CBSE Questions for Class 8 Physics Stars And The Solar System Quiz 13 - MCQExams.com

The planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period of revolution around the sun is 
  • Mercury
  • Mars
  • Venus
  • Neptune
Which of the following planets is known as "Red Planet"?
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
Among the following which planet takes maximum time for one revolution around the sun?
  • Earth
  • Jupiter
  • Mars
  • Venus
Which planet is called "Evening Star"?
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Venus
  • Saturn
The black part of the Moon is always calm and dark which is called
  • Sea of tranquillity
  • Ocean of storms
  • Area of storms
  • none of these
On which planet would one witness sunrise in the west?
  • Jupiter
  • Venus
  • Saturn
  • Mercury
Which planet is surrounded by ring?
  • Saturn
  • Mars
  • Venus
  • Earth
Which one of the following planets rotates clockwise?
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Venus
  • Mercury
Which one of the following planets is nearest to the earth?
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Uranus
Which of the following does not belong to solar system?
  • Asteroids
  • Comets
  • Planets
  • Nebulae
Which of the following theories is the most satisfactory about the origin of the universe?
  • Big bang theory
  • Pulsating theory
  • Steady state theory
  • None of these
Which one of the following is correct?
Great bear is a 
  • Galaxy
  • Planet
  • Star
  • Constellation
Consider the following statements:
The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.
The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 Only
  • 2 Only
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Which of the following astronomer first proposed that the sun is static and the earth rounds the sun
  • Copernicus
  • Kepler
  • Galileo
  • None
In our solar system, the inner-planetary region has chunks of matter ( much smaller in size compared to planets) called asteroids .They
  • will not move around the sun since they have very small masses compared to the sun
  • will move along an irregular path because of their small masses and will drift away into outer space
  • will move around the sun in closed orbits but not obey kepler's laws
  • will move in orbits like planets and obey Kepler's law
Consider the following statements:
Only two planets Venus and Uranus revolve around the Sun from east to west i.e. clockwise.
While other planets revolve around the from west to east i.e. anti-clockwise.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
  • $$1$$ only
  • $$2$$ only
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
The tail of a comet points 
  • Towards the Sun
  • Away from the Sun
  • In arbitary
  • Away from the earth
Which of the following planets have rings around it
  • Uranus
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
Smaller pieces of heavy stones and metals which on entering earth's atmosphere burns out are
  • Comets
  • Meteorites
  • Asteroids
  • All of these
Which one of the following planet has the longest day
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Mercury
  • Earth
The Indian craft P.S.L.V C-$$29$$ is launched by:
  • ISRO
  • NASA
  • UNO
  • None of these
Which one of the following is known as Saptarishi
  • Orion
  • Ursa major
  • Ursa minor
  • Scorpion
The percentage of Sun's total energy which reaches the earth's surface is
  • $$10^{-7}\%$$
  • $$10^{-6}\%$$
  • $$10^{-3}\%$$
  • $$10^{-2}\%$$
The tail of the comet is due to
  • Vaporization of water on the comet
  • Sublimation of water on the comet
  • cooling of water in the comet
  • Vaporization of heat on the comet
Which of the following is not a planet of our Sun ?
  • Pluto
  • Neptune
  • Earth
  • Jupiter
Planets are heavenly bodies which:
  • All of these
  • Revolve round the sun in the same way as our earth
  • are eight in numbers
  • do not twinkle
Which one of the following is not a member of our solar system ?
  • comet
  • constellation
  • asteroid
  • meteor
A heavenly body with a long tail is called a/an:
  • asteroid
  • meteor
  • comet
  • pluton
When the moon is not visible at night in a clear sky, the moon is called:
  • full moon
  • eclipsed moon
  • dark moon
  • new moon
Celestial bodies revolving round the sun that appear with a bright head and a long tail are known as
  • Comets
  • Asteroids
  • Meteors
  • Satellites
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