ASTROPHILE Global Astronomy Month 2026 – Astronomy Quiz Astronomy-Quiz Participate in the quiz and test your knowledge about Space and Astronomy. Celebrate Global Astronomy Month with us and be part of global celebrations. Global Astronomy Month 2026 - Astronomy Quiz 0% 1 votes, 5 avg 15 You will have 30 minutes or 1800 seconds to complete the quiz. Your time is up. Thank you for participating. Global Astronomy Month 2026 To celebrate Global Astronomy Month 2021, we are organising an astronomy quiz. Participate and test your knowledge about the space and universe and assess how much you know about the cosmos. Please enter your details. 1 / 100 Which of the planets revolves fastest around the Sun? Neptune Jupiter Mercury Uranus 2 / 100 What is the Distance between Earth and Sun called as? Light Year Kilometers Astronomical Unit (AU) Parsec 3 / 100 NASA's Deep Impact Spade mission as employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus? Halley's Comet Hyakutake Hale-Bopp Temple 1 4 / 100 When our Sun will die, it will become... Planetary nebula Pulsar Black Hole Neutron Star 5 / 100 What is the standard unit of measuring distances in the universe? Parsec Astronomical Unit Light Years Kilometers 6 / 100 The star forming region in space is called... Nebula Star Cluster Galaxy Planetary System 7 / 100 Which planet has the fastest rotation time period? Mars Saturn Earth Jupiter 8 / 100 The angular position of an object measured from a fixed point along the horizon is its azimuth apogee declination zenith 9 / 100 A French astronomer discovered Deep Sky Objects by accident when he was searching for comets. He compiled the list and called it Messier's Catalogue The DSO Guide None of the above The Sky Atlas 10 / 100 Which planet in the Solar System is tilted by 98 degrees on its side? Saturn Venus Pluto Uranus 11 / 100 What is the size of Milky Way galaxy in terms of Light Years? 100,000 1,000 1,000,000 10,000 12 / 100 What is the line distinguishing the day part to night part on different planets called as? Integrator Terminator Differentiator Limiter 13 / 100 Milky Way is a.. Elliptical Galaxy Spiral Galaxy Barred Spiral Galaxy Irregular Galaxy 14 / 100 Which of these planets are the smallest? Uranus Jupiter Earth Mercury 15 / 100 Which spacecraft has collected the sample from a comet and returned to Earth? Hayabusa Gemini Rossetta New Horizon 16 / 100 The farthest point in orbit of Planet from Sun is called as Conjunction Aphelion Occultation Perihelion 17 / 100 The Sunspot cycle is 49 years 26 years 11 years 3 years 18 / 100 Which planet looks reddish in the night sky? Mars Jupiter Uranus Venus 19 / 100 Which is the largest Telescope in the world currently in use? Mount Wilson Hanle Keck Gemini 20 / 100 Which spacecraft of the below has landed on an asteroid? Hayabusa New Horizon Gemini Rossetta 21 / 100 What significant observation did Galileo made about Venus which changed the way we understand the planets? Venus' surface was similar to the Earth's Venus had retrograde motion. Venus was covered in clouds Venus had phases like the Moon 22 / 100 What is the name of the satellite network being laid by SpaceX called as? Starlink Network Dragon Cargo Tesla Dragon X 23 / 100 The Chandrasekhar limit is the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star. The currently accepted value of the Chandrasekhar limit measured in terms of Solar Mass (M) is 0.4M 1.4M 199M 2.8M 24 / 100 The Cosmic Background radiation, a remnant of the Big Bang, is at what temperature? 