25 Amazing GK Questions about Planets with Answers for Kids

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It is important that children should have knowledge about the planets that are present in the solar system. This knowledge will not only help young ones in their education but they will grow their knowledge at a young age. The planet is a very big celestial body that revolves around the sun. Having strong knowledge about planets is very helpful for children in their academics and will boost their confidence. In this article, children will learn about the planet’s natural satellite, their features, and other important things about planets. Kids are very interested to know about the things they see around them. Especially when sitting outside at night and when they watch stars they have many questions to ask such as what are these moving lights in the sky, where are they moving, why they are short, etc. So here are general knowledge questions about planets along with answers to clear their all doubts. This article will cover the top 25 quizzes on the planet for classes 1, 2, and 3 kids along with answers:

Interesting and Fun Facts about Planets

Here are quick facts about planets for classes 1, 2, and 3:

  1. The solar system is a very silent place.
  2. Venus is the hottest planet in space and has around 450° C temperature.
  3. Only 2 planets that don’t have moons that are mercury and Venus.
  4. Footprints of anyone that show on moons don’t disappear for many years because of no wind.
  5. Venus is the only planet where the highest number of volcanoes happens.

25 Interesting General knowledge Questions on Planets with Answers for Classes 1, 2 and 3

Young ones are very curious to know about the light they see in the sky. They have a lot of questions in their minds. So to clear their doubts we have covered a list of GK questions about the solar system on planets in the general knowledge format so that it gets easier for young ones to select the right answers from the 4 options. This way they are repeatedly able to remember the planet’s name and get familiar with the concept.

Let’s start the GK quiz about the solar system and planets for grades 1, 2, and 3:

Q1. From the given options which planets do not contain moons? 

a) Earth and Mercury
b) Mars and Venus
c) Mercury and Venus
d) Jupiter and Venus

Q2. Out of the given list, which planets spin backward?

a) Saturn and Uranus
b) Venus and Uranus
c) Jupiter and Uranus
d) Venus and Neptune

Q3. Can you tell the number of natural satellites that the earth has?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3

Q4. Can you tell the number of times the sunlight takes to reach the earth’s surface?

a) 3 minutes and 12 seconds
b) 8 minutes and 20 seconds
c) 6 minutes and 30 seconds
d) 4 minutes and 17 seconds

Q5. What do we call the line when Earth spins itself on an imaginary line?

a) Orbit
b) Spins
c) Equator
d) Axis

Q6. How many maximum numbers of planets are there in the solar system?

a) 3
b) 5
c) 8
d) 12

Q7. Amongst the given option name the planet that has a maximum number of moons.

a) Uranus
b) Jupiter
c) Neptune
d) Saturn

Q8. Amongst the given option which planet has rings around it?

a) Uranus
b) Jupiter
c) Saturn
d) All of the above

Q9. From the following options name the planet known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star.

a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Mercury
d) Sun

Q10. Name the planet in the solar system that is very bright.

a) Saturn
b) Venus
c) Jupiter
d) Earth

Q11. Amongst the given option which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

a) Uranus
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Saturn

Q12. Out of the following list which is the smallest planet in the solar system?

a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Neptune

Q13. Can you tell the nearest planet to the Earth?

a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Jupiter
d) Mercury

Q14. Out of the given list name the planet that is farthest from the sun. 

a) Venus
b) Jupiter
c) Neptune
d) Pluto

Q15. Can you tell the planet that is nearest to the sun?

a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Jupiter
d) Mercury

Q16. Which planet does the biggest Ganymede moon belong to?

a) Jupiter
b) Mars
c) Uranus
d) Earth

Q17. What is another name of the biggest Saturn’s moon and which is known as the 2nd largest moon in the solar system?

a) Phobes
b) Titan
c) Triton
d) Deimos

Q18. Amongst the following list name the planet that completes its revolution in less than 10 hours. 

a) Mars
b) Neptune
c) Uranus
d) Jupiter

Q19. Name the planet that is also known as the Blue Planet.

a) Neptune
b) Earth
c) Venus
d) Jupiter

Q20. From the following list name the planet known as the Red Planet.

a) Mercury
b) Jupiter
c) Uranus
d) Mars

Q21. From the following list name the planet that appears in yellow color.

a) Saturn
b) Mars
c) Mercury
d) Uranus

Q22. Which direction does the star movie?

a) West to east
b) South to west
c) East to west
d) North to south

Q23. Which sides of the sun are visible to us?

a) Photosphere
b) Core
c) Atmosphere
d) None of above

Q24. Amongst the following list name the planet in the solar system that has 14 moons. 

a) Jupiter
b) Mars
c) Neptune
d) Uranus

Q25. Amongst the following options name the planet that is also known as earth twin. 

a) Jupiter
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Uranus

Answers

Here are the answers on planets of the solar system for grades 1, 2, and 3:

Ans. 1) c2) d3) c4) b
5) d6) c7) d8) d
9) a10) b11) c12) a
13) d14) c15) d16) a
17) b18) d19) a20) d
21) a22) c23) a24) c
25) c

We hope children have learned many names of planets at an early age which will boost their confidence level and they will be able to answer any questions related to planets confidently. They even have cleared a lot of their doubts about planets present in the solar system. These questions are enough for classes 1, 2, and 3. You can slowly move to higher-level quizzes when children learned all of this.

Suhana Dessai

Suhana holds a master's degree in computer and from the University of Goa. She has around 3 years of experience in various fields of writing and editing. By profession, she is a freelancer Content Writer. As an associate editor at SudivGuide, Suhana edits and ensures the articles are aligned with the website's editorial standards.