14000+ MCQs World Geography (Universe and Solar System)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/01/2026
2. Milky Way galaxy has most of its stars
3. Titan is the largest Moon of the planet
4. Perihelion occurs every year on
5. Assertion (A) Only one side of the Moon’s surface is visible from the Earth. Reason (R) The period of rotation of the Moon on its axis is equal to the period of its revolution around the Earth. Codes
6. Time taken by the Sun to revolve around the centre of our galaxy is
7. On the surface of the Moon, two persons cannot listen to each other as
8. Which one of the planets is known as ‘Morning Star’ as well as ‘Evening Star’ because it is the first to appear in the evening and last to disappear in the morning?
9. Consider the following statements.
A person in spacecraft situated at the mid of Earth and Sun will see that
I. sky is black.
II. stars do not twinkle
III. the temperature outside the spacecraft is more than that of the Earth’s surface. Which of the following is true?
10. Sun’s halo is produced by the refraction of light in
11. If the stars are seen to rise perpendicular to the horizon by an observer, he is located on the
12. Which one of the following is an object with such a strong gravitational field that even light cannot escape from its surface?
13. Size of the Sun is how many times bigger than that of the Earth?
14. The term’ ‘Goldilocks Zone’ is often seen in the news in the context of
15. Assertion (A) The planet Neptune appears blue in colour. Reason (R) The presence of methane gas in the atmosphere of Neptune is responsible for its colour. Codes
16. The Earth is located between
17. The ‘Big Bang Theory’ is related to
18. The coldest planet in the solar system is
19. Which is true about planets?
20. In which situation lunar eclipse occurs?
21. Diamond Ring is a phenomenon observed
22. Consider the following statements.
I. Our Solar System is located in the Orion arm of the Milky Way galaxy, about two-thirds of the way out from the centre.
II. The Solar System formed from an interstellar cloud of dust and gas, or nebula, about 4.6 billion years ago.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
24. Which of the following planets of our solar system has least mass?
25. Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to our solar system?
26. Consider the following statements.
I. The nearest large galaxy of Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy.
II. The Sun’s nearest known star is a red dwarf star called Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.3 light years away.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
27. When does solar eclipse occur?
28. When a planet, asteroid or comet is closest to the sun, then it is called as
29. The name of our galaxy is
30. One astronomical unit is the average distance
31. Which one of the following is the heaviest planet of our solar system?
32. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
33. A group of stars arranged in a particular shape is called
34. The asteroids are small celestial bodies in the solar system which are found between the planets
35. Which of the following is not a planet?
36. The study of universe is known as
37. A person stood alone in a desert on a dark night and wanted to reach his village which was situated 5 km East of the point where he was standing. He had no instrument to find the direction but he located the pole star. The most convenient way now to reach his village is to walk in the
38. Which one among the following stars is nearest to the Earth?
39. When any object is taken from the Earth to the Moon
40. Which one of the following represents the inner planets?
41. The unit of measuring distance between the stars is known as
42. The Milky Way is classified as
43. Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly
44. The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by
45. Consider the following statements.
I. The part of the Sun that we can see is known as Photosphere.
II. The outermost part of the Sun, which is visible only at the time of a solar eclipse, is known as Corona.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
46. The ‘Sea of Tranquility’ lies on
47. The two planets having no satellite are
48. We observe twinkling of stars due to
50. Which one of the following hypothesis/theory explains the origin of the universe?
