because of their large closest tothesun.ItisalsocalledEarth’s the solar system. Atlas - Itisasatellite size (Jovian is namedafterJupiter)and twinsisterbecauseitissimilarinsizeand of Saturn which was discovered by their hydrogen content. densityasoftheEarth.Itisalsoknownas Richard Terrile. Carme - It is one ofthe Morning and Evening Star.Itrotatesfrom moons of Jupiter whichwasdiscovered Q.3. Which trend is found about the east to west i.e. in clockwise direction.It by Seth Barnes Nicholson. Europa-Itis istance between the galaxies? d does not have its own natural satellite. the moon of Jupiter. SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (Evening) (a) Unpredictable (b) Decreasing .8. Cosmic snowballs of frozengases, Q .13.What is the radius of the earth? Q (c) Constant (d) Increasing rock and dust that orbit the Sun are SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (4th Shift) known as_______. (a) 7456 km (b) 6371 km Sol.3.(d) Increasing. In 1929, Edwin SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Morning) (c) 5619 km (d) 4728 km ubble announced that almost all H (a) Meteors (b) Star galaxies appeared to be moving away Sol.13.(b)6371km.EarthDistancefrom (c) Meteorites (d) Comets fromus.Hefoundthattheuniversewas t he Sun (150 million km), Surface area: expanding - with all of the galaxies ol.8.(d) Comets. Meteors are bits of S 510.1millionkm²,Landarea:149million moving away from each other. This rock and ice that are ejected from km², Gravity: 9.8 m/s². phenomenonwasobservedasaredshift comets as they move in their orbits of a galaxy's spectrum. about the Sun. Meteorite - Asteroids Q.14. Which of the following after the collision are known as a onstellations is also called the hunter? c .4. Onwhichplanethasarotatingoval Q SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (1st Shift) meteorite. usually originate from the of clouds,twiceaswideasEarth,called (a) Cassiopeia (b) Leo Major asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. the 'Great Red Spot' been observed for (c) Ursa Major (d) Orion more than 300 years ? .9. Which among the following is the Q SSC CHSL 08/08/2023 (1st shift) coldest planet in the solar system? ol.14.(d) Orion is located on the S (a) Neptune (b) Mercury SSC MTS 16/05/2023 (Evening) celestial equator and can be seen (c) Jupiter (d) Venus (a) Mars(b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Uranus throughout the world. It is named after the hunterinGreek.UrsaMajororGreat ol.4.(c) Jupiter is the largest planet in S ol.9.(d) Uranus.Neptune is the second S Bear:Aconstellationinthenorthernsky. the solar system. It is made mostly of coldest planet. Venus is the hottest The constellation Leo : Seen in the www.ssccglpinnacle.com Download Pinnacle Exam Preparation App 288 Pinnacle Geography northern hemisphere in the spring. light-years from Sun. Light - year is the elestial objects? c assiopeia : A large constellation C distancelighttravelsinoneyear.1Light I. Stars , II. Planets , III. Moon located in the northernsky,namedafter year = 63241 AU (approx). SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Evening) Cassiopeia, the vain andboastfulqueen (a) Only I and III (b) Only I and II in greek. There are 88 constellations. .20. The asteroid belt lies between Q (c) I, II and III (d) Only II and III which two planets ? .15. Which among the following is Q SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (3rd Shift) Sol.24.(c) I, II and III. Celestial bodies another word for universe? (a) Jupiter and Saturn ( heavenlybodies)include:Planets, Stars, SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (2nd Shift) (b) Mars and Jupiter Satellites, Comets, Asteroids, Meteors (a) Big Crunch (b) Astronomy (c) Saturn and Uranus andMeteorites,Galaxies.Halley'sComet (c) Cosmos (d) Supernova (d) Mercury and Venus (1P/Halley) is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–79 years. ol.15.(c) Cosmos (Greek word) S Sol.20.(b) Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid meaning both "order" and "world". elt separates the inner and outer B .25.Whichofthefollowingstatements Q planets. Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and regarding the moon is correct? .16. Each orbit of the International Q NeptunearetheOuterplanets(Lastfour I. The size of theilluminatedpartofthe Space Station (ISS) takes _____minutes. fromtheSun)andalsoknownasJovian moon visible from the Earth increases SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (2nd Shift) Planets. The first four planets (Mercury, each day after the new moon day. (a) 80 - 82 (b) 85 - 87 Venus, Earth and Mars) are known as II.Afterthefullmoonday,thesunlitpart (c) 90 - 93 (d) 83 - 86 Inner or Terrestrial planets. of the moon visible from the Earth ol.16.