DFCCIL Executive GK Questions 2014 - Previous Paper General Knowledge

UPSC/SSC/IBPS Examination GK Questions 2014 (Universe / Galaxies / Planets)

Question 1. Among the following which plant takes maximum time for one revolution around the Sun ?

A. Earth  

B. Jupiter

C. Mars 

D. Venus

Question 2. Foucault experiment is proof of which one of the following ?

A. Revolution of Earth

B. Rotation of Moon 

C. Rotation of Earth

D. Revolution of Moon 

Question 3. Lack of atmosphere around the Moon is due to

A. Low escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction

B. high escape velocity of air molecule and low gravitational attraction

C. Low gravitational attraction only

D. high escape velocity of air molecule only

Question 4. Who of the following discovered the law of planetary orbits ?

A. Galileo Galilei

B.  Johannes Kepler

C. Nicholas Copernicus 

D. Isaac Newton

Question 5. NASA's deep impact Mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus ?

A. Halley's comet 

B. Hale-Bopp

C. Hyakutake 

D. Temple 1

Question 6. The exact time take by the Earth for the single rotation on its own axis is

A. 24 hrs

B. 24 hrs 35 sec

C. 23 hrs 50 min 7.2 sec

D. 23 hrs 56 min 4.09 sec

Question 7. Which of the following is the large of the inner planets?

A. Venus 

B. Mercury

C. Mars

D. Earth

Question 8. 'A star which appears blue' is

A. cooler than the Moon 

B. hotter than the Sun

C. as hot as the Sun

D. cooler than the Sun

Question 9. The outermost layer of Sun is called 

A. convection zone

B. photosphere

C. chromosphere

D. corona

Question 10. The hottest planet is 

A. Mercury

B. Venus

C. Jupiter

D. Saturn

Answer : 1.(b), 2.(c), 3.(a), 4.(b), 5.(d), 6.(d), 7.(d), 8.(b), 9.(d), 10.(b).