science & tech MCQ section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has identified 101 geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus suggesting possibility of liquid water.

Answer: (b)

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missiles and launch vehicle technology.

As the Executive Director of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP) of India, he played a major part in developing many missiles under the mission including Agni, an intermediate-range ballistic missile and Prithvi, the tactical surface-to-surface missile.

Answer: (c)

On 16th August 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inducted INS Kolkata, India’s largest indigenously built warship.

Answer: (b)

Callisto, Europa and Ganymede are the satellites of Jupiter. Deimos is a natural satellite of the planet Mars.

Answer: (d)

It has a different orbit than other Earth remote sensing platforms.

Answer: (c)

Agni II is an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile of India. It is a missile with two solid fuel stages and a Post Boost Vehicle (PBV) integrated into the missile's Re-entry Vehicle (RV). It is both road and rail mobile. In the Agni series of ballistic missiles, Agni II, Agni III and Agni IV are IRBMs.