Space - General Knowledge Questions

A)
EDUSAT
B)
SARAL
C)
HAMSAT
D)
RISAT-1

Correct Answer :   EDUSAT

GSAT-3, known as EDUSAT is meant for distant class room education from school level to higher education. This was the first dedicated "Educational Satellite" that provide the country with satellite based two way communication to class room for delivering educational materials.

A)
Korolev
B)
Vostok
C)
Luna
D)
Angara

Correct Answer :   Angara

The Angara rocket family is a family of space-launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Russia.

A)
Kepler–90g
B)
Kepler–90i
C)
Kepler–90h
D)
Kepler–908

Correct Answer :   Kepler–90i

On 14 December 2017, NASA and Google announced the discovery of an eighth planet, Kepler-90i, in the Kepler-90 system: the discovery was made using a new machine learning method developed by Google.

A)
Red planet
B)
Morning star
C)
Evening star
D)
Blue planet

Correct Answer :   Red planet

Mars is known as the Red Planet. It is red because the soil looks like rusty iron. Mars has two small moons. Their names are Phobos (FOE-bohs) and Deimos (DEE-mohs).

A)
Agni
B)
Toophan
C)
Cobra
D)
Nag

Correct Answer :   Nag

The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)on Tuesday successfully test fired anti-tank missile 'Nag' in a desert in the western sector of Rajasthan.

A)
Trishul
B)
Akash
C)
Prithvi
D)
Nag

Correct Answer :   Prithvi

The Prithvi was India's first indigenously developed ballistic missile produced by the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).

A)
GSAT-1
B)
IRS-1A
C)
PSLV-D3
D)
INSAT-1A

Correct Answer :   IRS-1A

IRS-1A, the first of the series of indigenous state-of-art operating remote sensing satellites, was successfully launched into a polar sun-synchronous orbit on March 17, 1988 from the Soviet Cosmodrome at Baikonur.

A)
Aditya–L1
B)
Halo–L1
C)
Corona–L1
D)
Ravi – L1

Correct Answer :   Aditya–L1

The Aditya-1 mission was conceived as a 400kg class satellite carrying one payload, the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) and was planned to launch in a 800 km low earth orbit.

A)
Touring the world only by flight
B)
Reaching out to Mars
C)
Scientific space exploration
D)
Space travel for leisure

Correct Answer :   Space travel for leisure

A)
Cosmic Research
B)
Space Science Reviews
C)
Astrophysics and Space
D)
Advances in Space Research

Correct Answer :   Advances in Space Research

Advances in Space Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published 24 times per year by Elsevier. It was established in 1981 and is the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).