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A)
K kasturirangan
B)
Homi J Bhabha
C)
Satish Dhawan
D)
Vikram Sarabhai

Correct Answer :   Vikram Sarabhai

The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was founded in 1962 under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) with Vikram Sarabhai as its chairperson which in 1969 became ISRO.

A)
Bhaskar
B)
Surya
C)
Aditya
D)
Ravi

Correct Answer :   Aditya

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently announced that its first solar mission, named Aditya-L1, will be launched in 2019–20. The spacecraft aims to answer fundamental questions in solar physics by studying dynamic processes on the Sun.

A)
Yuri Denver
B)
Yuri Malenchenko
C)
Yuri Johnson
D)
David Malenchenk

Correct Answer :   Yuri Malenchenko

Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.

A)
space observatory
B)
Reconnaissance satellite
C)
Reconnaissance satellite
D)
Communication satellite

Correct Answer :   space observatory

ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory. ... ASTROSAT observes universe in the optical, Ultraviolet, low and high energy X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, whereas most other scientific satellites are capable of observing a narrow range of wavelength band.

A)
Joseph Asbrook
B)
Sylvain Arend
C)
Clyde Tombaugh
D)
Edwin Hubble

Correct Answer :   Clyde Tombaugh

Pluto (denoted here by the arrows) was revealed to its discoverer, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, through its movement between January 23, 1930, and January 29, 1930, the dates on which the first and second photographs, respectively, were taken.

A)
Sun
B)
Saturn
C)
Jupiter
D)
Moon

Correct Answer :   Moon

Chang'e-5 mission is the first lunar sample-return mission conducted by humanity in over four decades since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976. By completing the mission, China became the third country to return samples from the Moon after the United States and the Soviet Union.

A)
Abert 1, a monkey
B)
Felix, a cat
C)
Laika, a dog
D)
Ham, a chimpanzee

Correct Answer :   Laika, a dog

Laika, a dog that was the first living creature to be launched into Earth orbit, on board the Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik 2, on November 3, 1957.

A)
Mercury
B)
Venus
C)
Saturn
D)
Mars

Correct Answer :   Venus

Venus is the exception, as its proximity to the Sun and dense atmosphere make it our solar system's hottest planet.

A)
Ganymede
B)
Amalthea
C)
Callisto
D)
Europa

Correct Answer :   Ganymede

Ganymede: Jupiter's largest moon is the largest non-planet in the Solar System. With a diameter of 5,268 km (3,271 miles), it's 8% bigger than the planet Mercury, although it has less than half the mass of our Solar System's innermost planet, being made of mostly ices and silicate minerals.

A)
GSLV
B)
ASLV
C)
PSLV
D)
SLV-3

Correct Answer :   SLV-3

Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) was India's first experimental satellite launch vehicle, which was an all solid, four stage vehicle weighing 17 tonnes with a height of 22m and capable of placing 40 kg class payloads in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).