Everyday Science Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

The moon’s surface temperature varies from about ________ to _________ ?

Accepted Answer

A. – 173 degrees Celsius at night to 127 degrees Celsius during the day

Question 2

The ice giants are mostly made of ‘volatile’ substances such as?

Accepted Answer

D. Water, ammonia and methane

Question 3

Which planets are called ice giants?

Accepted Answer

A. Outer planets (Uranus and Neptune)

Question 4

__________ is the point in solar system at which pressure from the solar wind is equal to the opposing pressure of the interstellar medium.

Accepted Answer

C. Heliopause

Question 5

The sun is expected to exhaust its hydrogen fuel in about 5 billion years. What will be its effect?

Accepted Answer

C. The sun will then expand into a red giant and possibly swallow the inner planets, including Earth

Question 6

How dark matter is detected?

Accepted Answer

B. Dark matter is detected through its gravitational effects on visible matter

Question 7

What makes dark matter invisible to telescope?

Accepted Answer

C. Dark matter does not interact with electromagnetic force

Question 8

NASA’s ________ rover landed on Mars in February 2021.

Accepted Answer

C. Perseverance

Question 9

NASA’s ________ program aims to land humans on the moon again in 2024.

Accepted Answer

A. Artemis

Question 10

NASA’s _________ is currently studying the sun up close.

Accepted Answer

C. Parker Solar Probe

Question 11

NASA’s Mars rover, __________ , has been exploring Mars since 2012.

Accepted Answer

C. Curiosity

Question 12

In an atomic nucleus, neutrons and protons are held together by: ___________?

Accepted Answer

B. Exchange forces

Question 13

The Chandrayaan-3 mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was successfully lifted off from which Space Centre?

Accepted Answer

B. Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Question 14

The Kuiper belt is a region of the solar system beyond?

Accepted Answer

C. Neptune

Question 15

Most asteroids orbit the sun in a region called the asteroid belt between?

Accepted Answer

A. Mars and Jupiter

Question 16

Asteroids are made mostly of?

Accepted Answer

B. Rock and metal

Question 17

Comets are often called what?

Accepted Answer

C. Dirty snowballs

Question 18

As comets get close to the sun, they start to “melt” and release gas and dust. This gas and dust forms what?

Accepted Answer

A. “coma” around the comet’s nucleus and a long tail that points away from the sun

Question 19

Comets are made mostly of ice and dust. As comets get close to the sun, they start to “melt” and release what?

Accepted Answer

B. Gas and dust

Question 20

Comets are made mostly of ______________?

Accepted Answer

A. Ice and dust