space & satellite MCQ section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

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 : 3

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 : 4

Cryogenic engines final application in

a) Sub-marine propulsion

b) Frost-free refrigerators

c) Researches in superconductivity

d) Rocket technology

Question : 5

Rocket works on the principle of the following.

a) Avogadro’s concept

b) Energy conservation

c) Bernoulli’s theorem

d) Momentum conservation

Question : 6

Global satellite called GlobalSat for DRR was proposed to be named after which of the following:

a) Jagadish Chandra Bose

b) Vikram Sarabhai

c) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

d) Srinivasa Ramanujan