Solar System

61.	Which of the following planets is located at the farthest distance from the Sun and the Earth?
	A. Uranus
	B. Mars
	C. Neptune
	D. Earth Option “C” is correct. Neptune orbits our Sun, a star, and is the eighth planet from the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers).

62.	Year is the longest –
	A. on Saturn
	B. on Jupiter
	C. on Neptune
	D. on Earth Option “C” is correct. Neptune has the longest of any planet in the Solar System. As such, a year on Neptune is the longest of any planet, lasting the equivalent of 164.8 years (or 60,182 Earth days).

63.	Which is the outermost planet of the solar system?
	A. Earth
	B. Uranus
	C. Neptune
	D. Jupiter Option “C” is correct. Neptune, third most massive planet of the solar system and the eighth and outermost planet from the Sun. Because of its great distance from Earth, it cannot be seen with the unaided eye.

64.	Yama or Kuber (Pluto) was discovered by which of the following astronomers in the year 1930?
	A. Clyde Tombag
	B. John Gale
	C. William Herschel
	D. James P. Hwl Option “A” is correct. Pluto was eventually discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory, based on predictions by Lowell and other astronomers.

65.	Which of the following celestial body takes equal time for both revolution and rotation motion?
	A. Moon
	B. Neptune
	C. Venus
	D. Jupiter Option “A” is correct. Yes! The time it takes for the Moon to rotate once on its axis is equal to the time it takes for the Moon to orbit once around Earth. This keeps the same side of the Moon facing towards Earth throughout the month.

66.	Which celestial body is called ‘Queen of the Night’?
	A. Moon
	B. Jupiter
	C. Mars
	D. Pluto Option “A” is correct. The sun, centre of our solar system, giver of light, life and warmth is not the only luminary in our skies. The Moon reflects the light of the sun gently down to earth as she waxes and wanes in our night sky. that’s the reason moon is called ‘Queen of the Night’

67.	The surface of the Moon as seen from the Earth is what percentage of its total surface?
	A. 33%’
	B. 59%’
	C. 69%’
	D. 70%’ Option “B” is correct. Since the Moon’s orbit is both somewhat elliptical and inclined to its equatorial plane, libration allows up to 59% of the Moon’s surface to be viewed from Earth (though only half at any moment from any point).

68.	Which of the following is Clavius?
	A. Moon of Jupiter
	B. Largest crater on the Moon
	C. Italian sailor who was the first to circumnavigate the globe by sea
	D. None of the above Option “B” is correct. is among the largest and oldest craters on the Moon. Located in the far southern area of the Moon’s near side, it’s visible in binoculars and small telescopes between first and third quarter phases.

69.	By what name is the space between the Earth and the Moon known?
	A. End Space
	B. Outer Space
	C. Cislunar
	D. None of these Option “C” is correct. pace between Earth and Moon is known as Cislunar. Pertaining to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.Read more on Sarthaks.com – https://www.sarthaks.com/79462/space-between-earth-and-moon-is-known-as-a-cislunar-b-fulalunar

70.	Which of the following is not a planet of the Sun?
	A. Jupiter
	B. Venus
	C. Moon
	D. Neptune Option “C” is correct.

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