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

Question : 1

Consider the following Statements:

1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite.
2. SMAP satellite is one-year mission which will measure the amount of moisture in soil.
3. The satellite is built to measure moisture in the top 5 inches (10 centimeters) of soil.

a) 3 only

b) 1 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) All of the above

Question : 2

When was ‘INSAT-2A’ launched?

a) 4th February, 1975

b) 18th May, 1974

c) 19th April, 1975

d) 10th July, 1992

Question : 3

India developed the Satellite launch vehicles over a period of few decades. Which is the correct chronological order of development of the following vehicles A, B, C and D?

1. PSLV
2. ASLV
3. SLV
4. GSLV

a) 1, 2, 3, 4

b) 2, 3, 4, 1

c) 3, 2, 1, 4

d) 4, 3, 1, 2

Question : 4

Assertion (A):
A space shuttle loses radio contact with ground station for a while during landing on the Earth.
Reason (R): As a space shuttle enters Earth’s atmosphere, the shuttle’s surface temperature increases which ionize the surrounding air.
In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct?

a) Both (A.) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A.)

b) Both (A.) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A.)

c) (A.) is false, but (R) is true

d) (A.) is true, but (R) is false

Question : 5

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Space Application Centre - Ahmedabad

b) National Remote Sensing Centre - Hyderabad

c) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - Thiruvananthapuram

d) Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre - Sriharikota

Question : 6

ISRO’s Master Control Facility is at Hasan, which is located

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Gujarat

c) Karnataka

d) Orissa