CBSE Class 8 Science Stars and Solar System MCQs

Question: What is the gap between the orbit of mars and Jupiter called?

a) Asteroids

b) Comets

c) Meteor

d) Meteorite

Answer: A

Question: The tilting of the earth is responsible for

a) Change of the season

b) Change of days

c) Change of the sun rays

d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question: Stars appear to move from

a) East to west

b) West to east

c) North to south

d) South to west

Answer: A

Question: Which is the largest planet in solar system?

a) Jupiter

b) Mercury

c) Mars

d) Saturn

Answer: A

Question: The first outside orbit of the earth planet is

a) Mars

b) Jupiter

c) Saturn

d) Earth

Answer: A

Question: Which is the farthest planet of solar system?

a) Neptune

b) Jupiter

c) Mercury

d) Earth

Answer: A

Question: Which planet appears to be yellowish?

a) Saturn

b) Asteroids

c) Mars

d) Uranus

Answer: A

Question: On which planet the life exists?

a) Earth

b) Moon

c) Jupiter

d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question: Which is the nearest planet to the sun?

a) Mercury

b) Neptune

c) Mars

d) Earth

Answer: A

Question: Which is the brightest planet in the universe?

a) Venus

b) Mercury

c) Earth

d) Saturn

Answer: A

Question. A group of small stars is called:

(a) Orion

(b) Pleiades

(c) Sirius

(d) The great bear

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following Is not outer planet:

(a) Venus

(b) Saturn

(c) Uranus

(d) Neptune

Answer : A

Question. Consider The Following Statements And Choose The Incorrect One:

(a) Meteoroids are members of the Solar System because they revolve around the Sun.

(b) A meteor is called a shooting star because, viewed from the Earth, it looks like a streak of starlight shooting across the night sky.

(c) A meteor which does not burn up completely on entering the Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth, is known as meteorite.

(d) None of the above.

Answer : D

Question. Farthest planet of the solar system is:

(a) Neptune

(b) Jupiter

(c) Mercury

(d) Earth

Answer : A

Question. The Planet With A System Of Well-Developed Rings Encircling It Is:

(a) Jupiter

(b) Venus

(c) Saturn

(d) Neptune

Answer : C

Question. Which planet appears to be yellowish?

(a) Asteroids

(b) Mars

(c) Uranus

(d) Saturn

Answer : D

Question. Stars appear to move from

(a) West to east

(b) East to west

(c) North to south

(d) South to west

Answer : B

Question. Which Of The Following Statement Is Or Are Incorrect?

(a) Mars is also called the red planet because its surface appears red.

(b) Jupiter is the biggest planet of our solar system.

(c) Saturn is also made up mainly of hydrogen and helium.

(d) None of the above.

Answer : D

Question. Distance between stars are measured in:

(a) metres

(b) kilometres

(c) light year

(d) None of these

Answer : C

Answer : D

Question. The Distances Between The Various Celestial Objects Are Usually Expressed In The Unit Of:

(a) Kilometers

(b) Light minutes

(c) Light years

(d) Light seconds

Answer : C