Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain of the solar system, is located on

Earth

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Mars

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Mercury

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Uranus

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Solution

The correct option is B Mars
Mars is the planet that contains the largest mountain of the solar system, Olympus Mons. It is almost $2 \frac{1}{2}$ times taller than the tallest mountain on the Earth, Mount Everest, with a height of about $21 km$ .

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11. Consider the following statements,

1] The largest volcano in the solar system is ‘Olympus Mons’.

2] Martian volcanoes can grow to enormous proportions because Mars, unlike Earth, doesn’t have plate tectonics that constantly shuffle the surface.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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