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

Question : 1

India’s first remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-IA) was launched from

a) Baikanour

b) Cape Kennedy

c) Sriharikota

d) French Guana

Question : 2

Consider the following statements:

1. The MESSENGER is Mercury Surface, Space. Environment Geochemistry, and Ranging.
2. This is first spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury.

a) 1 and 2 Both

b) 2 only

c) 1 only

d) None

Question : 3

The Project Director of Chandrayaan-II was

a) C. Rangarajan

b) A.P.J. Kalam

c) Dr. M. Annadurai

d) P. Chidambaram

Question : 4

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?Spacecraft Purpose

1. Cassini-Huygens - Orbiting the Venus and transmitting data to the Earth
2. Messenger - Mapping and investigating the Mercury
3. Voyager 1 and 2 - Exploring the outer solar system

a) Only 1

b) Only 2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) Only 1 and 3

Question : 5

Match the following pairs.

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 2 3 4 1

c) 3 1 2 4

d) 2 3 1 4

Question : 6

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