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Space pollutant's  are 

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  1. Debris of satellites

  2. Junk

  3. Both a and b

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C

__________ is the medium for space communication.

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  1. Satellite

  2. Rocket

  3. Comet

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: A

Perigee is 

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  1. the point closet approach to earth

  2. the point closet approach to mass

  3. the point closet approach to moon

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A.  The point closet approach to earth

The point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the earth.

The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in . 

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  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. None of above

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Correct Option: B

Sriharikota, an important unit or the Indian Space Research Organisation is located in State of _____.

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  1. Kerala

  2. Karnataka

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Tamil Nadu

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Correct Option: C

Which country assisted to launch India's first satellite 'Aryabhatta'?

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  1. USA

  2. United Kingdom

  3. Former USSR

  4. Germany

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Correct Option: C

Where was India's first rocket launching station set up?

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  1. Sriharikota

  2. Arvi

  3. Thumba

  4. Port Blair

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Correct Option: C

State whether the sentence is true(T) or false(F).
The geoid shape is not perfectly spherical.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The geoid is a shape like the surface of the Earth. The geoid is the shape that the surface of the oceans would take under the influence of Earth's gravitation and rotation alone, in the absence of other influences such as winds and tides.

Geoid means like shaped.

Where is Arvi earth station for satellite communication is situated?

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  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Gujarat

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Correct Option: D

Which one of the following is the most important reason for the establishment of the Vikaram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba?

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  1. The sea is near to the place in the East, West and South Directions

  2. It is a place near to a city in India, which is nearest to the Geographic Equator

  3. It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator

  4. Outer space near Thumba exhibits queer atmospheric phenomena

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Correct Option: C