Venus - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   Akatsuki is a Japanese (JAXA) space probe tasked to study the atmosphere of -

a. Jupiter
b. Mars
c. Saturn
d. Venus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Venus

Explanation:
- Akatsuki is a Japanese (JAXA) space probe tasked to study the atmosphere of Venus.
- It was launched in 2010.
- It was placed into an alternative elliptical Venusian orbit on 7 December 2015.
- Akatsuki will study the stratification of the atmosphere, atmospheric dynamics, and cloud physics using five different cameras.