NIELIT 2017 DEC Scientist B - Section A: 36

Question

___________ was the first planet in the solar system to be visited by a Spacecraft.

• A. Mercury
• B. Venus
• C. Mars
• D. Jupiter

Answer 1

The ans. is option B) Venus.

Answer 2

Venus was the first planet beyond Earth visited by a spacecraft (Mariner $2$ in $1962$), and the first to be successfully landed on (by Venera $7$ in $1970$).

So, the correct answer is $(B).$