science & tech MCQ section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 36

Consider the following statements:

1. NASA installed and activated its first Earthobserving instrument ISS-RapidScat (ISS Rapid Scatterometer) on the International Space Station (ISS).
2. It will monitor ocean winds and hurricane for climate research.
3. It is closer to Earth and it sees Earth at different times of the day with a different schedule.

a) 1 and 3 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 37 [SSC GL 2013]

Which one of the following is not a Galilean Satellite of Jupiter?

a) Ganymede

b) Deimos

c) Callisto

d) Europa

Question : 38

Identify the space craft, which finally arrived at its destination, Comet 67P, on August 6th 2014, after a journey of about 10 years and five months?

a) Curiosity

b) Mezinni

c) Rosetta

d) Philae

Question : 39

Enceladus, where NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has suggested possibility of liquid water is a moon of

a) Uranus

b) Mars

c) Jupiter

d) Saturn

Question : 40 [SSC CML (PRE) 2000]

Who is popularly known as ‘Missile Man of India’?

a) Dr. Hargobind Khurana

b) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c) Dr. S. Chandrasekhar

d) Dr. C.V. Raman