Standard 8th

1.             Stars And Our Solar System 
1. The planet nearest to the sun is ___________.
a. Venus 
b. Pluto
c. Jupiter 
d. Mercury
e. Saturn 
Ans.  d. Mercury

2. ___________ is not a planet any more.
a. Pluto
b. Venus 
c. Saturn
d. Jupiter 
e. Mercury

Ans. a. Pluto


3. On winter nights the constellation called _________, the ___________ shines very brightly in the sky.
a. Leo, Taurus
b. Virgo, Sagittarius
c. Scorpios, Pisces
d. Orion, Hunter
e. Aquarius, Orion
Ans. d: Orion, Hunter

4. The moon is a natural ____________ of the earth.
a. Planet
b. Comet
c. Meteor
d. Satellite
e. Asteroid
Ans. d. Satellite

5. The planet nearest to earth is ___________.
a. Saturn
b. Jupiter 
c. Venus
d. Pluto
e. Mercury
Ans. c. Venus




6. GMRT is set up at _____________ near Narayangaon.
a. Khodad
b. Khed
c. Rugi
d. Shiroli
e. Yedgaon
Ans. a. Khodad

7. The largest planet in the solar system is ______________.
a. Jupiter
b. Neptune
c. Earth 
d. Uranus 
e. Mars 
Ans. a. Jupiter

8. ____________ was India’s first artificial satellite.
a. Kalpana
b. Hamsat
d. Aryabhatta
Ans. d. Aryabhatta

9. With the help of ____________ we can forecast the weather.
a. The Richter Magnitude Scale
b. Seismographs
c. NASA Satellites  
d. Artificial Satellites
e Tiltmeters
Ans. d. Artificial Satellites


10. ___________ is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.
a. Vega
b. Arcturus
c. Canopus
d. Antares
e. Sirius

Ans. d. Antares

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