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1. Who is said to be the “Father of the Indian Space Program”?
(A) Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai
(C) Dr. K Kasturirangan
(D) Prof Satish Dhawan
Ans. B
2. When The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was set up?
(A) 1962
(B) 1969
(C) 1972
(D) 1952
Ans. B
3. Which is India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle?
(A) ASLV
(B) GSLV
(C) SLV 3
(D) None of these
Ans. C
4. Where is the Headquarter of ISRO?
(A) Chandipur
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Mahendragiri
(D) Chennai
Ans. B
5. Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR is situated at…….
(A) Bangaluru
(B) Mahendragiri
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Sriharikota
Ans. D
6. How often, approximately, is Halley’s Comet visible from Earth (in years)?
(A) 25
(B) 75
(C) 140
(D) 300
Ans. B
7. IRNSS is a ……………..
(A) Navigation satellite
(B) Space mission
(C) MARS mission
(D) Geo stationary satellite
Ans. A
8. New Horizons’ spacecraft was launched by NASA to study which of the following planet?
(A) Mars
(B) Pluto
(C) Jupiter
(D) Mercury
Ans. B
9. What is the full form of ASLV?
(A) Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
(B) Automatic Satellite Launch Vehicle
(C) Aero Space Launch Vehicle
(D) Area Satellite Launch Vehicle
Ans. A
10. What astronomer placed Earth at the center of the universe?
(A) Ptolemy
(B) Galileo
(C) Tycho Brahe
(D) Aryabhata I
Ans. A
11. Which of these is not a launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
(A) GSLV
(B) ASLV
(C) PSLV
(D) HSLV
Ans. C
12. Which astronomer wrote the Aryabhatiya?
(A) Brahmagupta
(B) Bhaskara I
(C) Aryabhata I
(D) Galileo
Ans.C
13. The coldest planet in the solar system is :
(A) Pluto
(B) Venus
(C) Uranus
(D) Jupiter
Ans. C
14. What astronomer suggested that the Sun was at the center of the solar system?
(A) Copernicus
(B) Hypatia
(C) Ptolemy
(D)Theon of Alexandria
Ans.A
15. IRS series satellites are used for?
(A) Remote Sensing
(B) Astronomy
(C) Communication
(D) Forestry
Ans.A
16. Space Application Centre (SAC) is located at
(A) Mumbai
(B) Ahmadabad
(C) Trivandrum
(D) None
Ans. B
17. Which of the following is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way?
(A) Andromeda
(B) Cartwheel Galaxy
(C) Pinwheel galaxy
(D) Whirlpool galaxy
Ans. A
18. India’s satellite launch-pad is located at
(A) Thumba
(B) Shri Hari Kota
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Dehradun
Ans. B
19. Which is India’s first artificial satellite?
(A) Bhaskara
(B) INSAT
(C) Aryabhatta
(D) Rohini
Ans. C
20. Which of the following is not a scientific optical instrument?
(A) Telescope
(B) Periscope
(C) Endoscope
(D) Microscope
Ans. B
21. Which planet has the solar system’s highest mountain Olympus Mons?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Uranus
(C) Venus
(D) Mars
Ans. D
22. Who was the Chairman of ISRO from 1994 to 2003?
(A) Prof Yash Pal
(B) Prof Satish Dhawan
(C) Dr. K Kasturirangan
(D) Prof U R Rao
Ans. C
23. Which of the following is not a gas planet?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Uranus
(C) Venus
(D) Neptune
Ans. C
24. TES (Technology Experimental Satellite) is India’s first Defence satellite?
(A) True
(B) False
Ans.A
25. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Saturn
(C) Mars
(D) Mercury
Ans. C
26. Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space?
(A) Ravish Sharma
(B) Ravish Malhotra
(C) Ravi Kumar
(D) Madhavan Nair
Ans. B
27. Which female astronaut spent the maximum time in space?
(A) Lisa Norwak
(B) Kalpana Chawla
(C) Sunita Williams
(D) None of these
Ans. C
28. On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to space?
(A) Salyut 7
(B) Progess 1
(C) Apollo 11
(D) Soyuz-T11
Ans. D
29. Storms of gases are visible in the atmospheres of the Sun during
(A) Cyclones(B) Anticyclones
(C) Lunar eclipse
(D) Solar eclipse
Ans. B
30. Which planet has the fastest revolution time?
(A) Mercury
(B) Uranus
(C) Neptune
(D) Jupiter
Ans. A
31. METSAT the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO is a?
(A) Deep Space Probe
(B) Polar Orbit Satellite
(C) Geosynchronous Satellite
(D) Low Earth Orbit Satellite
Ans. C
32. An astronaut in outer space will observe the sky as
(A) White
(B) Black
(C) Blue
(D) Red
Ans. B
33. The name of the world’s first black spaceman is
(A) Prensa Latina.
(B) Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez.
(C) Yury Rumanenko.
(D) Robert Mendez.
Ans. B
34. The experimental satellite SROSS abbreviation means?
(A) Subcontracted Rohini Satellite Series
(B) Subsystem Rohini Satellite Series
(C) Stretched Rohini Satellite Series
(D) Super Rohini Satellite Series
Ans. C
35. What is the name of the first woman space tourist?
(A) Jullian Moore
(B) Anousheh Ansari
(C) Paula Radcliffe
(D) Namira Salim
Ans. B
36. Which of the following planets rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of earth’s rotation?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Venus
(D) Mercury
Ans. C
37. Which of the following planets has a lesser rotation time than the Earth?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Mercury
(D) Venus
Ans. A
38. The first person to enter into space was
(A) Valentina Tereshkova
(B) Edward H. White
(C) Yuri Gagarin
(D) Alan Shepard
Ans. C
