Solar System and Planets MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. Comets revolve around

1. Sun
2. Earth
3. Venus
4. No single heavenly body

2. Identify the planet whose length of the days and tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth

1. Uranus
2. Neptune
3. Saturn
4. Mars

3. If there is no sun the colour of the sky would be

1. Blue
2. Orange
3. Black
4. Green

4. On which planet the life exists?

1. Earth
2. Moon
3. Jupiter
4. None

5. Revolution around the sun is maximum for

1. Venus
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Saturn

6. Stars appear to move from

1. West to east
2. East to west
3. North to south
4. South to west

7. The first outside orbit of the earth planet is

1. Jupiter
2. Mars
3. Saturn
4. Uranus

8. The hottest planet is

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Jupiter
4. Saturn

9. The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest

1. along the Equator
2. at the North-Pole
3. along the Tropic of Cancer
4. along the Arctic Circle

10. The tilting of the earth is responsible for

1. Change of days
2. Change of the sun rays
3. Change of the season
4. None

11. What do you mean by Black Hole in our solar system?

1. Contracted star with intense gravitational pull
2. Collapsing of low density
3. Holes occurring in heavenly bodies
4. None of these

12. What is a Supernova?

1. an asteriod
2. a black hole
3. a comet
4. a dying star

13. What is the gap between the orbit of mars and Jupiter called?

1. Asteroids
2. Comets
3. Meteor
4. Meteorite

14. Which is the brightest planet in the universe?

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Saturn

15. Which is the farthest planet of solar system?

1. Neptune
2. Jupiter
3. Mercury
4. Earth