General Awareness | Space and Satellite

General Awareness | Space and Satellite

Feb 5, 2025 - 14:20 Updated: Feb 5, 2025 - 16:17
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1. Aryabhatta was launched on

19th April, 1975
6th December, 1957
31st January, 1958
2nd October, 1980

2. INSAT-3C was launched from

Hassan
Kaurou
Sriharikota
Thumba

3. The First Satellite of India sent to space, was

Bhaskar
Rohini
Aryabhatta
Apple

4. India entered space age by launching

Bhaskara I
Aryabhatta
Apple
Agni

5. Which one of the following is NASA's last Space Shuttle?

Atlantis
Colombia
Discovery
Endeavor

6. NASA's 'Cassini' spacecraft is on mission for which planet?

Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus

7. Tim Peake is known as which of the following?

Writer
Physicist
Astronaut
Politician

8. Kalpana-I is the new name given to one of the following.

Insat-1A
Metsat
Insat-2B
Agni-III

9. Which one of the following satellites was successfully launched by India on 29th September, 2012?

GSAT-6
GSAT-9
GSAT-10
GSAT-12

10. 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?

The Earth's magnetic field diverts them towards its poles
Ozone layer around the Earth reflects them back to outer space
Moisture in the upper layers of atmosphere prevents them from reaching the surface of the Earth
one of the statement (A), (B) and (C) given above is correct

11. What is the geostatic position?

When the Earth would stop moving around the Sun
When an object lies in between the Moon and the Earth
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
When an object occupies a fixed distance from the Earth

12. In which atmospheric layer, the communication satellites are located?

Stratosphere
Ionosphere
Troposphere
Exosphere

13. A geostationary satellite has a period of

6 hours
12 hours
18 hours
24 hours

14. The time period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is

12 hrs
24 hrs
48 hrs
6 hrs

15. Who amongst the following was Chairman of I.S.R.O. when INSATwas launched?

Anil Kakodkar
Abdul Kalam
K. Kasturirangan
U.R. Rao

16. Indian Satellite series which is being used for telecommunication system is

Rohini
I.R.S.
CARTOSAT
INSAT

17. Television transmission is an example of which of the following?

Simplex communication
Half-duplex communication
Full-duplex communication
None of the above

18. India's first remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-IA) was launched from

Baikanour
Cape Kennedy
French Guana
Sriharikota

19. The Indian GSAT-7 satellite is exclusively meant for

Weather forecast
Military communication
Mars mission
Special coverage of Moon

20. India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 was launched on May 21, 2011 from

Hassan
Kourou
Sriharikota
Thiruvananthapuram

21. Which one of the following is a spacecraft?

Apophis
Cassini
Spitzer
Tech Sar

22. What is the name of the world's first private flight plan to go on the Moon?

Moon Express
Moon Flight
Chandrayaan
Moon Mail

23. Apple was launched from

Kourou (French Guiana)
Sriharikota (India)
Baikanoor (Russia)
Cape Canaveral (U.S.A.)

24. The first Indian Communication Satellite APPLE was launched on

27 February, 1982
18 September, 1981
19 June, 1981
25 December, 1981

25. When INSAT-1D of India was launched?

10th June, 1990
12th June, 1990
13th June, 1990
15th June, 1990

26. When was 'INSAT-2A' launched?

4th February, 1975
18th May, 1974
10th July, 1992
19th April, 1975

27. Heaviest Indian Satellite INSAT-4C, which failed to go into orbit recently weighted?

1568 kg
2168 kg
2568 kg
3068 kg

28. India's first dedicated navigation satellite IRNSS-1A was launched from

Sriharikota
Ahmedabad
Thiruvananthapuram
Bengaluru

29. ISRO's Master Control Facility is at Hasan, which is located

Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Orissa
Karnataka

30. The 'Black Box' of an aeroplane is of

White colour
Red colour
Black colour
Orange colour

31. On which date did Chandrayaan enter the lunar orbit?

3 November
6 November
8 November
None of the above

32. Name of the spacecraft for India's mission Moon is

Chandrayaan-I
Chandrayaan-II
Antariksha
Change-I

33. Chandrayaan-I was launched from

Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh

34. The Project Director of Chandrayaan-II was

C. Rangarajan
A.P.J. Kalam
P. Chidambaram
Dr. M. Annadurai

35. China developed a system nicknamed 'Micius' which is

An ancient Chinese musical system
Aquantum satellite communication system
A computer game
None of the above

36. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is located in

Houston
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Cape Kennedy

37. What is 'Greased Lightning-10 (GL- 10)'?

Electric plane tested by NASA
Solar-powered two-seater aircraft designed by Japan
Space observatory launched by China
Reusable rocket designed by ISRO

38. NASA's Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

Halley's Comet
Hale-Bopp
Hyakutake
Temple-1

39. What is the name of NASA vehicle on Mars?

Phoenix
Roger
Florida
John Canaday

40. The first U.S. rover which reached Mars in January 2004 was

Discovery
Pioneer
Spirit
Vanguard

41. According to NASA, the evidence for the presence of life on Mars found till today include

Water alone
Water and gypsum alone
Water, gypsum and methane
None of the above

42. Methane is present in the atmosphere of

Moon
Sun
Mars
Jupiter

43. The fuel tanks of the spacecraft 'Discovery' that was launched into space on 4 July, 2006 was filled with

Liquid hydrogen only
Liquid oxygen only
Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
Mixture of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid helium

44. Which of the following names of animals was sent to space on 3rd November, 1957?

Otolith
Laika
Baker
Belka

45. Apollo-8 was launched for space exploration on

6 January, 1998
7 February, 1998
8 March, 1998
21 December, 1968

46. Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission belongs to which one of the following?

China
European Union
Japan
USA

47. On which principle, a Jet Engine works?

Conservation of linear momentum
Conservation of angular momentum
Conservation of energy
Conservation of mass

48. Stratellite is the

Uppermost band of stratosphere
Lowermost band of stratosphere
High altitude airship positioned in the stratosphere
Natural satellite of Saturn

49. Thumba known as rocket launching station is situated in

Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Jharkhand
Kerala

50. Sriharikota Island lies near

Chika lake
Pulicat lake
Mahanadi
Godavari Mouth

51. In which of the following States lies Sriharikota, the spaceport of India?

Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Kerala

52. In February, 2004 a blast occurred in India's Space Centre at

Ahmedabad
Bangalore
Sriharikota
Thumba

53. What is the Galileo Project?

An inter-country programme of missile shield developed by the United States of America
A project developed by India with assistance from Canada
An environmental protection project being developed by Japan
A multi-satellite navigation project being developed by the European Union

54. Cryogenic temperature stands for temperatures

Below 150°C
Above 150°C
Below -150ºC
-273°C

55. Low temperatures (cryogenics) find application in

Space travel, surgery and magnetic levitation
Surgery, magnetic levitation and telemetry
Space travel, surgery and telemetry
Space travel, magnetic levitation and telemetry

56. Cryogenic engines final application in

Sub-marine propulsion
Frost-free refrigerators
Rocket technology
Researches in superconduc-tivity

57. Cryogenic engines use

Liquid chlorine as the oxidizer and liquid hydrogen as the fuel
Liquid oxygen as the oxidizer and liquid hydrogen as the fuel
Liquid fluorine as the oxidizer and liquid hydrogen as the fuel
Liquid sulphur dioxide as the oxidizer and liquid hydrogen as the fuel

58. The Cryogenic engine is used in

Boeing
Rapid rail engines
Space shuttle
Nuclear reactor

59. Which of the following is not used as rocket propellant?

Liquid hydrogen
Liquid oxygen
Liquid hydrazine
Kerosene oil

60. Rocket works on the principle of the following.

Avogadro's concept
Energy conservation
Momentum conservation
Bernoulli's theorem

61. An artificial satellite can be tracked very precisely from the Earth by using

Doppler effect
Radar
Sonar
Pulsar

62. Which one of the following is not a space satellite?

SLV-3
RS-D1
IRS-1D
INSAT-2D

63. India became the first country to send Educational Services Satellite in space, Edusat. When was the satellite launched?

20th September, 2003
20th September, 2004
4th July, 2004
20th December, 2003