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 physics universe and space science xx radio telescope and space telescopes launching vehicles optical instruments : telescope

To fit the COSTAR system onto the telescope, one of the other instruments had to be removed, and astronomers selected the________________________to be sacrificed.

  1. CCD

  2. HOST

  3. High Speed Photometer

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To fit the COSTAR system onto the telescope one of the other instruments had to be removed, and astronomer selected the High Speed Photometer (HSP) to be sacrificed.

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The first man who entered into space ____________.

  1. Yuri Gagarin

  2. Alexi Leonav

  3. Valantino Tereshkova

  4. Kalpana Chawla
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. Alexei Leonov (misspelled as Leonav) was the first person to conduct a spacewalk. Valentina Tereshkova (misspelled as Valantino) was the first woman in space. Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut who died in the Columbia disaster in 2003.

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Which among the following is an example of communication satellite?

  1. GOES

  2. COSMOS

  3. Intelsat

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

Among the given options INTELSAT is an example of communication satellite service provider. As of March 2011, Intelsat operates a fleet of 52 communications satellites, which is one of the world's largest fleet of commercial satellites.

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Which of the following is an Earth observation satellites that observe the planet for changes in everything from temperature to ice-sheet coverage?

  1. ENVISAT

  2. NAVSTAR

  3. Telstar

  4. The Hubble
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Earth observation satellites that observe the planet for changes in everything from temperature to ice-sheet coverage is ENVISAT which is an environmental satellite. It is operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), it was the world's largest civilian Earth observation satellite

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Astronomers have discovered a bizarre, hexagon-shaped feature in the clouds of Saturn near the planet's north pole. The feature was first seen in images sent by the

  1. Voyager spacecraft

  2. Casis spacecraft

  3. Messenger spacecraft

  4. Pathfinder spacecraft
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The hexagonal feature at Saturn's north pole was first observed by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft during their flybys in the early 1980s, and later confirmed by the Cassini mission.

Multiple choice physics scientists inventions and inventors in science indian scientist: biography and achievements scientist and their achievements

Name the Stephen Hawking project which detected 15 short radio bursts from space.

  1. Breakthrough Mission

  2. Breakthrough Listen

  3. Breakthrough Communication

  4. Breakthrough Action
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Breakthrough Listen is a scientific program initiated by Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner to search for radio or optical signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

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The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union was ______.

  1. Sputnik 2

  2. Kitsat

  3. Ariel

  4. Sputnik 1
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 october 1957. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable.