General Awareness · Physics

Space Exploration and Astronomy

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Review significant milestones in space exploration, including artificial satellites, reusable space shuttles, and historic lunar landings. This topic also covers astronomical phenomena and telescopic observations. Such scientific general knowledge is commonly tested in SSC, railways, and banking examinations.

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Space Exploration and Astronomy Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

  2. Vincet K. Dabble

  3. Fred Sertin

  4. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel to space on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1, completing one orbit around Earth in 108 minutes. This Soviet achievement was a major milestone in the Space Race. Gagarin became an international hero and symbol of Soviet technological prowess. His name is correctly spelled in the answer.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. NASA

  2. CERN

  3. SINP

  4. NATO

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, is operated by CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) near Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC can simulate conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang by colliding particles at near-light speeds, helping physicists study fundamental particles and forces.

Multiple choice
  1. Operation Flood

  2. Atomic Energy Programme

  3. Space Programme

  4. Operation Research Programme

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cryogenic engines use extremely low temperatures to liquefy gases like oxygen and hydrogen, which are essential as propellants in rocket engines for space exploration. They are not used in Operation Flood (dairy), Atomic Energy, or Operation Research programmes.

Multiple choice
  1. Competition between the United States and the then Soviet Union for exploration of space.

  2. Expansion project of launch pads by NASA.

  3. Effort to launch high-altitude space satellites.

  4. Mission to develop 'cryogenic engine'.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The 'space race' was a long lasting competition between the United States and the then Soviet Union between 1957 and 1975. It began with the delivery of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit in October 1957. The competition was intimately connected to military superiority as well as general technological superiority.

Multiple choice
  1. India's first toy rocket

  2. Pakistan's first toy rocket

  3. China's first toy rocket

  4. Japan's first toy rocket

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

RH-75 was indeed India's first sounding rocket, launched from Thumba in 1967. It marked the beginning of India's space exploration program and was a crucial milestone in developing indigenous rocket technology. The other options incorrectly attribute this achievement to Pakistan, China, and Japan.