This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Science > Stars And The Solar System > Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Stars are made up of ..... and ..... ? A) Oxygen and carbon dioxide. B) Argon and neon. C) Helium and hydrogen. D) Krypton and xenon. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helium and hydrogen. 2. Choose the planet closest in size to Earth. A) Jupiter. B) Mars. C) The moon. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mars. 3. Fill the blank:The sun accounted for almost ..... % of mass in Solar System A) 99.8. B) 98.2. C) 92.6. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 99.8. 4. Which planet of the Solar System takes the longest time to complete 1 day? A) Neptune. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 5. Choose the smallest planet in our solar system. A) Earth. B) Venus. C) Mercury. D) Europa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercury. 6. Which of the following pairs of terms directly relates to the actual brightness of a star? A) Absolute magnitude and luminosity. B) Apparent magnitude and luminosity. C) Size and luminosity. D) Absolute magnitude and apparent magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute magnitude and luminosity. 7. When was Mangalyaan launched? A) 3 March 2009. B) 5 December 2008. C) 5 November 2013. D) 24 September 2014. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 November 2013. 8. What holds clusters of matter together in the universe? A) Radiation. B) Light. C) Superclusters. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 9. What is one factor that makes life on Earth possible? A) Elliptical Orbit. B) Hydrogen. C) Water. D) High gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 10. Venus rotates on its axis from ..... A) South to north. B) North to South. C) West to east. D) East to West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) East to West. 11. Which planet is known for having an extreme tilt on its axis causing extreme seasons? A) Mercury. B) Uranus. C) Venus. D) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uranus. 12. Where is the Asteroid Belt located in our Solar System? A) Between the 4 inner planets and the 4 outer planets. B) After Neptune. C) Between the Sun and Mercury. D) Between Earth and Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the 4 inner planets and the 4 outer planets. 13. Which of the following is true about the Sun? A) It is a medium sized star. B) It is the smallest star in the universe. C) It is made of rock. D) It is a planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a medium sized star. 14. The sun is made up of six different layers. Three of these layers make up the interior of the sun. The remaining three layers make up the sun's atmosphere. Which is the innermost layer of the sun? A) Core. B) Convection zone. C) Crown. D) Chromosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Core. 15. In which Veda was the practice of ancient Indian Astronomy mentioned? A) Rigveda. B) Samaveda. C) Yajurveda. D) Atharvaveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 16. On which planet the life exists? A) Earth. B) Moon. C) Jupiter. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 17. The direction t which stars appear to move- A) From east to west. B) From west to east. C) From north to east. D) From south to north. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From east to west. 18. Which planet is also known as Red Planet? A) Uranus. B) Earth. C) Neptune. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mars. 19. What gases do stars mostly consist of? A) Methane, Helium. B) Hydrogen, Chlorine. C) Hydrogen, Helium. D) Hydrogen, Ammonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrogen, Helium. 20. The speed of light is about ..... km per second(Fill in the blank) A) 600, 000. B) 300, 000. C) 500, 000. D) 100, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300, 000. 21. Which planet is the least dense in the solar system? A) Saturn. B) Neptune. C) Earth. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saturn. 22. The second nearest star which is about 4.3 light years away from the Earth. A) Alpha Centauri. B) Pole Star / Polaris. C) Sun. D) Sirus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alpha Centauri. 23. Which was the first Indian artificial satellite? A) Aryabhata. B) Insat. C) Kalpana-1. D) IRS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryabhata. 24. Moon is a natural satellite of ..... ? A) Neptune. B) Earth. C) Venus. D) Uranus. E) Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth. 25. Star nearest to the earth A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Pole Star. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 26. The brightest star in the night sky called Sirius is located close to one of the constellations. This constellation is: A) Orion. B) Great Bear. C) Leo Major. D) Cassiopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orion. 27. Speed of light is about A) 300, 000 miles per second. B) 300, 000 m per second. C) 300, 000 km per second. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 300, 000 km per second. 28. I. To an astronaut, the outer space appears dark blue.II. Hydrogen burns as fuel in stars. A) Both I and II are true. B) Both I and II are false. C) Only I is true. D) Only II is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only II is true. 29. WHAT IS CELESTIAL OBJECTS? (page114) A) Man-made objects floating in space. B) Natural objects that exist in space, such as stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and galaxies. C) Objects submerged in water. D) Objects found on Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural objects that exist in space, such as stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and galaxies. 30. The celestial body which can be clearly seen during the day: A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Jupiter. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 31. The hoba meteorite of Namibia is the largest meteorite weighing ..... tonnes A) 200. B) 19. C) 4. D) 66. E) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 66. 32. What is the Sanskrit name for Venus? A) Jupiter. B) Shani. C) You. D) Shukra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shukra. 33. What if you lived on Mars, how does its orbit around the sun make things different for you? A) Colder because we are farther from the sun. B) Warmer because we are closer to the sun. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colder because we are farther from the sun. 34. The first satellite was launched by A) India. B) USA. C) China. D) Soviet Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soviet Union. 35. Which one is not a consttelation A) Leo major. B) Great bear. C) Shani. D) Orian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shani. 36. Which of the following constellations are visible in the summer season?(a) Cassiopeia (b) Orion (c) Leo Major (d) Big Bear A) A and B. B) B and C. C) A and C. D) C and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C and D. 37. When was Mars orbiter mission launched A) 5 November 2013. B) 9 October 2009. C) 3 August 2016. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 November 2013. 38. The phases of the moon are same all around the Earth. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. The angle of Polar star above the horizon gives us the A) Altitude. B) Latitude. C) Height from the sea. D) Distance from the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 40. What is the main source of moon's light? A) The stars in the sky. B) The moon. C) Abort. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 41. Shooting stars are called A) Andromeda. B) Meteors. C) Galaxies. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteors. 42. Which of the following are true about Saturn? (Possibly Multiple answers) A) It's the heaviest planet. B) It has a very low density. C) It is entirely made of liquids held with its gravity. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has a very low density. 43. Which statement best describes a moon? A) Small, cold, and orbits a planet. B) Small, cold, and orbits a star. C) Large, hot, and does not orbit. D) Medium, warm, and orbits the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small, cold, and orbits a planet. 44. Which planet appears to be yellowish? A) Mars. B) Uranus. C) Asteroids. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturn. 45. ..... is another well-known constellation which can be seen during winter in the late evenings A) Big dipper. B) Ursa major. C) Sirius. D) Orion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orion. 46. The gravitational pull of the moon is one-sixth that of the ..... ? A) Uranus. B) Neptune. C) Earth. D) Pluto. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 47. What is in the center of our Solar System? A) Earth. B) Mars. C) The Moon. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Sun. 48. Prithvi is called as A) Earth. B) Venus. C) Mercury. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 49. Today, when you want to know how to get somewhere, you can use GPS. It is on you parents phone and maybe in their car. Long ago, though, people used another device. It is called a sextant. It is probably what Columbus used to sail the seas. A sextant lets a sailor navigate using A) Numbers and angles. B) The horizon and stars in the sky. C) The distance to other boats on the sea. D) The Earth's surface and the ocean waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The horizon and stars in the sky. 50. One day on me is longer than my year!I do not have any moons.I am also called Earth's twin. A) Neptune. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 51. What is the name of the star in our solar system? A) Mars. B) Venus. C) Jupiter. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 52. Which of the following planets have the maximum number of moons? A) Jupiter. B) Mars. C) Earth. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jupiter. 53. Which of the following is a gaseous planet? A) Saturn. B) Mars. C) Mercury. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saturn. 54. Why might some stars appear brighter than others in the night sky? A) They are always bigger than other stars. B) They are planets. C) They are made of metal. D) They could be closer to Earth or giving off more light energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They could be closer to Earth or giving off more light energy. 55. Morning and evening star A) Mercury. B) Mars. C) Venus. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venus. 56. Constellations are named after the figure they resemble. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. What causes the change within every twenty-four hours from day to night on Earth? A) Earth's rotation on its axis. B) The tilt of Earth on its axis. C) The distance from Earth to the Sun. D) Earth's revolution around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth's rotation on its axis. 58. Which is the farthest planet in our solar system? A) Earth. B) Uranus. C) Pluto. D) Milky way galaxy. E) Neptune. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Neptune. 59. The planet with a system of well developed rings encircling it is: A) Neptune. B) Venus. C) Jupiter. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saturn. 60. What is the region between Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are found? A) Nucleus. B) Asteroid. C) Asteroid belt. D) Comet. E) Coma. 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