Diamond is a very expensive ornament. It is composed of a single element.

(A) Carbon
(B) Gold
(C) Silver
(D) Platinum

Answer: (A) Carbon

Q. What is the other name of ornament given by the architectural historian Sir John Summerson, in a 1941 essay ?
(A) Surface decoration
(B) Surface modulation
(C) Surface cutting
(D) None of these

Answer: (B) Surface modulation

Q. What is the crystal structure of the diamond called?
(A) Orthorhombic
(B) Diamond Hexagonal
(C) Diamond cubic
(D) Diamond Tetragonal

Answer: (C) Diamond cubic

The position of earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the sun causing northern summer is called:

(A) Aphelion
(B) Perihelion
(C) Perigee
(D) Apogee

Answer: (A) Aphelion

Q. The position of earth in its orbit, when it is nearest to sun is called:
(A) Aphelion
(B) Perihelion
(C) Perigee
(D) Apogee

Answer: (B) Perihelion

Q. Who composed the words Perihelion and Aphelion to describe the orbital motions of the planets around the Sun?
(A) Johannes Kepler
(B) Johannes Vermeer
(C) Galileo Galilei
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Johannes Kepler

Eugenics is the study of:

(A) Altering human beings by changing their genetic components
(B) People of European origin
(C) Different races of mankind
(D) Genetics of plants

Answer: (A) Altering human beings by changing their genetic components

Q. Who suggested applying the principles of selective breeding to humans around 400 BC?
(A) Galton
(B) Plato
(C) Randall
(D) Allison

Answer: (B) Plato

Q. Who is the founder of Eugenics?
(A) Francis Galton
(B) Plato
(C) Randall
(D) Allison

Answer: (Francis Galton)

“Black holes” refer to:

(A) Holes occurring in heavenly bodies
(B) Bright spots on the sun
(C) Collapsing objects of high density
(D) Collapsing objects of low density

Answer: (C) Collapsing objects of high density

Q. Area or boundary of the region associated with Black holes from which no escape is possible is called:
(A) Event Horizon
(B) Curved Horizon
(C) Black Horizon
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Event Horizon

Q. The first image of a black hole, at the center of Galaxy Messier 87, was published by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) on:
(A) April 10, 2015
(B) April 10, 2017
(C) April 10, 2019
(D) None of these

Answer: (C) April 10, 2019

The most splendid and the most magnificent constellation in the sky is:

(A) Orion
(B) Columba
(C) Canis Major
(D) Taurus

Answer: (A) Orion

Q. In Muslim astronomy, Orion was known as:
(A) Al-jabbar
(B) Al-Saiph
(C) Hapj
(D) None of these

Answer: (A) Al-Jabbar

Q. What is the name of the brightest star in the constellation of Orion?
(A) Betelgeuse
(B) Rigel
(C) Saiph
(D) Alnilam

Answer: (B) Rigel