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THE SOLAR SYSTEM - Bit Bank

Q: Which of the following has lost the status of a planet?

1. Uranus
2. Saturn
3. Neptune
4. Pluto




Q: The Halley comet appears once in .... years

1. 72 
2. 76
3. 78
4. 86




Q: Apogee is

1. The nearest distance between the Moon and the Earth
2. The farthest distance between the Moon and the Earth
3. The nearest distance between the Moon and the Sun
4. The farthest distance between the Moon and the Sun





Q: Asteroids are present between

1. Mercury and Venus
2. Earth and Mars
3. Mars and Jupiter
4. Uranus and Neptune





Q: Which of the following is called morning/evening star?

1. Mars
2. Mercury
3. Uranus
4. Venus





Q: Which of the following is a dwarf planet?

1. Neptune
2. Pluto
3. Mercury
4. Mars




Q: According to the International Astronomical Union a planet is a celestial body that 

1. Is in orbit around the Sun
2. as sufficient mass for its self gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium i.e. nearly round shape
3. Has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit
4. All the above




Q: Which of the following planets is called blue planet?

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars





Q: Which of the following statements is/are true regarding a planet?

1. It is not self illuminating
2. It takes light from the Sun
3. It revolves around the Sun in elliptical orbit
4. All the above




Q: Which of the following planets has highest number of satellites?

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Mercury
4. Earth




Q: Perigee is

1. The nearest distance between the Moon and the Earth
2. The farthest distance between the Moon and the Earth
3. The nearest distance between the Moon and the Sun
4. The farthest distance between the Moon and the Sun





Q: Which of the following is called living planet?

1. Venus
2. Mars
3. Earth
4. Neptune




Q: Halley comet last appeared in the year

1. 1984
2. 1986
3. 1988
4. 1998




Q: The number of satellites of the Earth

1. One
2. Three
3. Five
4. Zero




Q: Which of the planets do not have satellites?

1. Earth and Mercury
2. Neptune and Pluto
3. Mars and Mercury
4. Mercury and Venus




Q: Which of the following indicates the direction north?

1. South star
2. Saturn
3. Pole Star
4. Milky way





Q: Which of the following planets experiences the tectonic observations?

1. Earth
2. Saturn
3. Jupiter
4. Mars




Q: Which of the following is the nearest planet to the earth?

1. Earth
2. Mars
3. Venus
4. Mercury




Q: The crater Carolis Basin is on the planet

1. Venus
2. Mars
3. Saturn
4. Mercury




Q: The Red planet is

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Uranus





Q: Which of the following is the nearest planet to the earth?

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Mars
4. Saturn




Q: Which of the following planets rotate in the east to west direction?

1. Earth and Venus
2. Venus and Mercury
3. Venus and Uranus
4. Uranus and Neptune




Q: Perihelion is the 

1. Minimum distance of the earth from the Sun
2. Minimum distance of the Moon from the Sun
3. Maximum distance of the earth from the Sun
4. Maximum distance of the Moon from the Sun





Q: Which of the following is considered to be earth’s twin?

1. Venus
2. Mercury
3. Mars
4. Saturn




Q: Phobos and Deimos are the two satellites of 

1. Mercury
2. Mars
3. Saturn
4. Uranus




Q: Callisto, Lo, Ganymede and Europa are the satellites of 

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Uranus
4. Neptune




Q: Which of the following is the largest satellite in the solar system?

1. Lo
2. Europa
3. Callisto
4. Ganymede




Q: Titan is the satellite of 

1. Jupiter
2. Mercury
3. Saturn
4. Neptune




Q: Which of the following is the largest satellite of Uranus?

1. Ariel
2. Miranda
3. Titania
4. Oberon




Q: ‘Triton’ is the satellite of 

1. Saturn
2. Neptune
3. Jupiter
4. Uranus




Q: Which of the following is the innermost layer of the Sun?

1. Photosphere
2. Chromo sphere
3. Corona
4. Exosphere




Q: The nearest star to the Sun

1. Proxima Centuria
2. Alpha Centauri
3. Ganymede
4. Triton




Q: Aphelion is the 

1. Minimum distance of the earth from the Sun
2. Minimum distance of the Moon from the Sun
3. Maximum distance of the earth from the Sun
4. Maximum distance of the Moon from the Sun




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