NCERT Class 8 Science Chapter 13 Our Home: Earth, a Unique Life Sustaining Planet Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 13, Our Home: Earth, a Unique Life Sustaining Planet, from the NCERT Class 8 Curiosity textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.The satellite image of the Earth at the start of the chapter was taken by an ISRO Earth Observation Satellite. What does the chapter say about it?
- AIt was made by combining nearly 3000 smaller images and is a false colour image, in which different colours show different types of information
- BIt shows only the Earth's crust with the atmosphere removed
- CIt is a single photograph taken in natural colours from the Moon
- DIt was drawn by scientists rather than photographed
Q2.The chapter compares the Earth's crust to the skin of an apple in order to show that:
- ALife extends deep into the Earth's core
- BThe crust is the thickest of all the Earth's layers
- CThe layer in which all of life exists is very thin compared with the size of the Earth
- DThe crust is smooth and unbroken all over the planet
Q3.Which grouping of the solar system's planets matches the chapter?
- AMercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are large and gaseous, while the outer four are small and rocky
- BOnly Earth has a solid surface among the eight planets
- CAll eight planets are rocky, differing only in temperature
- DMercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are relatively small and rocky, while Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are large and mostly made of gases
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