(c) 90-93. In 24 hours, the space S decreases in size every day. Q.21.Inearly1610,whodiscoveredwith SSC CPO 11/11/2022 (Afternoon) station makes 16 orbits of Earth, isnewlyinventedtelescopethatJupiter h traveling through 16 sunrises and (a) Both I and II (b) Only I has four moons? (c) Neither I nor II (d) Only II sunsets. SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) .17. In approximately how much time Q (a) Simon Marius (b) Tycho Brahe ol.25.(a) Both I and II. Whenthereare S does Mars complete one spin on its (c) Galileo Galilei (d) Johannes Kepler two full moons within a month, the axis? second fullmooniscalledaBlueMoon, Sol.21.(c) Galileo Galilei. He was an When a full moon occurs at its perigee SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (1st Shift) Italian astronomer and scientist. He (a) 16 hours (b) 8 hours (the moon is closest to the earth) it is describedtheringsofSaturn,thephases called a Supermoon. (c) 1 day 18 hours (d) 1day of Venus, sunsets, and the bumpylunar ol.17.(d)1day.Rotationtimeofplanets S surface. The four moons he discovered Q.26. Which of the following dwarf (Approx.): Earth (1 day - 23 hours 56 were:Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. lanets lies in the main asteroid belt ? p min), Jupiter (9 hours 56 minutes), SSC CGL 12/04/2022(Afternoon) .22. Who was the first to accurately Q (a) Eris (b) Makemake Saturn(10hours40minutes),Uranus(17 describe the rings of Saturn as a disc hours 14 minutes) and Neptune (16 (c) Ceres (d) Haumea around the planet in 1655? hours). SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (4th Shift) ol.26.(c) Ceres isadwarfplanetinthe S Q.18.Whichamongthefollowingisnota (a) Hideki Yukawa asteroid beltbetweentheorbitsofMars t ype of solar eclipse? (b) Galileo Galilei andJupiter.Erisisthemostmassiveand SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (4th Shift) (c) Christiaan Huygens oneofthelargestknowndwarfplanetsin (a) Annular (b) Partial (d) Giovanni Cassini the Solar System. Haumea is a dwarf (c) Penumbral (d) Total planet located beyond Neptune's orbit. Sol.22.(c)ChristiaanHuygens.Hisother ol.18.(c) Penumbral (Lunar eclipse). A S inventions: pendulum clock, Centrifugal .27.The______radiationbeltsaregiant Q solar eclipse occurs when the Moon governors and magic lantern. swaths of magnetically trapped highly passes between Earth and the Sun. energetic charged particles that surround .23. The moon completes ______ Q Earth. Typesofsolareclipse:Total(Completely rotation on its axis as it completes one blockingthefaceoftheSun),Hybrid(the SSC CGL 13/04/2022(Morning) revolution around the Earth. (a) Van Allen (b) Aurora Moon is farther away from Earth, it SSC CPO 09/11/2022 (Morning) appears smaller than the Sun and does (c) Kuiper (d) Chinook (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4 not completely cover the Sun) and Sol.27.(a) Van Allen. An aurora is a Annular (when Sun is at or near its ol.23.(c) 1. The Moon is Earth's only S atural n phenomenon which is farthest point from Earth). natural satellite circling the planet atan characterized by a display of a averagedistanceof 384,400kilometers. natural-coloured (green, red, yellow or Q.19.The distance of the Sun from the The Moon's presencehelpsstabilizeour arth is about ________ light minutes. E white) light in the sky. Kuiper belt, flat planet and moderate our climate. A ring of icy small bodies that revolve SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (2nd Shift) singleorbitofourplanettakestheMoon (a) 6 (b) 4.3 (c) 12 (d) 8 around the Sun beyond the orbit of the 27.3 Earth days - The same amount of planet Neptune. ol.19.(d) 8. Interstellar distance: S time it takes for the satellite to also Distance between any two celestial rotate once on its axis. Huygens is the Q.28. Which of the following celestial bodies; measured in astronomical units Moon's tallest mountain. odies has a natural satellite named b (AU).Moon:1.3light-secondsawayfrom ‘Charon’? Q.24.Which of the following is a part of SSC MTS 05/10/2021(Evening) the Earth. Proxima Centauri: 4.2 www.ssccglpinnacle.com Download Pinnacle Exam Preparation App 289 Pinnacle Geography 5 6 (a) Haumea (b) Pluto (c) Mars (d) Saturn (c) 1.74× 10 m (d) 1.74× 10 m gaseous envelope around the Moon as t he ______. ol.28.(b) Pluto. Charon is known as S ol.34.(d) 1.74 × 106 m. The distance S SSC CGL 04/03/2020(Morning) Pluto. It is the largest ofthefiveknown between the moon and the earth is (a) lunar exosphere natural satellites of the dwarf planet 384,400 km. (b) lunar stratosphere Pluto. (c) lunar thermosphere .35. During the phenomenon of Q .29. Which of the following is the Q aphelion, the approximate distance (d) lunar endosphere windiest planet in the solar system? between the earth and the sun is: Sol.40.