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.
Space shuttle missionsArtificial satellitesLunar and planetary landingsSpace telescopes and observatories
Space Exploration and Astronomy Questions
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Anthropologists
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Astronomers
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Space mans
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Numismatics
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
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Vincet K. Dabble
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Fred Sertin
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None of the above
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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.
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Space
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moon
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orbit
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none of these
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Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, 1961, as the first human to journey into outer space aboard Vostok 1. He completed one orbit of Earth before returning. The first moon landing happened much later in 1969 (Neil Armstrong).
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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.
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Vostochny Space Center
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Vladimir Space Center
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Hioto Space Center
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None of these
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flagged off the construction of the Vostochny Space Center in Russia's Far East. This spaceport was built to reduce Russia's dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Spoke
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Hub
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Sputnik
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Satellite
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Assemblies containing localized resources are called 'satellite assemblies'. They contain resources specific to a culture or language, allowing applications to be localized without modifying the main assembly.
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Spoke
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Satellite
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Sputnik
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Hub
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In .NET, a satellite assembly is a compiled library containing resources (such as localized strings and images) specific to a culture, separated from the main application hub assembly.
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Shenzhou 7
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Rommer 5
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Steele 34
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Roger 4
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Shenzhou 7 was China's third manned space mission and made history in September 2008 when Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang performed China's first spacewalk. The mission lasted about 3 days and was a significant milestone in China's space program.
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Russian Federal Space Agency
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French Space Agency
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European Space Agency
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Indian Space Research Organisation
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Rohan Monteiro
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Praveen Shetty
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Siraj Ahmed
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Kamalaksha Amin
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Avinash Chander
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PSLV - B14
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PSLV - C15
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PSLV - C14
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PSLV - B15
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GSLV - D3
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Operation Flood
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Atomic Energy Programme
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Space Programme
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Operation Research Programme
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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.
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Competition between the United States and the then Soviet Union for exploration of space.
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Expansion project of launch pads by NASA.
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Effort to launch high-altitude space satellites.
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Mission to develop 'cryogenic engine'.
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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.
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India's first toy rocket
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Pakistan's first toy rocket
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China's first toy rocket
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Japan's first toy rocket
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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.