CBSE Class 5 Social Science The Earth and Its Moon MCQs

Question: The Earth is made up of __________ layers.

a) 3

b) 2

c) 1

Answer: 3

Question: __________ of the Earth’s surface covered with water.

a) two-third

b) three-fourth

c) one-third

Answer: two-third

Question: Crust is __________ km thick under the ocean.

a) 5 km

b) 4 km

c) 3 km

Answer: 5 km

Question: __________ contains iron and magnesium.

a) core

b) crust

c) mantle

Answer: core

Question: Mantle is about __________ km thick.

a) 3000

b) 2000

c) 1000

Answer: 3000

Question: High tides and low tides are caused due to the gravitational pull of

a) moon

b) earth

c) sun

Answer: moon

Question: When Moon comes between the earth and the sun then __________ eclipse occurs.

a) solar

b) lunar

c) none of these

Answer: solar

Question: Moon reflects the light of

a) sun

b) its own

c) none of these

Answer: sun

Question: A __________ eclipse occurs when the earth comes in between the sun and the moon.

a) lunar

b) none of these

c) solar

Answer: lunar

Question: The curved shape of the Moon is

a) crescent

b) full moon

c) New moon

Answer: crescent

Question: Core contains the iron in __________ form.

a) molten

b) none of these

c) solid

Answer: molten

Question: The first artificial satellite sent to the space by Russia was

a) Sputnik

b) Rohini

c) Bhaskar

Answer: Sputnik

Question: __________ the first human to set foot on the moon.

a) Neil Armstrong

b) Aryabhatt

c) C.V. Raman

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Question: Moon is __________ satellite of the earth.

a) natural

b) none of these

c) artificial

Answer: natural

Question: Lunar eclipse is always partial

a) false

b) true

c) none of these

Answer: false

Question: The outer core of the earth creates the __________ field of the earth

a) magnetic

b) electric

c) solar

Answer: magnetic

Question: Apollo II space craft was sent to the moon for the first time in

a) 1969

b) 1950

c) 1869

Answer: 1969

Question: The inner core is __________ than outer core.

a) hotter

b) colder

c) none of these

Answer: hotter

Question: Neil Armstrong belonged to

a) America

b) Japan

c) Africa

Answer: America

Question: There are __________ phases of the Moon.

a) eight

b) nine

c) ten

Answer: eight

Question: Movements in the Earth’s __________ create waves called seismic waves.

a) crust

b) mantle

c) core

Answer: crust

Question: The growing shape of the Moon after a new moon is called

a) waning

b) none of these

c) waxing

Answer: waning

Question: Full moon starts getting smaller this is called

a) waning

b) none of them

c) waxing

Answer: waning

Question: Seismic waves cause __________.

a) earthquakes

b) cyclones

c) storms

Answer: earthquakes