Thiruvalluvar University: 229-Sri Bharathi Women'S Arts & Science College, Kunnathur-Arni

11/12/2020 THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY
THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY
229-SRI BHARATHI WOMEN'S ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, KUNNATHUR-ARNI.
ASTRO PHYSICS (BSPH 55)
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT - I
ENTER YOUR NAME
Sabitha.D
ENTER YOUR REGISTER NUMBER
229180U28017
1. The greatest distance of a planet from the sun is called what? Is it the planet's:
aphelion
perihelion
helix
eccentricity
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2. The biggest asteroid known is
Vesta
Icarus
Ceres
Eros
3. The planet Jupiter has a mass that is:
equal to the combined masses of the earth and Mars
equal to the combined masses of Saturn and Pluto
equal to the combined masses of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus
greater than the combined masses of all of the planets
4. Rounded to the nearest day, the Mercurian year is equal to
115
78
88
165
5.One of the largest Volcanoes in our solar system-if not the largest is named Olympus Mons.
This Volcano is located on
Jupiters Moon Callisto
Venus
Saturns Moon Titan
Mars
6. One Jupiter day is equal to which of the following?
8 hrs 40 min
9 hrs 50 min
10 hrs 30 min
12 hrs 10 min
7. The time interval between two successive occurrences of a specific type of alignment of a
planet (or the moon) with the sun and the earth is referred to as
conjunction
an opposition
a sidereal period
a synodic period
8. Which one best represents the time it takes energy generated in the core of the sun to
reach the surface of the sun and be radiated?
Three minutes
Thirty days
One thousand years
One million years
9. The sunspot cycle is
3 years
7 years
11 years
14 years
10. The Andromeda Galaxy is which of the following types of galaxies?
elliptical
spiral
barred-spiral
irregular
11. About how many light years across is the Milky Way?
1,000
10,000
100,000
1000,000
12. Cosmology is the branch of science concerned with the ____________
Formation of Planets
Formation of Stars
Formation of Universe
Formation of Black holes
13. Evidence that much of the mass of the universe consist of dark energy has come
from__________
measuring the density of matter in the solar system
determining the distance to the Coma cluster
determining the distance to quasars
observing extremely distant supernovae
14. Which of the following is not an implication of Hubble’s law?
The universe is expanding
We are in the center of the universe
The universe had a beginning
The universe was once denser than it is now
15. The expansion age of the universe is about _________
1 billion years
10 billion years
100 billion years
1000 billion years
16. The rate of expansion of the universe is __________
Decelerating
Accelerating
Constant
Zero
17. The cosmic background radiation observed is starlight.
True
False
18. What will happen if the density of the universe is less than the critical density?
The Universe will contract
The Universe will contract and then rebound
The universe will stop expanding
The universe will keep expanding forever
19. The theory which believes that the universe works like a heart beating in rhythms is
_________
Oscillating Universe Theory
Slowing down theory
Big crunch theory
Big bang theory
20. Most of the helium of the universe was produced __________
In stars
In quasars
At the time the cosmic background radiation was formed
First ten minutes of the expansion
21. The cluster of galaxies which is farthest from the Earth is __________
Abel 2218
Milky way
Andromeda
Cartwheel
22. The brightest star in a constellation _________
Alpha
Omega
Pulsar
Beta
23. A planet is orbiting a star. What is relation between T and T , given that the arc subtended
on the path by the planet is same in both cases?
Ta = Tb
Ta > Tb
Ta < Tb
Insufficient information
24. Refracting telescopes always contain which one of the following?
mirrors
lenses
television systems
film
25. For what reason was the Schmidt telescope specially built? Was it to serve as:
a sky camera
a radio telescope
an optical telescope
a solar telescope
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11/12/2020 THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY

229-SRI BHARATHI WOMEN'S ARTS & SCIENCE COLLEGE, KUNNATHUR-ARNI.

ASTRO PHYSICS (BSPH 55)

ENTER YOUR NAME

ENTER YOUR REGISTER NUMBER

2. The biggest asteroid known is

3. The planet Jupiter has a mass that is:

equal to the combined masses of the earth and Mars

equal to the combined masses of Saturn and Pluto

equal to the combined masses of Saturn, Neptune and Uranus

greater than the combined masses of all of the planets

4. Rounded to the nearest day, the Mercurian year is equal to

Jupiters Moon Callisto

Saturns Moon Titan

6. One Jupiter day is equal to which of the following?

One thousand years

One million years

9. The sunspot cycle is

10. The Andromeda Galaxy is which of the following types of galaxies?

12. Cosmology is the branch of science concerned with the ____________

Formation of Black holes

measuring the density of matter in the solar system

determining the distance to the Coma cluster

determining the distance to quasars

observing extremely distant supernovae

14. Which of the following is not an implication of Hubble’s law?

The universe is expanding

We are in the center of the universe

The universe had a beginning

The universe was once denser than it is now

15. The expansion age of the universe is about _________

100 billion years

1000 billion years

16. The rate of expansion of the universe is __________

17. The cosmic background radiation observed is starlight.

The Universe will contract

The Universe will contract and then rebound

The universe will stop expanding

The universe will keep expanding forever

Oscillating Universe Theory

Slowing down theory

Big crunch theory

Big bang theory

20. Most of the helium of the universe was produced __________

At the time the cosmic background radiation was formed

First ten minutes of the expansion

22. The brightest star in a constellation _________

24. Refracting telescopes always contain which one of the following?

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