| Most Important MCQs on the topic ” Space and Satellite “(Set-1). These questions are very important for SSC, Railways, Defence, CTET, State PCS, UPSC, Judiciary and all other examinations of India. |
Q. The First Satellite of India sent to space, was ______.
(A) Bhaskar
(B) Rohini
(C) Aryabhatta
(D) Apple
Q. INSAT-3C was launched from______.
(A) Hassan
(B) Kaurou
(C) Sriharikota
(D) Thumba
Q. Aryabhatta was launched on______.
(A) 19th April, 1975
(B) 6th December, 1957
(C) 31st January, 1958
(D) 2nd October, 1980
Q. India entered space age by launching ______.
(A) Bhaskara I
(B) Aryabhatta
(C) Apple
(D) Agni
Q. In which atmospheric layer, the communication satellites are located?
(A) Stratosphere
(B) Ionosphere
(C) Troposphere
(D) Exosphere
Q. The ‘Black Box’ of an aeroplane is of ______.
(A) White colour
(B) Red colour
(C) Black colour
(D) Orange colour
Q. Electrically charged particles from space travelling at speeds of several hundred km/sec can severely harm living beings if they reach the surface of the Earth. What prevents them from reaching the surface of the Earth?
(A) The Earth’s magnetic field diverts them towards its poles
(B) Ozone layer around the Earth reflects them back to outer space
(C) Moisture in the upper layers of atmosphere prevents them from reaching the surface of the Earth
(D) None of the statement (A), (B) and (C) given above is correct
Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) – Satellite programme
(B) Falcon – Under-sea cable system
(C) Discovery – Space shuttle
(D) Atlantis – Space station
Q. Which one of the following is NASA’s last Space Shuttle?
(A) Atlantis
(B) Colombia
(C) Discovery
(D) Endeavor
Q. NASA’s ‘Cassini’ spacecraft is on mission for which planet?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Saturn
(D) Venus
Q. Tim Peake is known as which of the following?
(A) Writer
(B) Physicist
(C) Astronaut
(D) Politician
Q. Kalpana-I is the new name given to one of the following.
(A) Insat-1A
(B) Metsat
(C) Insat-2B
(D) Agni-III
Q. Which one of the following satellites was successfully launched by India on 29th September, 2012?
(A) GSAT-6
(B) GSAT-9
(C) GSAT-10
(D) GSAT-12
Q. What is the geostatic position?
(A) When the Earth would stop moving around the Sun
(B) When an object lies in between the Moon and the Earth
(C) When the object moves around the Earth with the velocity commensurate with the velocity of the Earth such that it maintain a fixed position in relation to some place on the Earth
(D) When an object occupies a fixed distance from the Earth
Q. A geostationary satellite has a period of ______.
(A) 6 hours
(B) 12 hours
(C) 18 hours
(D) 24 hours
Q. The time period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is______.
(A) 12 hrs
(B) 24 hrs
(C) 48 hrs
(D) 6 hrs
Q. NASA-U.S. space agency, has launched a telescope named Kepler to find ______.
(A) Distant stars
(B) Distant planets
(C) Distant satellites
(D) Earth like Planets
Q. Who amongst the following was the Chairman of I.S.R.O. when INSAT-3B was launched?
(A) Anil Kakodkar
(B) Abdul Kalam
(C) K. Kasturirangan
(D) U.R. Rao
Q. In the context of space technology, what is ‘BHUVAN’?
(A) The name of the space vehicle proposed to be sent to the Moon to probe possible human habitation there
(B) A satellite launched by ISRO for promoting distant education in India
(C) A space telescope developed by India
(D) A geoportal of ISRO with 3-D imaging capabilities
Q. Indian Satellite series which is being used for telecommunication system is ______.
(A) Rohini
(B) I.R.S.
(C) CARTOSAT
(D) INSAT
Q. Television transmission is an example of which of the following?
(A) Simplex communication
(B) Half-duplex communication
(C) Full-duplex communication
(D) None of the above
Q. India’s first remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-IA) was launched from______.
(A) Baikanour
(B) Cape Kennedy
(C) French Guana
(D) Sriharikota
Q. The Indian GSAT-7 satellite is exclusively meant for______.
(A) Weather forecast
(B) Military communication
(C) Mars mission
(D) Special coverage of Moon
Q. India’s advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 was launched on May 21, 2011 from_______.
(A) Hassan
(B) Kourou
(C) Sriharikota
(D) Thiruvananthapuram
Q. Which one of the following is a spacecraft?
(A) Apophis
(B) Cassini
(C) Spitzer
(D) Tech Sar
Q. What is the name of the world’s first private flight plan to go on the Moon?
(A) Moon Express
(B) Moon Flight
(C) Chandrayaan
(D) Moon Mail
Q. Apple was launched from______.
(A) Kourou (French Guiana)
(B) Sriharikota (India)
(C) Baikanoor (Russia)
(D) Cape Canaveral (U.S.A.)
