MCQ Questions for Class 8 Physics Stars And The Solar System Quiz 9

The largest asteroid known to a man is _________.

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Vesta
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Ceres
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Chiron
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Trozan

The Halley's comet was sighted last inIt will be seen again in the year ________.

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$2064$
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$2060$
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$2052$
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$2062$

Explanation

Halley's comet will next appear in the night sky in the year

$2062.$ It orbits the sun every

$75-76$ years.

$1986+76=2062$

Option D is the answer.

The brightest constellation is:

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Great Bear
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Cassiopeia
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Orion
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Canis Major

The age of our solar system is approximately

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$4600$ million years
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$4.6$ million years
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$460$ million years
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$460$ billion years

The inclination of the axis of rotation is maximum for planet _____ and minimum for planet _______.

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Mercury and Uranus
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Uranus and Mercury
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Uranus and Venus
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Venus and Mercury

Explanation

The inclination of the axis of rotation is maximum for the planet

$Mercury$ and the minimum for

$Uranus$ .

The space crafts cannot land on Venus because it is the ___________.

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smallest planet
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coldest planet
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hottest planet
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densest planet

Foot prints of astronauts on moon are seen on it ever today because:

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It has no atmosphere.
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Wind breeze is very light.
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Footprints are carved by them permanently.
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Of very low atmospheric pressure.

Mass of Jupiter is ............ that of all the other planets combined.

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Twice
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Thrice
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Four times
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Ten times

Explanation

Jupiter's mass is

$2$ times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined.

The empty space between two Saturn rings is called ___________.

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the inter-planetary space
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zones
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belts
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cassini division

Which of the following planets takes maximum time to complete one revolution around the Sun?

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Mercury
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Neptune

Speed of light in air medium is

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$3\times 10^4km/s$
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$3\times 10^6km/s$
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$3\times 10^5km/s$
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$3\times 10^3km/s$

Explanation

$\textbf{Explanation:}$

Speed of light in air or vacuum, $C=3\times 10^8 m/s=3\times 10^5 km/s$

$\textbf{Hence option C correct}$

Maximum number of rings are possessed by the planet:

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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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both (b) and (c)

The meteors seldom reach the earth because of :

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freezing caused when they pass through the atmosphere
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vapourization due to heat generated by friction
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greater force of attraction towards sun
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greater force of attraction towards moon

All planets, asteroids, and sun except few exceptions such as _______ and ________ rotate in counterclockwise directions.

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mars and venus
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venus and uranus
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uranus and saturn
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saturn and venus

The laws governing the movement of celestial bodies are studied under the branch of physics called _________ .

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spintronics
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astrophysics
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nuclear physics
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nano physics

An artificial satellite is used for :

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communication
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weather monitoring
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remote sensing
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all the above

Varun is the Indian name of the

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Pluto
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Jupiter
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Uranus
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Neptune

The average temperature is maximum for the planet ___________.

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Venus
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Mercury
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Jupiter
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Earth

The planets revolve round the sun in _______ orbits.

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circular
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spiral
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elliptical
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helical

India launched its first satellite........... on .............(date/year).

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Rohini, April 19, 1976
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Akash, Sep 23, 1966
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Aryabhatta, April 19, 1975
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Rohini, April 19, 1975

Which one of the following is an outer planet?

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Jupiter
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Mars
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Earth
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Venus
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None of these

Which was the first manned satellite to orbit the earth ?

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Vostock 1
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Sputnil 2
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Vostock6
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Sputnil 1
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Apollo 11

The causes of the extinction of the dinosaurs could be

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Collision of asteroids
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Collision of meteors
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Collision of meteorites
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Collision of comets
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None of these

Which one of the following is the fifth planet from the sun ?

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Uranus
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Jupiter
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Neptune
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Pluto
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None of these

Which among the following is known as red planet?

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Mars
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Earth
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Mercury
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Venus

Which one of the following planets is named after the Roman god of war?

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Earth
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Uranus
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Mars
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Venus
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None of these

Arrange the following planets in the increasing order of their distance from the sun :
(a) Earth
(b) Mars
(c) Venus
(d) Saturn

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c a b d
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a b c d
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d c b a
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b a c d

Which of the following statement is correct about comet?

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Comet revolves around the sun
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Comet is a part of our solar system
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A comet has many moon
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Both A and B
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None of these

Which of the two astronauts accompanied Neil Armstrong to land on to the moon"s surface in 1969?

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Michael Collins, James irwin
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David scot , Buzz Aldrin
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Edwin Aldrin, Michael collins
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James lrwin David scot
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James irwin, David scot

Phobos and Demos are the two moons of which one of the following planets?

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Mars
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Venus
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Jupiter
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Uranus
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Saturn

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