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Our milky way is the part of ……galaxies known as local group.
a) 10      

b) 20                      

c) 30      

d) 40

d

Explanation:The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.



Galaxies can be broadly classified into how many main types?
a) two    

b) three                 

c) four   

d) six

b

Explanation:1. Spiral, 2. Elliptical and 3. Irregular galaxies



Which one of the following is most common galaxy type?
a) spiral                                               

b) elliptical
c) irregular                                            

d) rounded

a

Our Milky Way is a/an ……..galaxy.
a) spiral                                               

b) elliptical
c) irregular                                            

d) rounded


a

Our closest spiral galaxy is…….
a) Sires                                  

b) Andromeda
c) NCG 1569                       

d) ESO-305-G004

b

Explanation:The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy with diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. 



Spiral galaxies are large rotating disks of stars and the central core region called……
a) bright spot                       

b) galactic bulge
c) core                                   

d) elliptic bulge

b