Solar System

171.What are the red spots on the planet Jupiter indicative of?
 
A. Gas
 
B. Liquid substance
 
C. Turbulent clouds
 
D. Land
 
Option “C” is correct.
The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm that is the largest in the Solar System.
172.To discover which planet did the United States send a spacecraft named Galileo?
 
A. Mars
 
B. Jupiter
 
C. Neptune
 
D. Earth
 
Option “B” is correct.
Galileo was the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter.
173.Magellan expedition is related to which planet?
 
A. Earth
 
B. Mercury
 
C. Venus
 
D. Venus
 
Option “C” is correct.
In October 1994, the Magellan spacecraft intentionally plunged to the surface of Venus to gather data on the planet’s atmosphere before it ceased operations. It marked the first time an operating planetary spacecraft had been intentionally crashed.
174.Which planet did Shoemaker-Levy-9 comet collide with?
 
A. Venus
 
B. Mars
 
C. Jupiter
 
D. Mercury
 
Option “C” is correct.
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects.
175.Which of the following planets takes the maximum time to revolve around the Sun?
 
A. Earth
 
B. Jupiter
 
C. Mars
 
D. Venus
 
Option “B” is correct.
Jupiter takes 12 years for one revolution where as earth takes 1 year, Mars takes 687 days and Venus takes 263 days.
176.Which of the following is the largest satellite of the Solar System?
 
A. Titan
 
B. Miranda
 
C. moon
 
D. Ganymede
 
Option “D” is correct.
Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system. Discovered by Galileo in the year 1610, Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter. It has a diameter of around 5260 kms making it larger than the planet Mercury.
177.Which of the following planets has a ring around it?
 
A. Pluto
 
B. Earth
 
C. Mars
 
D. Saturn
 
Option “D” is correct.
Saturn have rings around them.
178.With which of the following is the name of NASA’s mission ‘Juno’?
 
A. Saturn
 
B. Mars
 
C. Jupiter
 
D. None of the above
 
Option “C” is correct.
Juno’s principal goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Underneath its dense cloud cover, Jupiter safeguards secrets to the fundamental processes and conditions that governed our solar system during its formation.
179.Titan, one of the largest satellites of the Solar System, is a satellite of which of the following?
 
A. Jupiter
 
B. Saturn
 
C. Uranus
 
D. Neptune
 
Option “B” is correct.
Titan is the largest satellite of Saturn. It is the second largest satellite in the solar system. It is the only satellite in the solar system which has clouds and a dense, planet-like atmosphere.
180.Saturn is the planet-
 
A. cooler than pluto
 
B. colder than neptune
 
C. hotter than neptune
 
D. hotter than jupiter
 
Option “C” is correct.

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