Latest Space General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

Space - General Knowledge Questions

1 .

How much time does light require to travel distance of 150,000,000 kilometers from the Sun to the earth?

A)

8 1/3 minutes

B)

8 1/2 minutes

C)

8 1/4 minutes

D)

9 minutes

Correct Answer : 8 1/3 minutes

2 .

The first person to enter into space was

A)

Valentina Tereshkova

B)

Edward H. White

C)

Yuri Gagarin

D)

Alan Shepard

Correct Answer : Yuri Gagarin

3 .

The name of the world's first black spaceman is

A)

Prensa Latina.

B)

Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez.

C)

Yury Rumanenko.

D)

Robert Mendereze.

Correct Answer : Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez.

4 .

Storms of gases are visible in the chromospheres of the Sun during

A)

Cyclones

B)

Anticyclones

C)

Lunar eclipse

D)

Solar eclipse

Correct Answer : Solar eclipse

5 .

What is the name of the first woman space tourist?

A)

Jullian Moore

B)

Anousheh Ansari

C)

Paula Radcliffe

D)

Namira Salim

Correct Answer : Anousheh Ansari

6 .

Which of the following planets has a lesser rotation time than the Earth?

A)

Jupiter

B)

Mars

C)

Mercury

D)

Venus

Correct Answer : Jupiter

7 .

NASA's Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

A)

Halley's Comet

B)

Hale-Bopp

C)

Hyakutake

D)

Tempel 1

Correct Answer : Tempel 1

8 .

Which of the following planets rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of earth's rotation?

A)

Mars

B)

Jupiter

C)

Venus

D)

Mercury

Correct Answer : Venus

9 .

An astronaut in outer space will observe sky as

A)

White

B)

Black

C)

Blue

D)

Red

Correct Answer : Black

10 .

Which planet has the fastest revolution time?

A)

Mercury

B)

Uranus

C)

Neptune

D)

Jupiter

Correct Answer : Mercury