The Universe

Question 1

Ptolemy

Answer 1

Book : Almagest

Earth centered universe

Question 2

Copernicus

Answer 2

Sun not earth the center of the universe 1543

Question 3

Herschel

Answer 3

Universe was not confined by solar system there is more

Question 4

Hubble’s law

Answer 4

Edwin Hubble showed that nabulae were distant galaxies 1924

Question 5

Doppler effect

Answer 5

Star moving towards observer then the light will shift toward the blue spectrum
If the star is moving away then it will shift towards the red spectrum

Question 6

Big band theory

Answer 6

Abbe georges

Question 7

Steady state theory

Answer 7

Hermann Boudi

Thomas Gold

Question 8

Pulsating theory

Answer 8

Dr Alan Sandage

Question 9

A light year is

Answer 9

5.88 *10^12 miles

Question 10

Maximum duration of the solar Eclipse

Answer 10

7minutes 40 seconds

Question 11

Maximum duration of the Lunar eclipse

Answer 11

100 minutes

Question 12

Largest satellite in the solar system

Answer 12

Ganymede is the satellite of Jupiter

Question 13

The principle of black hole was enunciated by

Answer 13

S. Chandrasekhar

Question 14

Distance of moon from earth

Answer 14

384400

Question 15

Which planet has most number of volcanoes

Answer 15

Venus

Question 16

Approximate diameter of the earth is

Answer 16

12800km

Question 17

Blue moon

Answer 17

A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: either the third of four full moons in a season, or a second full moon in a month of the common calendar.