Madhya Pradesh Police Exam Model Paper 3

The correct answer is Mars .

• Mars is also known as the ‘Red Planet' .
• Its red color is due to the presence of iron oxide on the surface of Mars .
• It has two satellites are Phobos and Deimos , while the planet Venus is called ‘dawn star’ and ‘evening star’ .
• Both satellites of Mars discovered in 1877 by astronomer Hall , who named them for the Latin terms “fear” and “panic” .
• Mars, the fourth planet from the sun , is a cold, dusty, desert world with a thin atmosphere.
• Olympus Mons is the largest volcano within the known universe.
• It measures some 600 km across and rises nearly 27 km above the encompassing terrain.