Order of the Eight Planets

The eight planets in our Solar System revolve around the Sun. Their order according to their distance from the Sun is fixed.


Order: Sun → Mercury → Venus → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus → Neptune



Note:



  1. There are eight planets in our Solar System.

  2. The order from the Sun is:
    Mercury → Venus → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus → Neptune

  3. Mercury is the first planet from the Sun.

  4. Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun.

  5. The planets revolve around the Sun in their respective orbits.


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MCQ – Order of the Eight Planets


1. Which is the first planet from the Sun ?
A) Venus B) Mercury C) Earth D) Mars
Ans: B) Mercury
Explanation: Mercury is the closest and first planet from the Sun.


2. Which is the third planet from the Sun ?
A) Venus B) Earth C) Mars D) Mercury
Ans: B) Earth
Explanation: The order begins Mercury → Venus → Earth.


3. Which planet comes immediately after Earth ?
A) Venus B) Mars C) Jupiter D) Saturn
Ans: B) Mars
Explanation: Mars is the fourth planet and comes after Earth.


4. Which planet comes immediately before Jupiter ?
A) Mars B) Earth C) Saturn D) Venus
Ans: A) Mars
Explanation: The order is Earth → Mars → Jupiter.


5. Which is the sixth planet from the Sun ?
A) Jupiter B) Saturn C) Uranus D) Neptune
Ans: B) Saturn
Explanation: Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.


6. Which planet comes immediately after Saturn ?
A) Neptune B) Jupiter C) Uranus D) Mars
Ans: C) Uranus
Explanation: The order is Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus.


7. Which is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun ?
A) Uranus B) Saturn C) Neptune D) Jupiter
Ans: C) Neptune
Explanation: Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun.


8. Which is the correct order of the planets from the Sun ?
A) Mercury → Venus → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus → Neptune
B) Venus → Mercury → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Neptune → Uranus
C) Mercury → Earth → Venus → Mars → Saturn → Jupiter → Uranus → Neptune
D) Earth → Venus → Mercury → Mars → Jupiter → Uranus → Saturn → Neptune
Ans: A) Mercury → Venus → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus → Neptune
Explanation: This is the correct order of the eight planets from the Sun.


Trick:


M V E M J S U N
Mercury → Venus → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus → Neptune

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