30 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) along with their answers on the solar system:



1. What is the largest planet in our solar system?

   a) Mercury

   b) Venus

   c) Earth

   d) Jupiter

   **Answer: d) Jupiter**


2. Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

   a) Venus

   b) Mars

   c) Jupiter

   d) Saturn

   **Answer: b) Mars**


3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

   a) Venus

   b) Mercury

   c) Earth

   d) Mars

   **Answer: a) Venus**


4. Which planet has the most moons?

   a) Earth

   b) Saturn

   c) Uranus

   d) Neptune

   **Answer: b) Saturn**


5. What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?

   a) Ganymede

   b) Europa

   c) Titan

   d) Io

   **Answer: c) Titan**


6. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

   a) Venus

   b) Mercury

   c) Mars

   d) Pluto

   **Answer: b) Mercury**


7. Which planet is known as the "Morning Star" or the "Evening Star"?

   a) Mercury

   b) Venus

   c) Mars

   d) Jupiter

   **Answer: b) Venus**


8. What is the only planet in the solar system that rotates on its side?

   a) Earth

   b) Uranus

   c) Neptune

   d) Jupiter

   **Answer: b) Uranus**


9. Which planet is known for its prominent rings?

   a) Jupiter

   b) Saturn

   c) Uranus

   d) Neptune

   **Answer: b) Saturn**


10. What is the largest moon of Jupiter?

    a) Ganymede

    b) Europa

    c) Io

    d) Callisto

    **Answer: a) Ganymede**


11. Which planet has the Great Red Spot, a massive storm that has been raging for centuries?

    a) Mars

    b) Jupiter

    c) Saturn

    d) Uranus

    **Answer: b) Jupiter**


12. Which planet has the most eccentric orbit?

    a) Earth

    b) Mars

    c) Mercury

    d) Pluto

    **Answer: d) Pluto**


13. What is the name of the spacecraft that first landed humans on the Moon?

    a) Apollo 11

    b) Voyager 1

    c) Discovery

    d) Columbia

    **Answer: a) Apollo 11**


14. Which planet is the farthest from the Sun?

    a) Neptune

    b) Uranus

    c) Saturn

    d) Pluto

    **Answer: a) Neptune**


15. What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars?

    a) Olympus Mons

    b) Mount Everest

    c) Mauna Kea

    d) Mount Kilimanjaro

    **Answer: a) Olympus Mons**


16. Which planet is often called Earth's "sister planet"?

    a) Venus

    b) Mars

    c) Mercury

    d) Jupiter

    **Answer: a) Venus**


17. What is the name of the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt?

    a) Ceres

    b) Vesta

    c) Pallas

    d) Hygiea

    **Answer: a) Ceres**


18. Which spacecraft was the first to visit Pluto?

    a) Voyager 2

    b) New Horizons

    c) Cassini

    d) Juno

    **Answer: b) New Horizons**


19. What is the name of the spacecraft launched by NASA to study the Sun's outer atmosphere?

    a) SOHO

    b) SDO

    c) Parker Solar Probe

    d) Helios

    **Answer: c) Parker Solar Probe**


20. Which planet has the fastest rotation?

    a) Jupiter

    b) Saturn

    c) Uranus

    d) Mercury

    **Answer: d) Mercury**


21. What is the name of the spacecraft launched by NASA to study Mars' atmosphere and climate?

    a) Opportunity

    b) Curiosity

    c) MAVEN

    d) Spirit

    **Answer: c) MAVEN**


22. Which planet has the highest mountain in the solar system, known as Olympus Mons?

    a) Mars

    b) Earth

    c) Venus

    d) Mercury

    **Answer: a) Mars**


23. What is the name of the spacecraft that first orbited Jupiter and sent back detailed images of its moons?

    a) Voyager 2

    b) Galileo

    c) Juno

    d) Cassini

    **Answer: b) Galileo**


24. Which planet has the longest day?

    a) Venus

    b) Jupiter

    c) Saturn

    d) Uranus

    **Answer: a) Venus**


25. What is the name of the largest moon of Neptune?

    a) Triton

    b) Europa

    c) Ganymede

    d) Titan

    **Answer: a) Triton**


26. Which planet is known for its distinctive blue color due to the presence of methane in its atmosphere?

    a) Uranus

    b) Neptune

    c) Saturn

    d) Jupiter

    **Answer: a) Uranus**


27. What is the name of the spacecraft that has been studying Saturn and its moons since 2004?

    a) Voyager 2

    b) Galileo

    c) Juno

    d) Cassini

    **Answer: d) Cassini**


28. Which planet has the shortest year?

    a) Mercury

    b) Venus

    c) Mars

    d) Earth

    **Answer: a) Mercury**


29. What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

    a) Sputnik 1

    b) Explorer 1

    c) Vanguard 1

    d) Telstar 1

    **Answer: a) Sputnik 1**


30. Which planet has the highest average surface temperature?

    a) Mercury

    b) Venus

    c) Earth

    d) Mars

    **Answer: b) Venus**


31. What is the name of the spacecraft that successfully landed on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in 2005?

    a) Galileo

    b) Cassini

    c) Voyager 1

    d) Huygens

    **Answer: d) Huygens**


32. Which planet has the least number of moons?

    a) Mars

    b) Venus

    c) Mercury

    d) Earth

    **Answer: c) Mercury**