100K 2.7K 0K 5.3K 25 / 100 A star during most of its life is called Main Sequence Star A white Dwarf Sun Yellow Dwarf 26 / 100 In which spectral region is it possible for astronomers to observe celestial objects using refracting Telescopes? Ultravoilet Visual X-Ray Radio 27 / 100 What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter? A Storm A crater A Volcano A Lake 28 / 100 Recently a star was in news as expected to have gone Supernova. The brightness was reducing. Which constellation was that star part of? Canis Major Taurus Orion Bootes 29 / 100 The Magellanic Cloud is a star cluster nebula supernova remnant galaxy 30 / 100 Which of the following phenomena can not be observed on the surface of the Moon? Motion of Comets Rising and Setting of the Sun Solar Eclipse Twinkling of Stars 31 / 100 Name the largest known asteroid. Eris Ceres Pluto Haumea 32 / 100 First ever artificial satellite to orbit the Earth Was... Vostok 1 Explorer 1 Sputnik 1 Messenger 1 33 / 100 One of the Person below did not invent the telescope design? Copernicus John Dobson Isaac Newton Galileo Galilee 34 / 100 A full Moon rises... When the Sun sets When its midnight When the Sun is over head When the Sun rises 35 / 100 How many constellations are officially recognised? 55 66 88 77 36 / 100 A white dwarf has a mass of roughly our Sun. The size of that white dwarf will be equal to: The Earth Basketball Car An ocean 37 / 100 Geocentric model of Universe was given by Nicolaus Copernicus Ptolemy Galileo Tycho Brahe 38 / 100 What gas is burnt in a Sun like Star? Iron Helium Hydrogen Carbon 39 / 100 What reaction inside the star powers the star? Nuclear Fission Gravitation Nuclear Fusion Scattering 40 / 100 Which is the least dense planet in our solar system? Uranus Earth Jupiter Saturn 41 / 100 What does a Planetary nebula means or categorised for? a ring of star in a circular orbit. a contracting ring of gas and dust falling circling into massive object. A ring of planets circling a star an expanding ring of gas released from a dying star 42 / 100 A star is observed to change its brightness if The star has a planet orbiting it The star is new born The star is about to die Stars always fluctuate 43 / 100 Which of the planets does not have a Moon Uranus Venus Pluto Uranus 44 / 100 How many moons does Mars have? 2 50 1 13 45 / 100 Largest Moon in our Solar System Titan Triton Our Moon Ganemede 46 / 100 What is the period of Halley's Comet? 76 Years 36 years 108 years 74 Years 47 / 100 The Moon subtend the average angular size of 1.5 degree 0.3 degree 1 degree 0.5 degree 48 / 100 Which is the hottest planet in Solar System? Mercury Pluto Venus Earth 49 / 100 What is the name of our Sun? Suraj Sol Surya Sun 50 / 100 Which of the following was a probe to impact on Saturn's Moon? Cassini Juno New Horizon Huygen 51 / 100 Which is the first India Satellite launched to space? Aaryabhatta Pushpak Varah-Mihir Subhash 52 / 100 A comet's tail points in which direction? Towards the Sun Behind the comet in its orbit Towards the Earth Away from the Sun 53 / 100 Which of the following space craft has not left or on course to leave the solar system? Voyager 1 Cassini New Horizon Voyager 2 54 / 100 First known supernova explosion recorded in human history was M87 Supernova Sagittarius Supernova Vela Supernova Crab Nebula 55 / 100 From which place the comets come from... None of the Above Rain Cloud Hydrogen Cloud Oort Cloud 56 / 100 Which of the planet rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of Earth's rotation? Mars Mercury Venus Jupiter 57 / 100 A pulsar is actually a Neutron Star Black Hole Red Giant White Dwarf 58 / 100 "A planet in its orbit sweeps equal area in equal time." Who gave us this law? Edwin Hubble Albert Einstein Tycho Brahe Johannes Kepler 59 / 100 The Sun rotates about its own axis approximately: Once every 60 minutes It varies with solar latitude. Once every 24 hours Once every 35 days 60 / 100 Which female astronaut holds the record from spending maximum time in space? Kalpana Chawla Lisa Norwak None of the above Sunita Williams 61 / 100 The altitude of Polaris for any location is equal to Constant The latitude of the location None of the above The longitude of the location 62 / 100 The Big Dipper is part of which constellation? Cassiopeia Ursa Minor Ursa Major Auriga 63 / 100 Which of the below is a mission to Pluto? Gemini Rossetta New Horizon Hayabusa 64 / 100 The Moon turns red during a total lunar eclipse. What is the reason behind it? The Moon is angry None of the above It is the Red Moon The atmospheric refraction on Earth 65 / 100 A galactic year is the length of time taken by our Sun to complete one orbit around the centre of galaxy. In earth years, how long is a galactic year? 500-575 million years 1-10 million years 225-250 million years 100-120 million years 66 / 100 What is the name of the space craft in which Yuri Gagarin travelled to space? Vostok 1 Gemini Apollo Messenger 67 / 100 On which day of the year does the Summer Solstice usually occur in Northern Hemisphere? 