The asteroids revolve around the Sun in between :

(1) Earth and Mars

(2) Mars and Jupiter

(3) Jupiter and Saturn

(4) Saturn and Uranus

Which of the following is called the twin of the earth?

(1) Neptune

(2) Venus

(3) Mars

(4) Saturn

Which amidst the following planets has its orbit closest to Sun?

(1) Venus

(2) Mars

(3) Jupiter

(4) Uranus

The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in about—

(1) 8 seconds

(2) 8 minutes

(3) 10 seconds

(4) 10 minutes

The surface temperature of the sun is estimated as

(1) 6000 ° C

(2) 12000 °C

(3) 18000 °C

(4) 24000 °C

Which one of the following planets has no moon?

(1) Mars

(2) Neptune

(3) Mercury

(4) Pluto

Which one of the following is called a red planet?

(1) Venus

(2) Mercury

(3) Mars

(4) Jupiter

Brightest planet in our solar system is

(1) Venus

(2) Mercury

(3) Mars

(4) Jupiter

The Milky Way Galaxy was first observed by

(1) Galileo

(2) Maarten Schmidt

(3) Marconi

(4) Newton

Which of the following statements is correct?

(1) Pluto is not a Planet now

(2) Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930

(3) Pluto has been given the number 134340

(4) All of the above

Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System?

(1) Jupiter

(2) Saturn

(3) Venus

(4) Uranus