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Question : 46 [SSC LEDO 2011]

Vikram Sarabai Space Centre (VSSC) is at

a) Mumbai

b) Bengaluru

c) Hyderabad

d) Thiruvanananthapuram

Answer: (d)

The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is located in Thiruvananthapuram. The centre had its beginnings as the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in 1962. It was renamed in honor of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program.

Question : 47

Consider the following statements:

  1. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully tested an advanced electronic warfare (EW) suite from Tejas-PV1.
  2. EW suite consists of Radar Warner and Jammer.
  3. It will replace existing EW systems, which are fitted on various combat aircraft as they consist of basic equipment – Radar Warner Receiver.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

This suit gives pilot an additional capability of nullifying the effect of detected radar threat by appropriate mode of jamming.

Question : 48

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully placed communication satellite GSAT-6 into its intended geosynchronous transfer orbit. Which are the correct information regarding this move?

  1. It was launched by (GSLV)-D6
  2. GSLV-D6 is three-stage heavy weight rocket with indigenously made Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS).
  3. It is fueled by solid and liquid propellants.
  4. GSAT-6 is 25th indigenously built geostationary communications satellite
Codes:

a) 1, 2 and 3 only

b) 1, 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1, 2 and 4 only

Answer: (d)

It is fueled by liquid Oxygen and liquid Hydrogen propellants. GSAT-6 satellite was carrying S-Band and C-Band transponders meant for public and strategic purposes.

Question : 49 [SSC CGL 2015]

For a missile launched with a velocity less than the earth’s escape velocity, the total energy is

a) Negative

b) Positive

c) Zero

d) either positive of negative

Answer: (a)

When the missile is launched with a velocity less than the escape velocity, it will be influenced by our gravitation. So it will constitute a bound system for which the total energy (sum of its kinetic energy and potential energy) will be negative.

Question : 50 [SSC Statistical Investigators 2005]

Which space-vehicle put man on the moon first time ?

a) Challenger

b) Explorer

c) Columbia

d) Apollo

Answer: (d)

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface 6 hours later on July 21.

Armstrong spent about two and a half hours outside the spacecraft, Aldrin slightly less; and together they collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material for return to Earth.

A third member of the mission, Michael Collins, piloted the command spacecraft alone in lunar orbit until Armstrong and Aldrin returned to it for the trip back to Earth. Launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida on July 16, Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission of NASA’s Apollo program.

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