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

Question : 1

With reference to ‘Astrosat’, the astronomical observatory launched by India, which of the following statements is/are correct?

Other than USA and Russia, India is the only country to have launched a similar observatory into space.
1. Astrosat is a 2000 kg satellite placed in an orbit at 1650 km above the surface of the Earth.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) Neither 1 nor 2

d) Both 1 and 2

Question : 2

Television viewers using dish antenna to receive satellite signals do not receive signals during rain because

1. of small size of antenna.
2. rain droplets absorb the energy of radio waves.
3. rain droplets disperse the energy of radio waves from their original direction.

a) Only 1

b) Only 1 and 2

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) Only 2 and 3

Question : 3

Heaviest Indian Satellite INSAT4C, which failed to go into orbit recently weighted?

a) 1568 kg

b) 2168 kg

c) 3068 kg

d) 2568 kg

Question : 4

The Project Director of Chandrayaan-II was

a) C. Rangarajan

b) A.P.J. Kalam

c) Dr. M. Annadurai

d) P. Chidambaram

Question : 5

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 : 6

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

a) Baikanour

b) Cape Kennedy

c) Sriharikota

d) French Guana