This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > Geography > The Earth In The Solar System > Class 6 Geography Chapter 1 The Earth In The Solar System – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 1 The Earth In The Solar System Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Planets do not have their own ..... and ..... A) Heat, pressure. B) Pressure, light. C) Heat, light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat, light. 2. Which among the following is an constellation? A) Pole star. B) Ursa Major. C) Comet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ursa Major. 3. Milky way galaxy is also known as ..... A) To the ball. B) Bhumidevi. C) Bharatmata. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To the ball. 4. Earth is known as a " ..... " planet. A) Green. B) Brown. C) Blue. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 5. Who is the head of the solar system? A) Moon. B) Galaxy. C) Sun. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 6. The star which indicates the north is called A) South pole. B) Pole star. C) North pole. D) Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pole star. 7. Neil Armstrong Step on the moon on 14 July 1969 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Who many days that Mars take one revolution A) 678 days. B) 681 days. C) 687 days. D) 697 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 687 days. 9. What has its own light and heat ..... A) Stars. B) Humans. C) Planets. D) Universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars. 10. Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. B) Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury. C) Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune. D) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 11. When did Neil Armstrong step on the moon? A) 21 July 1969. B) 4 August 2012. C) 5 October 1954. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21 July 1969. 12. All the planets move around the sun in fixed elliptical path, these paths are called A) Axis. B) Orbit. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orbit. 13. What is the shape of the earth A) Sphere. B) Round. C) Circle. D) Hawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hawk. 14. Why is the shape of the earth geoid? A) It is slightly flattened at the poles. B) It is spheroid at the poles. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is slightly flattened at the poles. 15. Constellation formed with seven stars A) Orion. B) Ursa Major and Saptarishi. C) Lyra. D) Leo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ursa Major and Saptarishi. 16. What are the rings of Saturn made of? A) Rocks and Dust. B) Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water. C) Ice Crystals. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water. 17. What is Jupiter? A) Gas giant. B) Inner planet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gas giant. 18. Saptarishi is part of which constellation A) The minor Ursa. B) Orion. C) Cygnus. D) Ursa Major. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ursa Major. 19. Moon is away from us A) 34, 45, 800 km. B) 36, 500 km. C) 2, 45, 700 km. D) 3, 84, 400 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3, 84, 400 km. 20. Full moon is visible on the night of A) Amavasya. B) Full moon. C) New moon night. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full moon. 21. Pattern formed by different group of Stars A) Celestial bodies. B) Planets. C) Constellations. D) Pole star. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constellations. 22. Stars DO NOT twinkle in the sky; only planets twinkle in the sky. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Light of sun takes time to reach earth A) 10 minutes. B) 9 minutes. C) 7 minutes. D) 8 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8 minutes. 24. All the planet move around the sun in a A) Circular path. B) Rectangular pah. C) Elongated path. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elongated path. 25. Earth is located in which galaxy A) Whirlpool galaxy. B) Black eye galaxy. C) Milky way galaxy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milky way galaxy. 26. Ursa Major or Big Bear is a A) Celestial bodies. B) Planet. C) Pole Star. D) Constellations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constellations. 27. How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto) A) 7. B) 10. C) 8. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. 28. Earth get all its heat and light from ..... A) Moon. B) Mars. C) Sun. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 29. How long does it take the earth to rotate once? A) 12 hours. B) 24 hours. C) 20 hours. D) 36 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 hours. 30. Why we do not feel light of stars. A) THEY ARE NEAR TO US. B) THEY ARE RIGHT TO US. C) THEY ARE FAR FROM US. D) THEY DONOT HAVE LIGHT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THEY ARE FAR FROM US. 31. It is only satellite of the earth? A) Sun. B) Stars. C) Moon. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moon. 32. , ..... is the closest celestial body to our Earth. A) Sun. B) Mars. C) Moon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moon. 33. All the objects in the space like planets, the sun, the moon and the stars are A) Solar family. B) Solar systems. C) Satellites. D) Celestial bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celestial bodies. 34. Why did the earth call blue planet? A) The earth appears blue because it two-thirds surface is covered by water. B) Because neither too hot nor too cold. C) None of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The earth appears blue because it two-thirds surface is covered by water. 35. Full moon is also called as A) Full moon. B) Clear sky. C) Amavasya. D) Full moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full moon. 36. A chunk of rock that burns up upon entering a planet's atmosphere A) Meteoroid. B) Asteroid. C) Meteor. D) Comet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteor. 37. The sun the moon and all those objects shinning in the night sky are called A) Celestial bodies. B) Constellation. C) Solar system. D) Stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celestial bodies. 38. What is the distance between sun and moon A) 120 million km. B) 150 million km. C) 152 million km. D) 160 million km. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 150 million km. 39. The distance covered by light in one year is called a ..... A) Light mile. B) Light Year. C) Light mile. D) Light kilometres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light Year. 40. Full moon night is also know as A) Amavasya. B) Full moon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full moon. 41. Full moon night occurs once in every: A) 15 days. B) 20 days. C) A month. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15 days. 42. What % of the water does earth hold? A) 50%. B) 70%. C) 90%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 43. The stars are not visible during the day because A) Of their self illumination. B) Sun light is very bright. C) Their size is large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun light is very bright. 44. Which of the planets is closest to the Sun? A) Earth. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 45. ..... is called Earth's twin planet A) Uranus. B) Venus. C) Neptune. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venus. 46. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of the names of planets according to their distance from sun? A) Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. B) Mercury, Mars, Uranus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune. C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. 47. Which one of the following planet have rings around them? A) Neptune. B) Jupiter. C) Saturn. D) Uranus. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 48. Which one of the following is a dwarf planet? A) Venus. B) Pluto. C) Mercury. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pluto. 49. New Moon night is also called what? A) Planets. B) Amavasya. C) Full moon. D) Pole Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amavasya. 50. Which planet is the nearest to the sun? A) Jupiter. B) Earth. C) Mercury. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury. 51. What do you call the path a planet goes through as it moves around the Sun? A) Rotation. B) Orbit. C) Axis. D) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orbit. 52. The shape of the Earth is described as a ..... A) Circle. B) Geoid. C) Sphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geoid. 53. All the planets mive around the sun in a: A) A circular path. B) A rectangular path. C) An elongated path. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An elongated path. 54. Why can't we see Moon and stars at daytime A) Bright light of sun does not allow us to. B) Bright light of rainbow does not allow us to. C) Bright light of planets does not allow us to. D) We can see moon at daytime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bright light of sun does not allow us to. 55. What is earth diameter? A) 13, 742 km. B) 12, 762 km. C) 12, 342 km. D) 12, 742 km. E) 11, 742 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12, 742 km. 56. The north star is also called A) Solar. B) Leo. C) Pole star. D) Satellite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pole star. 57. The constellation which means seven sages A) Ursa Major. B) Saptarishi. C) Orion. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saptarishi. 58. What is the name given to the full moon night? A) Amavasya. B) Full moon. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full moon. 59. Inner planets revolve rapidly to? A) Avoid falling in to the sun. B) Avoid falling in to nearby planets. C) Counter the gravitational pull of other planets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avoid falling in to the sun. 60. The moon that we see in the sky is a ..... A) Planet. B) Comet. C) Pole star. D) Satellite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satellite. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 6 QuizzesClass 6 Geography Chapter 1 The Earth In The Solar System Quiz 1Class 6 Geography Chapter 1 The Earth In The Solar System Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books