21st June 22nd December 23rd September 23rd Mach 68 / 100 Which of the following planets has a revolution time faster than its rotation time? Mars Venus Jupiter Uranus 69 / 100 Which star other than Sun is the closest to Earth? Sirius Vega Polaris Proxima Centauri 70 / 100 The largest mountain is the Solar System is on... Mars Neptune's Moon Venus Jupiter's Moon 71 / 100 What is the latest rover launched by NASA to Mars? Opportunity Spirit Curiosity Perseverance 72 / 100 The period of one lunar cycle is 30.5 D 29.5 D 27.5 D 28.5 D 73 / 100 Approximately how many times could a beam of light travel around the earth in one second? 3.6 times 6.3 times 4.5 times 7.2 times 74 / 100 What is the name of Pole Star? Polaris Aldebran Sirius Arcturus 75 / 100 The atmosphere of Sun is called as Core Corona Sun Spot Solar Wind 76 / 100 Where is the largest optical telescope in India located? Kodaikanal Udaipur Devestal Observatory Hanle 77 / 100 The term "ALBEDO" refers to which of the following? The amount of light a planet reflects The wobbling motion of a planet The phase changes of a planet The brightness of a star 78 / 100 What is the name given to a very bright meteors or bolides? None of the above UFO Meteor Shower Fireball 79 / 100 Which of the following plants has a lesser rotation time than the Earth? Mars Venus Jupiter Mercury 80 / 100 Name the planet having a day longer than its year. Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter 81 / 100 The universe is estimated to be between 14 to 20 billion years old. This estimate is based on the value of: The speed of light The Hubble constant The mass of the electron The mass of the Earth 82 / 100 Name the first man to classify stars according to their brightness. Copernicus Hipparchus Pythagorus Aristarchus 83 / 100 Which galaxy is on a collision course with out Milkyway galaxy? Andromeda Galaxy Whirlpool Galaxy Pinwheel Galaxy Triangulum Galaxy 84 / 100 Which was the first space based telescope? James-Webb Chandra Spitzer Hubble 85 / 100 What causes the Northern and Southern lights on Earth? Clouds Magnetic Field of Earth Atmosphere Wind 86 / 100 What term describes two full moons in the same calendar month? Super Moon Red Moon Blue Moon Pink Moon 87 / 100 Name the planet with largest number of Moons. Neptune Saturn Jupiter Uranus 88 / 100 What is the name of Our Moon? Luna Moon Chand Chandrama 89 / 100 The solar system bodies as seen in the sky appear to follow the same area or line in the sky. What is this line or area called as? Equator Ecliptic Zenith Nadir 90 / 100 India's satellite launch-pad is located at Ahmedabad Dhanushkhodi Thumba Shri Harikota 91 / 100 A star of which colour can be said to be the coolest? Blue Red Yellow Dwarf Black 92 / 100 Our Sun is a Yellow dwarf White Dwarf Brown Dwarf None of the above 93 / 100 Recently a chemical compound has been found on Venus which partially supports the existence of life on Venus. What is that chemical compound? Phosphene Phosphorus Oxygen Carbon 94 / 100 Morning star is also called to Venus Vega Antares Sirius 95 / 100 What is the name of the solar probe ISRO is going to launch? Parker Gaganyaan Aditya Suryaan 96 / 100 Which of the following is NOT an ISRO launch vehicle? GSLV MK-III PSLV Artemis 97 / 100 The biggest asteroid known as Eros Icarus Ceres Vesta 98 / 100 The study of the origin and evolution of the universe is known as Cosmology Cystoscopy Cryology Tomography 99 / 100 What is the season in Northern hemisphere when the Earth is at its farthest distance from Sun? Summer Spring Winter Autumn 100 / 100 The average distance between Earth and Moon is 3,54,000 KM 4,06,384 KM 3,00,000 KM 3,84,000 KM Your score isThe average score is 49% LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Exit Send feedback