Latest NEET MCQ’s On Kepler’s Law [Physics Q&A]

Kepler’s Law MCQs

Q: Kepler’s second law is known as

1. The Law of Orbits
2. The Law of Areas
3. The Law of Periods
4. The Law of Gravity
   Answer: (2) The Law of Areas

Q: Kepler’s 2nd law deals with

1. The shape of the planet’s orbits
2. The speed/area the planet travels
3. The length of time it takes the planet to orbit the sun
4. Time travel
   Answer: (2) The speed/area the planet travels

Q: Kepler’s third law is known as

1. The Law of orbits
2. The Law of Areas
3. The Law of periods
4. The Law of gravity
   Answer: (3) The Law of periods

Q: The formula for Kepler’s third law is

1. P3 ∝ a2
2. P3 ∝ a3
3. P2 ∝ a2
4. P2 ∝ a3
   Answer: (4) P2 ∝ a3

Q: Kepler’s first law states that the orbits of the planets are oval in shape or

1. Ellipses
2. Perfect circles
3. Squares
4. triangles
   Answer: (1) Ellipses

Q: The Kepler’s first law is known as

1. The law of orbits
2. The law of areas
3. The law of periods
4. The law of gravity
   Answer: (1) The law of orbits

Q: The farther away a planet is from the sun, the …………. it takes it to orbit the sun once

1. Longer
2. Shorter
   Answer: (1) Longer

Q: When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is

1. The axis
2. The perihelion
3. The centre
4. The Sun
   Answer: (4) The Sun

Q: What has an eccentricity of zero?

1. A straight line
2. A large ellipse
3. A circle
4. A small ellipse
   Answer: (3) A circle

Q: An Astronomical Unit, or AU, is the average distance between

1. The Sun and Neptune
2. The Sun and Earth
3. The Earth and the Moon
4. The Sun and Mercury

Answer: (2) The Sun and Earth