space & satellite MCQ section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [UPPCS (Mains) 2008]

NASA-U.S. space agency, has launched a telescope named Kepler to find

a) Distant stars

b) Distant planets

c) Earth like Planets

d) Distant satellites

Question : 7

Asia’s biggest “Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST)” was recently inaugurated in which state?

a) Himachal Pradesh

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Rajasthan

d) Andhra Pradesh

Question : 8

Satellites used for telecommunication relay are kept in a geostationary orbit. A satellite is said to be in such as orbit when :

1. The orbit is geosynchronous.
2. The orbit is circular.
3. The orbit lies in the plane of the earth’s equator.
4. The orbit is at an altitude of 22,236.

a) 2 and 4

b) 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 9

Consider the following Statements:

1. China has launched Yaogan-26 a remote sensing satellite.
2. It will mainly be used for scientific experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention.
3. China launched Yaogan-1, first satellite in the Yaogan series in 2006.

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 10 [UPPCS (Pre) 2006]

The fuel tanks of the spacecraft ‘Discovery’ that was launched into space on 4 July, 2006 was filled with

a) Liquid hydrogen only

b) Liquid oxygen only

c) Mixture of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid helium

d) Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen