space & satellite MCQ section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [Sikkim PSC (Pre) 2017]

Assertion (A):
India’s telecommunication has been linked to a satellite.
Reason (R): India is preparing for starwar.

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

c) (A) is false, but (R) is true

d) (A) is true, but (R) is false

Question : 7 [Kerala PSC (Pre) 2016]

NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

a) Halley’s Comet

b) Hale-Bopp

c) Temple-1

d) Hyakutake

Question : 8 [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2007]

Apple was launched from

a) Kourou (French Guiana)

b) Sriharikota (India)

c) Cape Canaveral (U.S.A.)

d) Baikanoor (Russia)

Question : 9 [Uttarakhand PCS (Mains) 2002]

In February, 2004 a blast occurred in India’s Space Centre at

a) Ahmedabad

b) Bangalore

c) Thumba

d) Sriharikota

Question : 10 [IAS (Pre) 2007]

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) - Satellite programme

b) Falcon - Under-sea cable system

c) Atlantis - Space station

d) Discovery - Space shuttle