This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 14 ..... is the first artificial satellite launched by the USSR in ..... A) Sputnik, 1967. B) Sputnik, 1957. C) Aryabhatta, 1967. D) Aryabhatta, 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sputnik, 1957. 2. Which is the brightest star in night sky? A) Orion. B) Large Saptarshi Mandal. C) Small Saptarshi Circle. D) Sirius. E) Leo major. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sirius. 3. Only the biggest stars in the universe can become black holes at the end of their life. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Phobos and deimos are the moons of which planet? A) Uranus. B) Neptune. C) Mars. D) Earth. E) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mars. 5. Which is the farthest planet of solar system? A) Neptune. B) Jupiter. C) Mercury. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neptune. 6. On which day is the moon not visible to us? A) Full moon. B) Crescent moon. C) New moon. D) Both Full moon and New moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New moon. 7. Who was the first person to land on the moon? A) Neil Armstrong. B) Frank Bennet. C) Mark Mathew. D) Joy Triband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neil Armstrong. 8. What is the mass of sun? A) 1.98 * 10*30. B) 1.89 * 10*30. C) 1.78 * 10*35. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1.98 * 10*30. 9. What is 'Light Year'? A) It's a unit of length that is used to measure planets. B) It's a unit of heat that is used to measure the heat of planets. C) It's a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. 10. John's grandfather used to gaze at the night sky when he was a boy in 1940. John gazes at this same sky in 2008. The sky that John sees is A) Almost the same as the one his grandfather saw. B) Exactly the same as the one his grandfather saw. C) Mostly different from the one his grandfather saw. D) Completely different from the one his grandfather saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exactly the same as the one his grandfather saw. 11. A bowl shape depression formed when meteorite hits the surface is known as? A) Crater. B) Coma. C) Nucleus. D) Asteroid. E) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crater. 12. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system A) Earth. B) Mercury. C) Venus. D) Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercury. 13. If I am 13 years old, I have gone round the sun ..... times. A) Never gone round the sun. B) 26. C) 13. D) Shall go round the sun when I shall be 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13. 14. One lunar month = ..... Earth days. A) 31. B) 30. C) 29.5. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 29.5. 15. The stars in the night sky look as if they are slowly moving because A) The Earth is moving. B) They rotate around the Sun. C) They rotate around the Earth. D) The Sun Blocks them out at times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Earth is moving. 16. The sun is much larger than the moon. However, as viewed from Earth, the sun and moon appear to be the same size. Which reasoning explains why the sun and moon appear to be the same size when viewed from Earth? A) The moon is much hotter than the sun. B) The moon is much denser than the sun. C) The moon is much brighter than the sun. D) The moon is much closer to Earth than the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The moon is much closer to Earth than the sun. 17. Which of the following is not a planet? A) Pluto. B) Vega. C) Polaris. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Which star is nearest to the Earth? A) Pole Star. B) Cassiopeia. C) Orion. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 19. Which of the following constellations can be seen in the night sky during winter season?(a) Orion (b)Ursa Major (c) Leo Major (d)Cassiopeia A) A and B. B) B and C. C) A and D. D) B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A and D. 20. How many natural satellites does Venus have? A) 2. B) 1. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 21. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth? A) Polaris. B) Rigel. C) Vega. D) Alpha Centauri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alpha Centauri. 22. These are the four planets the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as A) Terrestrial planets. B) Gas giants. C) Solar planets. D) The best planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gas giants. 23. Which star does the Ursa Major move around? A) Pole star. B) Ursa Star. C) Sun. D) Alpha Centauri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pole star. 24. Solar means A) Sun. B) Hot. C) Lunar. D) Planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 25. What is the first four planets from our solar system named? A) Jovian planets. B) Terrestrial planets. C) Milky way galaxy. D) Stars. E) Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrestrial planets. Next →Related QuizzesClass 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 2Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 3Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 4Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 5Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 6Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 7Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 8Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 9Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 10Class 8 Science Chapter 17 Stars And The Solar System Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books