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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

The first person to travel into space was ...

  1. Neil Armstrong

  2. Yuri Gagarin

  3. Alexey Leonov

  4. John Glenn
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961. His spacecraft, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth.

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The engines of the rocket that helped the Apollo $11$ spacecraft to land on the moon, used for rocket fuel power.

  1. Hydrazine

  2. Hydrogen

  3. Oxygen

  4. Propane
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
 Hydrazine, $\left( {N} _{2}{H} _{4} \right)$
Substance used for launching rocket are called rocket propellant. 
A propellant have two part-
  1. fuel
  2. oxidiser
Liquid propellant: fuel and oxidiser both are liquid.
  • fuel (kerosene, ${N} _{2}{H} _{4}$, liquid ${H} _{2}$)
  • oxidiser($liq.{O} _{2}, \; {N} _{2}{O} _{4}$)
Multiple choice evs - i science and technology human beings in space our pride - iii our scientist

What is NCSR?

  1. National Commission for Space Research

  2. National Committee for Space Research

  3. National Commission for Space Reaction

  4. National Commission for Space Reading
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In 1961, Indian National Committee for Space research launched India's first research rocket from Thumba Equatorial Launch Center in Thumba in the state of Kerala.

Multiple choice evs - i universe and space science human beings in space our pride - iii our scientist

Which of the followings (one or more) are the experiences as shared by Sunita Williams after her space journey?

  1. "We could not sit at one place. We kept floating in the spaceship from one end to another"

  2. "Water doesn't stay at one place. It floats around as blobs."

  3. "There was no need to use a comb. My hair kept standing all the time"

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

There is no gravity in space, so the objects keep floating in space due to lack of gravitational force. Sunita Williams wanted to show that objects kept floating in space. She shared some experiences that they kept floating in spaceship, water floats around as blobs, her hair kept standing all the time in spaceship etc.

Multiple choice speech/debate writing english

You have been asked to deliver a speech on 'Space Exploration'. Select the most appropriate line to include in the speech.

  1. The topic of my speech is 'Space Exploration.'

  2. I am going to talk about space exploration.

  3. Are you aware that the amount of investment in space exploration....

  4. Space may be defined as...
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is Option C. After the salutation and introduction the development of space science and explorations can be discussed with the investments involved in it.
Options A and B are incorrect as they are very obsolete ways to introduce the topic.
Option D is incorrect as the topic is 'Space exploration' and not 'Space'.
Multiple choice physics universe and space science xx radio telescope and space telescopes launching vehicles optical instruments : telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to retire in which of the following year?

  1. 2012

  2. 2013

  3. 2014

  4. 2015
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Hubble space telescope was launched in 1990 to observe stellar objects It has gathered spectacular images and has helped advanced knowledge in the field of cosmology. After it immense contribution it retired in the year 2014.