Solar System and Planets MCQs

Sample Solar System and Planets questions

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1. 1. What is Sun?

   1. Hypothesized distant spherical comet reservoir
   2. Asteroid sample-return mission
   3. Eighth planet from the Sun
   4. Star at the centre of the Solar System

2. 2. What is Mercury?

   1. Permanently crewed orbital laboratory
   2. Gravitational-wave observatory
   3. Closest planet to the Sun
   4. Largest moon of Uranus

3. 3. What is Venus?

   1. Largest moon of Saturn
   2. Region between Mars and Jupiter
   3. Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
   4. Second planet from the Sun

4. 4. What is Earth?

   1. Mars 2020 rover
   2. Brightest star in Earth's night sky
   3. Second planet from the Sun
   4. Third planet from the Sun

5. 5. What is Mars?

   1. Current northern pole star
   2. Mars Exploration Rover
   3. Closest planet to the Sun
   4. Fourth planet from the Sun

6. 6. What is Jupiter?

   1. Sun-observing mission
   2. Largest moon of Saturn
   3. Fifth planet from the Sun
   4. Saturnian moon with contrasting hemispheres

7. 7. What is Saturn?

   1. Sixth planet from the Sun
   2. Elongated Kuiper Belt dwarf planet
   3. Icy moon of Saturn
   4. Indian lunar landing mission

8. 8. What is Uranus?

   1. Sun-observing mission
   2. Mission studying Jupiter
   3. Seventh planet from the Sun
   4. Indian lunar landing mission

9. 9. What is Neptune?

   1. Third planet from the Sun
   2. Mission approaching closest to the Sun
   3. Second planet from the Sun
   4. Eighth planet from the Sun

10. 10. What is Ceres?

    1. Largest object in the main asteroid belt
    2. Icy small-body region beyond Neptune
    3. Second planet from the Sun
    4. Large space observatory in low Earth orbit

11. 11. What is Pluto?

    1. Dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
    2. Mars mission carrying Sojourner rover
    3. Mars 2020 rover
    4. Infrared space observatory

12. 12. What is Eris?

    1. Distant dwarf planet
    2. Red supergiant in Orion
    3. Global radio telescope array
    4. Mission studying Jupiter