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Questions covering ISRO satellites, launch vehicles, space missions, and Indian space infrastructure

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. All space satellite launching pads are located on the east coast of India.
  2. There is only one liquid propulsion system centre of ISRO.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. Bhaskar I was the first Indian artificial satellite that was launched in space.
  2. Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched from Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. Rakesh Sharma made his historic trip to space on Soyuz-T spacecraft.
  2. ASLV is not a launching vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. SARAL or Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa, is technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
  2. The first Space Recovery Capsule experiment in India was performed on PSLV-C7 rocket.
    Which of the given statements is/are correct?
  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the correct chronological sequence of the following space shuttles of NASA in which they went into the space.
a. Columbia
b. Discovery
c. Challenger
d. Atlantis
e. Endeavour

  1. c < a < b < d < e
  2. a < c < b < d < e
  3. c < b < a < e < d
  4. d < c < e < b < a
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. METSAT (named after Kalpana Chawla), a metrological satellite built by ISRO, is a low earth orbit satellite.
  2. Bhaskar I is the first Indian experimental remote sensing satellite

Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. INSAT-1A was India's first indigenously built satellite.
  2. INSAT-2 series consisted of five satellites.
  3. India is one of six countries that launch satellites.
  1. Only 1
  2. Only 1 and 3
  3. Only 1 and 2
  4. Only 2
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Gagan Corporation Limited, located in Bangalore, is the apex marketing agency under the Department of Space with access to resources of ISRO as well as the Indian space industry.
  2. GLONASS or Global Navigation Satellite System, is a radio-based satellite navigation system, which is operated for the Indian government

Which of the given statements is /are correct?

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. JAXA launched the satellite GOSAT (Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite) to help scientists determine and monitor the density distribution of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
  2. ISRO launched SPOT 6 on PSLV-C20 on September 09, 2012.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:
(1) ISRO has evolved a four stage development programme in the field of launch vehicle technology.
(2) 'Jugnu' that was launched under the guidance of ISRO in 2011, is a nano satellite.

Which of the given statements is/are correct?

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following space adventures are correctly matched with their launch vehicles?

  1.     PSLV-C4          -           KALPANA-1 

  2.     IRS-P4             -           OCEANSAT

  3.     PSLV-C6          -           RESOURCESAT-1

  4.     PSLV-10          -           Chandrayaan-1
  1. 1, 2 and 4
  2. 1, 2 and 3
  3. 2, 3 and 4
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. The ISRO was established in 1969 under the Department of Space.
  2. The Government of India gave fillip to the space activities by formally setting up the Space Commission in 1972.
    Identify the correct statement(s):
  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither of the two
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following Organisations are correctly matched with their Headquarters?

  1.     Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre  -           Thiruvananthapuram

  2.     ISRO Satellite Centre                -           Hyderabad

  3.     Space Application Centre          -           Allahabad

  4.     National Remote Sensing Agency -        Hyderabad
  1. Only 1 and 2
  2. Only 2, 3 and 4
  3. Only 1 and 4
  4. Only 1, 2 and 4
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
ISRO centres Locations
(1) Development and Educational Communication Unit (a) Bangalore
(2) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (b) Hyderabad
(3) ISRO Satellite Centre (SAC) (c) Sriharikota
(4) National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) (d) Ahmedabad
  1. (1) - (d), (2) - (c), (3) - (a) and (4) - (b)
  2. (1) - (a), (2) - (c), (3) - (b) and (4) - (d)
  3. (1) - (d), (2) - (a), (3) - (b) and (4) - (c)
  4. (1) - (c), (2) - (b), (3) - (a) and (4) - (d)
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following statements:

  1. The Department of Space (DOS), under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is responsible for research, development and operationalisation of space systems.
  2. DOS is also the nodal agency for the Physical Research Laboratory, which conducts research in the areas of space science, and the National Remote Sensing Agency, which deploys modern remote-sensing techniques for natural resource surveys and provides operational services to user agencies.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither of the two is correct
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