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
2. ISRO was established in
a) 1952
b) 1962
c) 1969
d) 1947
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
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
5. The NASA’s mars mission probe which reached mars during ISRO’s Mangalyaan
a) ExoMars 2016
b) MAVEN
c) Curiosity
d) Viking 1
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
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
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
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
10. The marketing and commercial wing of ISRO is
a) DRDO
b) DoS
c) Antrix corporation
d) Space commission
11. The International Space Station ISS is located at
a) High earth orbit
b) Low earth orbit
c) Geo stationary orbit
d) Polar orbit
12. The first Indian satellite is
a) Aryabhata
b) Bhaskara-I
c) Rohini RS-1
d) INSAT-1A
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
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
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
