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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 science and technology human beings in space our pride - iii our scientist

When ISRO was established?

  1. 15 August 1969

  2. 1 August 1969

  3. 26 January 1969

  4. 16 December 1969
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

After the success of the basic programme is space research and rocket related project, Indian Space research Organisation was established on 15th August 1969 in order to carry out further space research.

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Which one among the following is a scientific satellite?

  1. The Hubble

  2. Telstar

  3. COSMOS

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

Hubble is a telescope launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It is the largest astronomical observatory ever built. It is used to especially to look into the details of universe. 

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Chandrayan-1 was launched from which of the following rocket launching stations?

  1. ISRO Satellite Centre

  2. Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems

  3. Satish Dhawan Space Centre

  4. Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 India's first lunar probe launched under mission to moon is Chandrayan I. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. It was launched from Satish Dawan center Srihari Kota.

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Which of the following is the India's first lunar probe launched under mission to moon?

  1. Chandrayan 1

  2. Okina

  3. Ouna

  4. Smart-1
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 India's first lunar probe launched under mission to moon is Chandrayan I. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. It was launched from Satish Dawan center Srihari Kota.

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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 example of weather satellite?

  1. Telstar

  2. COSMOS

  3. Intelsat

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Cosmos is an example of weather satellite. It is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting, covering the entire Earth asynchronously, or geostationary present over the same spot on the equator.

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_____ is called the Father of Atomic energy.

  1. Neil Bohr

  2. Robert Oppenheimer

  3. Rutherford

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

Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand-born physicist who lived between 1871-1937. He is considered the father of nuclear physics because of his discoveries on atomic structure.

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In which of the following fields India has emerged as a giant at the international arena?

  1. Engineering industry

  2. Software technology

  3. Heritage tourism

  4. Exchange of commodities
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the last decade nanotechnology entered the policy arena as a technology that is simultaneously promising and threatening, and with a similar Janus-like face, nanotechnology entered the development agenda.

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Chandrayan-1 was launched in the year?

  1. 22 October 2010

  2. 22 October 2009

  3. 22 October 2007

  4. 22 October 2008
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 India's first lunar probe launched under mission to moon is Chandrayan I. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. It was launched from Satish Dawan center Srihari Kota.