space & satellite MCQ section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following Statements:

1. Port Blair Magnetic Observatory (PBMO) was inaugurated at Shoal Bay No. 8 in Port Blair,Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 30 March 2015.
2. The observatory has been set up by the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) under the Multi-Parametric Geophysical Observatories (MPGO).
3. The IIG is located in Chennai.

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 2

On which date did Chandrayaan enter the lunar orbit?

a) 3 November

b) 6 November

c) None of the above

d) 8 November

Question : 3

The Phobos Grunt was:

1. Mars probe mission of Russia.
2. Carrying Yinghua-1, first Mars probe of China.

a) 1 and 2 both

b) 2 only

c) 1 only

d) None

Question : 4

Consider the following statements:

1. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted massive saltwater ocean under the icy crust of Jupiter’s largest moon Ganymede.
2. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system.
3. It is also the only moon with its own magnetic field.

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 1 and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 5

Which of the following is not used as rocket propellant?

a) Liquid hydrogen

b) Liquid oxygen

c) Kerosene oil

d) Liquid hydrazine

Question : 6

According to NASA, the evidence for the presence of life on Mars found till today include

a) Water alone

b) Water and gypsum alone

c) None of the above

d) Water, gypsum and methane