Class 6 Science Chapter 12 MCQs – Beyond Earth
Class 6 Science Chapter 12 MCQs for “Beyond Earth” (based on NCERT textbook Curiosity ).
MCQ with Answers for Practice – Chapter 12 – Beyond Earth
This includes All types of MCQs normally asked in school exams, tests, and NCERT exercises.
MCQs Multiple Choice Questions – Chapter 12: Beyond Earth
1. What do stars shine with?
(a) Reflected light
(b) Their own light
(c) Sunlight
(d) Moonlight
Answer: (b) Their own light
2. What are groups of stars that form patterns called?
(a) Planets
(b) Satellites
(c) Constellations
(d) Comets
Answer: (c) Constellations
3. Which constellation contains the star Sirius?
(a) Orion
(b) Canis Major
(c) Taurus
(d) Ursa Major
Answer: (b) Canis Major
4. Which is the brightest star in the night sky?
(a) Pole Star
(b) Aldebaran
(c) Sirius
(d) Betelgeuse
Answer: (c) Sirius
5. The Pole Star appears:
(a) Moving
(b) Flickering
(c) Stationary
(d) Disappearing
Answer: (c) Stationary
6. What is the Big Dipper known as in India?
(a) Rohini
(b) Krittika
(c) Saptarishi
(d) Ardra
Answer: (c) Saptarishi
7. What causes light pollution?
(a) Clouds
(b) Stars
(c) Excess artificial light
(d) Trees
Answer: (c) Excess artificial light
8. Which star is closest to Earth?
(a) Sirius
(b) Proxima Centauri
(c) Pole Star
(d) Sun
Answer: (d) Sun
9. The movement of planets around the Sun is called:
(a) Rotation
(b) Revolution
(c) Spinning
(d) Circulation
Answer: (b) Revolution
10. How many planets are there in our Solar System?
(a) Six
(b) Seven
(c) Eight
(d) Nine
Answer: (c) Eight
11. Which planet is called the Red Planet?
(a) Venus
(b) Mars
(c) Mercury
(d) Jupiter
Answer: (b) Mars
12. Which planet is known as the Morning/Evening Star?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Mercury
Answer: (b) Venus
13. Which planet appears blue from space?
(a) Earth
(b) Uranus
(c) Neptune
(d) Venus
Answer: (a) Earth
14. Which planets have ring systems?
(a) Mercury, Venus
(b) Earth, Mars
(c) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
(d) Only Saturn
Answer: (c) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
15. The Earth takes about how long to complete one revolution?
(a) 24 hours
(b) 28 days
(c) 6 months
(d) 1 year
Answer: (d) 1 year
16. The Moon completes one revolution around Earth in:
(a) 30 days
(b) 27 days
(c) 24 hours
(d) 365 days
Answer: (b) 27 days
17. The bowl-shaped structures on the Moon are called:
(a) Valleys
(b) Craters
(c) Asteroids
(d) Peaks
Answer: (b) Craters
18. Which Indian mission first explored the Moon?
(a) Chandrayaan-3
(b) Chandrayaan-1
(c) Mangalyaan
(d) Aditya L1
Answer: (b) Chandrayaan-1
19. What are rocky irregular objects between Mars and Jupiter called?
(a) Comets
(b) Meteors
(c) Asteroids
(d) Satellites
Answer: (c) Asteroids
20. What is the tail of a comet made of?
(a) Gold particles
(b) Frozen oxygen
(c) Evaporating gases and dust
(d) Light only
Answer: (c) Evaporating gases and dust
21. Halley’s Comet appears once every:
(a) 100 years
(b) 50 years
(c) 76 years
(d) 5 years
Answer: (c) 76 years
22. What is our galaxy called?
(a) Andromeda
(b) Akash Ganga / Milky Way
(c) Orion Galaxy
(d) North Galaxy
Answer: (b) Akash Ganga / Milky Way
23. What is beyond the Milky Way Galaxy?
(a) Nothing
(b) Only stars
(c) Many other galaxies
(d) Only planets
Answer: (c) Many other galaxies
24. What are planets that orbit other stars called?
(a) Comets
(b) Exoplanets
(c) Dwarf stars
(d) Satellites
Answer: (b) Exoplanets
25. Which telescope is located in Hanle, Ladakh?
(a) Hubble Telescope
(b) Himalayan Chandra Telescope
(c) Solar Observatory Lens
(d) Akash Vani Telescope
Answer: (b) Himalayan Chandra Telescope
26. What is the name of India’s dark sky reserve?
(a) Goa Sky Reserve
(b) Hanle Dark Sky Reserve
(c) Nubra Star Park
(d) Nilgiri Night Zone
Answer: (b) Hanle Dark Sky Reserve
27. Why do we not see stars during the daytime?
(a) They disappear
(b) They burn out
(c) Sunlight is too bright
(d) Moon covers them
Answer: (c) Sunlight is too bright
28. Which object gives heat and light to Earth?
(a) Moon
(b) Venus
(c) Sun
(d) Mars
Answer: (c) Sun
29. Which of the following is a dwarf planet?
(a) Earth
(b) Mars
(c) Pluto
(d) Jupiter
Answer: (c) Pluto
30. Which appears to twinkle?
(a) Planets
(b) Moons
(c) Stars
(d) Satellites
Answer: (c) Stars