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Solar System and Celestial Bodies MCQs with Answers

Welcome to the Solar System and Celestial Bodies MCQs with Answers. In this post, we are sharing Solar System and Celestial Bodies Multiple Choice Questions and Answers in Everyday Science section for various competitive exams in Pakistan. Each question offers a chance to enhance your knowledge regarding Solar System and Celestial Bodies online MCQs Test.

Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
a) Earth
b) Saturn
c) Jupiter
d) Neptune

Answer
c) Jupiter

Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Jupiter

Answer
c) Mars

What is the primary composition of the Sun?
a) Hydrogen and helium
b) Carbon and oxygen
c) Iron and nickel
d) Silicon and sulfur

Answer
a) Hydrogen and helium

What is the term for a small rocky body orbiting the Sun, primarily found between Mars and Jupiter?
a) Comet
b) Asteroid
c) Meteor
d) Moon

Answer
b) Asteroid

Which planet has the most extensive ring system?
a) Uranus
b) Neptune
c) Saturn
d) Jupiter

Answer
c) Saturn

Which planet in the solar system has the shortest day, rotating once every 10 hours?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Venus

Answer
c) Jupiter

Which of the following is not classified as a planet anymore?
a) Neptune
b) Venus
c) Pluto
d) Uranus

Answer
c) Pluto

What is the name of the dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt?
a) Eris
b) Ganymede
c) Io
d) Triton

Answer
a) Eris

Which planet has the Great Red Spot, a giant storm larger than Earth?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
d) Mars

Answer
a) Jupiter

Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
a) Mars
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) Earth

Answer
b) Mercury

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Mars
d) Earth

Answer
a) Venus

What is the only natural satellite of Earth?
a) Europa
b) Ganymede
c) Moon
d) Titan

Answer
c) Moon

What is the term for the boundary where the Sun’s influence ends and interstellar space begins?
a) Heliosphere
b) Magnetosphere
c) Exosphere
d) Heliopause

Answer
d) Heliopause

Which planet rotates in the opposite direction to most planets?
a) Uranus
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Neptune

Answer
c) Venus

Which planet is known for its extreme axial tilt, causing unusual seasons?
a) Jupiter
b) Uranus
c) Neptune
d) Saturn

Answer
b) Uranus

Which planet is closest to the Sun?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

Answer
a) Mercury

What is a comet primarily composed of?
a) Gas and dust
b) Rock and ice
c) Metal
d) Plasma

Answer
b) Rock and ice

What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars?
a) Mauna Loa
b) Mount Everest
c) Olympus Mons
d) Kilauea

Answer
c) Olympus Mons

Which moon of Jupiter is thought to have a subsurface ocean?
a) Io
b) Europa
c) Ganymede
d) Callisto

Answer
b) Europa

Which of the following is the farthest planet from the Sun?
a) Uranus
b) Neptune
c) Saturn
d) Pluto

Answer
b) Neptune

What is the name of the spacecraft that carried humans to the Moon?
a) Voyager
b) Apollo
c) Discovery
d) Enterprise

Answer
b) Apollo

Which planet is often referred to as Earth’s “sister planet” due to its similar size and composition?
a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Mercury
d) Jupiter

Answer
a) Venus

What is the name of the largest moon in the solar system?
a) Titan
b) Ganymede
c) Europa
d) Callisto

Answer
b) Ganymede

Which planet has a day longer than its year?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Mercury
d) Saturn

Answer
b) Venus

Which planet has the fastest winds in the solar system, reaching speeds of over 1,200 mph?
a) Uranus
b) Neptune
c) Saturn
d) Jupiter

Answer
b) Neptune

What celestial body is the largest object in the asteroid belt?
a) Ceres
b) Vesta
c) Pallas
d) Hygiea

Answer
a) Ceres

Which planet’s atmosphere contains a large amount of sulfuric acid?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Saturn

Answer
c) Venus

What is the name of the boundary where solar wind pressure balances with interstellar wind?
a) Kuiper Belt
b) Asteroid Belt
c) Heliosheath
d) Oort Cloud

Answer
c) Heliosheath

Which is the most massive planet in our solar system?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
d) Neptune

Answer
a) Jupiter

What is the name of the first artificial satellite sent into space by humans?
a) Apollo 11
b) Sputnik 1
c) Voyager 1
d) Hubble

Answer
b) Sputnik 1

Which planet has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Mars
d) Earth

Answer
a) Venus

What is the name of the largest known dwarf planet?
a) Pluto
b) Eris
c) Haumea
d) Ceres

Answer
b) Eris

Which celestial body in our solar system has the largest mountain?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Mercury

Answer
b) Mars

What is the primary factor that determines whether a celestial body is classified as a planet?
a) It must have a moon
b) It must orbit the Sun and clear its orbit of other objects
c) It must be spherical
d) It must have an atmosphere

Answer
b) It must orbit the Sun and clear its orbit of other objects

What is the name of the boundary of the solar system beyond which objects are no longer gravitationally bound to the Sun?
a) Kuiper Belt
b) Oort Cloud
c) Asteroid Belt
d) Heliopause

Answer
b) Oort Cloud

Which planet has a moon called Titan, the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere?
a) Earth
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

Answer
c) Saturn

What is the name of the region of space where long-period comets are thought to originate?
a) Asteroid Belt
b) Kuiper Belt
c) Oort Cloud
d) Heliopause

Answer
c) Oort Cloud

Which planet has the largest number of moons?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
d) Neptune

Answer
a) Jupiter

What are the icy bodies that develop tails when they approach the Sun called?
a) Meteors
b) Comets
c) Asteroids
d) Planetesimals

Answer
b) Comets

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