Q. The first Indian Communication Satellite APPLE was launched on______.
(A) 27 February, 1982
(B) 18 September, 1981
(C) 19 June, 1981
(D) 25 December, 1981
Q. When INSAT-1D of India was launched?
(A) 10th June, 1990
(B) 12th June, 1990
(C) 13th June, 1990
(D) 15th June, 1990
Q. When was ‘INSAT-2A’ launched?
(A) 4th February, 1975
(B) 18th May, 1974
(C) 10th July, 1992
(D) 19th April, 1975
Q. Heaviest Indian Satellite INSAT4C, which failed to go into orbit recently weighted?
(A) 1568 kg
(B) 2168 kg
(C) 2568 kg
(D) 3068 kg
Q. India’s first dedicated navigation satellite IRNSS-1A was launched from ______.
(A) Sriharikota
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Bengaluru
Q. ISRO’s Master Control Facility is at Hasan, which is located______.
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Orissa
(D) Karnataka
Q. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Space Application Centre – Ahmedabad
(B) National Remote Sensing Centre – Hyderabad
(C) Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre – Sriharikota
(D) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre – Thiruvananthapuram
Q. On which date did Chandrayaan enter the lunar orbit?
(A) 3 November
(B) 6 November
(C) 8 November
(D) None of the above
Q. Name of the spacecraft for India’s mission Moon is ______.
(A) Chandrayaan-I
(B) Chandrayaan-II
(C) Antariksha
(D) Change-I
Q. Chandrayaan-I was launched from ______.
(A) Orissa
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Q. The Project Director of Chandrayaan-II was______.
(A) C. Rangarajan
(B) A.P.J. Kalam
(C) P. Chidambaram
(D) Dr. M. Annadurai
Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about Chinese space shuttle ‘Shenzhou-7’?
(A) It was manned by four astronauts
(B) It was launched by long March 2F rocket
(C) For the first time, the Chinese astronauts performed a spacecraft
(D) The astronauts returned safely to Earth
Q. China developed a system nicknamed ‘Micius’ which is______.
(A) An ancient Chinese musical system
(B) A quantum satellite communication system
(C) A computer game
(D) None of the above
Q. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is located in_______.
(A) Houston
(B) Los Angeles
(C) Pasadena
(D) Cape Kennedy
Q. What is ‘Greased Lightning-10 (GL10)’?
(A) Electric plane tested by NASA
(B) Solar-powered two-seater aircraft designed by Japan
(C) Space observatory launched by China
(D) Reusable rocket designed by ISRO
Q. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
(A) Halley’s Comet
(B) Hale-Bopp
(C) Hyakutake
(D) Temple-1
Q. What is the name of NASA vehicle on Mars?
(A) Phoenix
(B) Roger
(C) Florida
(D) John Canaday
Q. The first U.S. rover which reached Mars in January 2004 was______.
(A) Discovery
(B) Pioneer
(C) Spirit
(D) Vanguard
Q. According to NASA, the evidence for the presence of life on Mars found till today include______.
(A) Water alone
(B) Water and gypsum alone
(C) Water, gypsum and methane
(D) None of the above
Q. Methane is present in the atmosphere of ______.
(A) Moon
(B) Sun
(C) Mars
(D) Jupiter
Q. The fuel tanks of the spacecraft ‘Discovery’ that was launched into space on 4 July, 2006 was filled with ______.
(A) Liquid hydrogen only
(B) Liquid oxygen only
(C) Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
(D) Mixture of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid helium
Q. Which of the following names of animals was sent to space on 3rd November, 1957?
(A) Otolith
(B) Laika
(C) Baker
(D) Belka
Q. Apollo-8 was launched for space exploration on______.
(A) 6 January, 1998
(B) 7 February, 1998
(C) 8 March, 1998
(D) 21 December, 1968
Q. Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission belongs to which one of the following?
(A) China
(B) European Union
(C) Japan
(D) USA
Q. On which principle, a Jet Engine works?
(A) Conservation of linear momentum
(B) Conservation of angular momentum
(C) Conservation of energy
(D) Conservation of mass
Q. Stratellite is the_____.
(A) Uppermost band of stratosphere
(B) Lowermost band of stratosphere
(C) High altitude airship positioned in the stratosphere
(D) Natural satellite of Saturn
Q. Thumba known as rocket launching station is situated in______.
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Kerala
Q. Sriharikota Island lies near______.
(A) Chika lake
(B) Pulicat lake
(C) Mahanadi
(D) Godavari Mouth
Q. In which of the following States lies Sriharikota, the spaceport of India?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
Q. In February, 2004 a blast occurred in India’s Space Centre at______.
(A) Ahmedabad
(B) Bangalore
(C) Sriharikota
(D) Thumba