Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Topic

General Awareness

Question:

Assertion: Mercury is the hottest planet of our solar system.

Reasoning: Mercury is the closet planet to the sun.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not correct.

Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) - Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is correct.

Mercury is not the hottest planet in the solar system. The hottest planet is Venus. On its dark side, Mercury gets very cold because it has almost no atmosphere to hold in heat and keep the surface warm. The greenhouse effect increases the temperature of Venus making it the hottest planet in the solar system.