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Everything Indian Space

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The mission life of Chandrayaan 3 including Lander and Rover is

a)

1 Lunar Day

b)

2 Lunar Days

c)

3 Lunar Days

d)

4 Lunar Days

2.

Chandrayaan 2 crashed on _________

a)

21st September 2019

b)

6th September 2019

c)

15th September 2019

d)

9th September 2019

3.

Which of the following statements about Chandrayaan 3 is FALSE:

a. The propulsion module will carry the lander and rover configuration till 95 km lunar orbit.

b. It will be launched by LVM2 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.

a)

Only 1

b)

Only 2

c)

Neither are false

d)

Both are false

4.

The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3 was previously known as GSLV Mk 3.

What do the S and Mk 3 stand for?

a)

Spaceship, Mach

b)

Spayload, Mark

c)

Satellite, Mach

d)

Satellite, Mark

5.

The SDSC, Sri Harikota, the launch site of Chandrayaan 3 was established in ____

a)

1965

b)

1971

c)

194

d)

1969

6.

LIGO-India will be located in Hingoli district of Maharashtra, about 450 km east of Mumbai, and is scheduled to begin scientific runs from ____

a)

2025

b)

2028

c)

2030

d)

2032

7.

The LIGO in the US first detected gravitational waves in 2015, which led to a Nobel Prize in Physics in ____.

a)

2017

b)

2018

c)

2016

d)

2019

8.

The LIGO-India project will be built by by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Science Foundation (NSF)


When was DAE established in India?

a)

26th June 1971

b)

3rd August 1954

c)

15th April 1961

d)

3rd July 1950

9.

LIGO-India is a collaboration between the LIGO Laboratory (operated by Caltech and MIT) and three institutes in India: the Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology (RRCAT, in ____), the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR in Ahmedabad), and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA, in Pune)


Where is the RRCAT located?

a)

Gwalior

b)

Bangalore

c)

Kochi

d)

Indore

10.

Which of the following countries does NOT have a sister LiGO lab present to the one in the US apart from India?

a)

Italy

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

France

11.

Which country along with India has a manned space flight scheduled for 2022?

a)

Brazil

b)

Denmark

c)

Germany

d)

France

12.

The First Indian to go into space, Rakesh Sharma went into space under which Russian space program

a)

Interkosmos Programme

b)

Vostok Program

c)

Vega Program

d)

Soyuz Program

13.

The first unmanned mission of Gaganyaan is planned at what time

a)

January 2022

b)

December 2021

c)

September 2021

d)

October 2021

14.

On what date did the ISRO test Gaganyaan's crew module and its recovery?

a)

14th June 2017

b)

19th November 2015

c)

24th October 2016

d)

18th December 2014

15.

When was the Soyuz Launcher introduced to the world which is being used as the spacecraft for the Gaganyaan mission also?

a)

1966

b)

1975

c)

1990

d)

1972

16.

What was ISRO's domestic adaptation version of Google Earth called?

a)

Bhuvan

b)

Prithvi

c)

Antrix

d)

Antariksh

17.

Who was the second ever chairman of ISRO?

a)

K Radhakrishnan

b)

MGK Menon

c)

Dr Vikram Sarabhai

d)

Prof Satish Dhawan

18.

When was the ISRO setup in India?

a)

1962

b)

1956

c)

1965

d)

1961

19.

What was the name of the first ever satellite launched by ISRO?

a)

Kalpana-1

b)

Aryabhata

c)

RISAT-2

d)

Oceanstat-1

20.

What is the name of the Lander in Chandrayaan 2?

a)

Pragyan

b)

GSLV Mk-III

c)

Rudra

d)

Vikram

21.

NISAR is a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

Who is the current administrator of NASA?

a)

Charles Bolden

b)

Bill Nelson

c)

Steve Jurczyk


d)

Michel Griffen

22.

NISAR will observe Earth’s land and ice-covered surfaces globally with __-day regularity on ascending and descending passes

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

23.

The planned mission life duration for the NISAR is

a)

3 years

b)

2 years

c)

4 years

d)

5 years

24.

Which of the following statements regarding NISAR is TRUE:

a. This flagship partnership would have major contributions from both agencies. NASA is responsible for providing the S-Band SAR payload system in which the ISRO supplied L-Band SAR payload

b. The planned rocket to be used for NISAR is GSLV Mk III

a)

Only 1

b)

Only 2

c)

Both are True

d)

Both are False

25.

What was the name of India's first Radar Based Satellite launched into space?

a)

RISAT I

b)

Aryabhata

c)

INSAT-1A

d)

IRS-1E

26.

The scheduled date for Aditya-L1 launch is ______

a)

20th July 2023

b)

15th August 2023

c)

26th August 2023

d)

29th July 2023

27.

Aditya-L1 is named after the Hindu God of ____

a)

The Earth

b)

The Sun

c)

The Wind

d)

The Water

28.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has said that it would lend tracking support for ISRO’s Sun Mission Aditya L1. The ESA support to Aditya-L1 will include tracking activities from Kourou and Goonhilly


When was the ESA established?

a)

1973

b)

1975

c)

1971

d)

1979

29.

According to ISRO, the spacecraft shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from earth

How many total Lagrange points exist?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

30.

Which was the first ever solar probe to "touch the sun"?

a)

Helios A

b)

Ulysees

c)

BepiColombo

d)

Parker Solar Probe