(a) lunar exosphere bounded by SSC MTS 14/10/2021(Evening) SSC CHSL 12/10/2020(Afternoon) t he emptiness of space and theMoon’s (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (a) 137 million km (b) 152 million km surface , is an atmosphere so thin that (c) Saturn (d) Mars (c) 147 million km (d) 142 million km atoms really collide. Chandrayaan-2 Sol.29.(a) Neptune is the eighth and ol.35.(b) 152 million km. Aphelion is S observed Argon-40 in the lunar f arthest-known Solar planet from the the point of the Earth’s orbit that is exosphere. Sun. It is 17 times the mass of Earth. farthestawayfromtheSun.Perihelionis .41.HowmanydegreesdoestheEarth Q Neptune is dark, cold, and very windy. the point of the Earth’s orbit that is rotate about its own axis in one hour? nearest to the Sun. SSC CGL 06/03/2020(Afternoon) Q.30.Inwhichofthefollowingperiodsis t he meteor shower named Quadrantids Q.36.The_____isresponsibleforEarth's (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 15 generally visible from Earth? agnetic field. m Sol.41.(d) 15. On its axis, the earth SSC MTS 20/10/2021(Afternoon) SSC CHSL 16/10/2020(Morning) r otates 360 degrees every 24 hours. (a) August/September (a) inner core (b) mantle (b) October/November (c) outer core (d) crust Longitudes and Latitudes (c) May/June (d) December/January ol.36.(c) outer core. On Earth, flowing S liquid metal in the outer core of the Q.42. Which of the following sets of ol.30.(d) December/January. The S planet generates electric currents. The tatements are correct about Inter s meteor shower named Quadrantids is rotationofEarthonitsaxiscausesthese Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)? generally visible from Earth. The electriccurrentstoformamagneticfield a. The ITCZ is a broad trough of low Quadrantids can produce over 100 which extends around the planet. pressure in equatorial latitudes. meteors per hour in a moonless sky. b. This is where the northeast and the Q.37. The process that moves, elevates southeast trade winds converge. .31. In which of the following months Q r buildsupportionsoftheearth’scrust o c. The ITCZ is the equatorial trough maythemeteorshowernamedLyridsbe is called: normally positioned about 5°N of the seen from Earth? SSC CHSL 16/10/2020(Afternoon) equator and remains there throughout SSC MTS 20/10/2021(Afternoon) (a) denudation (b) volcanism the year. (a) April ( b) February (c) June (d) August (c) weathering (d) diastrophism d. The ITCZ moves over to theplaneof Ganga in Summer. Sol.31.(a)April.Theradiantpointforthe ol.37.(d) Diastrophism. Denudation is S SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (Afternoon) yrid meteor shower is near the L the process of wearingawaytheEarth's (a) Only a and c (b) a, b and c constellation Lyra, which has the bright surface by weathering and erosion. (c) Only b and c (d) a, b and d star Vega in the east. Volcanismistheprocessofmoltenrock (magma) erupting onto the Earth's Sol.42.(d) a, b and d. Intertropical .32.IC 1101 is a ______. Q surface. onvergence Zone (ITCZ) - The region C SSC CHSL 06/08/2021(Evening) that circles the Earth, near the equator, (a) asteroid (b) galaxy .38.Thebodiesglowinginthenightsky Q where the trade winds of the Northern (c) supernova (d) satellite are known as ______. and Southern Hemispheres come SSC CGL 03/03/2020(Afternoon) ol.32.(b)galaxy.IC1101isasupergiant S together. Seasonal shifts in thelocation (a) Celestial bodies (b) Asteroids ellipticalgalaxyatthecenteroftheAbell of the ITCZ drastically affects rainfallin (c) Planetarium (d) Meteorite 2029 galaxy cluster and is one of the many equatorial nations,resultinginthe largest known galaxies. Sol.38.(a)Celestialbodiesareobjectsin wetanddryseasonsofthetropicsrather pace, such as stars, planets, moons, s than the cold and warm seasons of .33. The approximate period between Q and galaxies. higher latitudes. two consecutive new moons is ___ days. SSC CPO 24/11/2020 (Morning) .39. Lucifer is another name for the Q .43. During October-November, the Q (a) 15.5 (b) 28.5 (c) 29.5 (d) 15 planet______. apparent movement of the sun is SSC CGL 03/03/2020(Evening) towards the __________. Sol.33.(c) 29.5 days. The time interval (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Saturn SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Afternoon) etween a full moon and the next b (a) North (b) North-East repetition of the same phase, asynodic ol.39.(c) Venus. Lucifer means “Light- S (c) North-West (d) South month, averages about 29.53 days. bringer”.OtherPlanetNickname-Ringed Planet(Saturn),RedPlanet(Mars),Giant Sol.43.(d) South. The position of the .34.What is the radius of the moon? Q Planet (Jupiter). r ising sun keepsonmovingtowardsthe SSC CHSL 19/03/2020 (Morning) south in the period from 21st June to (a) 1.78× 106 m (b) 1.79× 106 m Q.40.Planetary scientists call the thin 22nd December. This period is called www.ssccglpinnacle.com Download Pinnacle Exam Preparation App 290
