GK Quiz – Space Science
1. The Father of the Indian nuclear programme is
a) APJ Abdul Kalam
b) Vikram Sarabhai
c) Homi J Bhabha
d) Sathish Dawan
Answer b)
Vikram Sarabhai
2. ISRO was established in
a) 1952
b) 1962
c) 1969
d) 1947
Answer c)
1969
3. The master control facility of the ISRO responsible
for the monitoring and control of all the geo-stationary satellites is/are
located at
a) Bangalore and Thiruvananthauram
b) Bangalore
c) Mahendragiri and Sriharikota
d) Hassan and Bhopal
Answer d)
Hassan and Bhopal
4. The first sounding rocket was launched from
a) Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
b) Satish Dhawan Space Centre
c) Kapustin Yar
d) Guiana Space Centre
Answer a)
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
5. The NASA’s mars mission probe which reached mars
during ISRO’s Mangalyaan
a) ExoMars 2016
b) MAVEN
c) Curiosity
d) Viking 1
Answer b)
MAVEN
6. The main reason for the low cost of the MOM mission
when compared to the MAVEN mission is
a) Efficient technology
b) Use of orbital maneuvers rather direct entry onto
Mars’s orbit
c) Low cost of rockets and satellites
d) Sophisticated rockets
Answer b)
Use of orbital maneuvers rather direct entry onto Mars’s orbit
7. The probe which is planned to carry out a mission to
the Sun is
a) Surya -1
b) Aditya -1
c) Agni – 1
d) AVATAR
Answer b)
Aditya -1
8. The recently launched (January 20, 2016) satellite
IRNSS-1E is useful in
a) Remote sensing
b) Weather forecast
c) Regional navigation
d) Space exploration
Answer c)
Regional navigation. IRNSS is an independent regional navigation satellite
system being developed by India. Other regional navigation systems include
BeiDou-1 of China and QZSS of Japan.
9. The present global navigation system available are
a) Galelio and GLONASS
b) GPS and GLONASS
c) IRNSS and QZSS
d) BeiDou-1 and BeiDou-2
Answer b)
GPS and GLONASS. GPS and GLONASS are the global navigation satellite systems of
US and Russia respectively. Galileo and BeiDou-2 are under development by
European union and China respectively.
10. The marketing and commercial wing of ISRO is
a) DRDO
b) DoS
c) Antrix corporation
d) Space commission
Answer c)
Antrix corporation
11. The International Space Station ISS is located at
a) High earth orbit
b) Low earth orbit
c) Geo stationary orbit
d) Polar orbit
Answer b)
Low earth orbit
12. The first Indian satellite is
a) Aryabhata
b) Bhaskara-I
c) Rohini RS-1
d) INSAT-1A
Answer a)
Aryabhata
13. The first artificial object to cross the Karman line
(100 km above MSL) is
a) Sputnik
b) V-2 Rockets
c) Intercontinental ballistic missiles
d) Aryabhata
Answer b)
V-2 Rockets.
14. The fuels used in Indian indigenous cryogenic engines
are
a) Liquid oxygen and Liquid hydrogen
b) Aviation fuel
c) ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
d) Hydrazine and Liquid hydrogen
Answer a)
Liquid oxygen and Liquid hydrogen
15. The 2014 International Gandhi Peace Prize and Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was awarded to
a) Bhabha atomic research centre
b) India institute of science
c) Indian space research organization
d) Tata institute of fundamental research
Answer c)
Indian space research organization
