Space and Technology MCQ Questions with Answers

Question 1 : Who is the Father of Indian Space Programme?

a) Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
b) Dr Satish Dhawan
c) Dr Homi J Bhabha
d) Dr Krishnaswami Kasturirangan

Answer : a

Question 2 : In which year Indian Space Programme was started?

a) 1962
b) 1964
c) 1966
d) 1975

Answer : a

Question 3 : The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was found in which year?

a) 1969
b) 1966
c) 1962
d) 1970

Answer : c

Question 4 : In order to boost Indian Space Programme in the year 1972 Government of India established

a) Space Commission
b) Space Department
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above

Answer : c

Question 5 : ISRO was established in which year?

a) 15th August, 1949
b) 15th August, 1969
c) 15th August, 1972
d) none of the above

Answer : b

Question 6 : Where is the headquarters of ISRO?

a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Bengaluru
d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 7 : At which of the following places ISRO Navigation Centre (INC) was established?

a) Byalalu
b) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
c) Chennai
d) Sriharikota

Answer : a

Question 8 : The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is at

a) Mahendragiri (Tamil Nadu)
b) Bengaluru (Karnataka)
c) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
d) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

Answer : a

Question 9 : Indian space agency ISRO is setting up the country’s first space park at which location?

a) Hyderabad
b) Chennai
c) Bengaluru
d) Madurai

Answer : c

Question 10 : ISRO’s Master Control Facility is at Hassan, it is located in

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Gujarat
d) Karnataka

Answer : d

Question 11 : Sriharikota Range, which is used for launching satellites is located in which state?

a) Maharashtra
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala

Answer : b

Question 12 : Indian Remote Sensing Institute is located at

a) Bengaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) Ahmedabad
d) Dehradun

Answer : d

Question 13 : Thumba Rocket Launching Centre is located at

a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Jharkhand
d) Kerala

Answer : d

Question 14 : Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in which of the following state?

a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer : b

Question 15 : For which thing Sriharikota is famous?

a) Space Program
b) Biotechnology Centre
c) Madras Research Centre
d) Missile Launching Centre

Answer : a

Question 16 : Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

a) Space Application Centre – Ahmedabad
b) National Remote Sensing Centre – Hyderabad
c) Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre – Sriharikota
d) Vikram Sarabhai – Trivandrum Space Centre

Answer : c

Question 17 : Which one of the following statements with regard to Antrix Corporation Limited is correct?

a) It is a commercial arm of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
b) It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space
c) It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
d) It is a commercial arm of the Department of Science and Technology

Answer : b

Question 18 : Consider the following statements with reference to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

I. It is the largest ISRO centre provides technology and it is leading centre for GSLC only
II. It also support Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) programme
III. It is at Thiruvananthapuram

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) I, II and III
b) I and II
c) II and III
d) Only III

Answer : c

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Question 21 : Near Earth Orbits are located at …….. altitude above the earth surface

a) 400 km
b) 1200 km
c) 2400 km
d) 3600 km

Answer : a

Question 22 : Research satellites are generally project in which one of the following orbit?

a) Low Earth Orbit
b) Near Earth Orbit
c) Sun-synchronous Orbit
d) Geostationary Orbit

Answer : b

Question 23 : Geostationary satellite rotate at

a) any height
b) fixed height
c) above the pole
d) height depend on volume of satellite

Answer : b

Question 24 : Geostationary satellite has a rotation period of

a) 12 hour
b) 24 hours
c) 48 hour
d) 6 hour

Answer : b

Question 25 : IRS series satellites are used for

a) communication
b) astronomy
c) remote sensing
d) forestry

Answer : c

Question 26 : What is geostationary position?

a) When Earth stop’s revolving around Moon
b) When there is any object between Earth and Moon
c) When any object revolves in the same direction as the Earth rotates
d) When object is at a specified position

Answer : c

Question 27 : In the year 1994, India showcased its ability in the space technology. What was that?

a) Developing the design for early warning system for inter-continental missile
b) Able to develop satellite
c) Developing secret missiles
d) Launching synchronous satellite

Answer : d

Question 28 : In which of the following activities are Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites used?

I. Assessment of crop productivity
II. Locating groundwater resources
III. Mineral exploration
IV. Telecommunications
V. Traffic studies

a) I, II and III
b) IV and V
c) I and II
d) I, II, III, IV and V

Answer : a

Question 29 : Consider the following statements

I. A Geostationary satellite is at an approximate height of 10,000 km
II. FM transmission of music is of very good quality because the atmospheric or manmade noises which are generally frequency variations can do little harm

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer : a

Question 30 : Consider the following statements

I. Cryogenic engines use liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen at very low temperatures
II. This technology is needed to put heavier communication satellites in a geosynchronous transfer

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer : d

Question 31 : Satellites used for telecommunication relay are kept in geostationary orbit. A satellite is said to be in such as orbit when

I. The orbit is geosynchronous
II. The orbit is circular
III. The orbit lies in the plane of the Earth’s equator
IV. The orbit is at an altitude of 22,236

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) I, II and III
b) I, III and IV
c) II and IV
d) I, II, III and IV

Answer : a

Question 32 : Which is India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle?

a) ASLV
b) GSLV
c) SLV 3
d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 33 : What is the full form of ASLV?

a) Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
b) Automatic Satellite Launch Vehicle
c) Aero Space Launch Vehicle
d) Area Satellite Launch Vehicle

Answer : a

Question 34 : Which type of fuel is used by GSLV in its operations?

a) Only solid fuel
b) Only liquid fuel
c) Liquid in first stage and solid in second stage
d) Solid in first stage and liquid in second stage

Answer : d

Question 35 : How many stages are there in GSLV?

a) 2
b) 5
c) 3
d) 4

Answer : c

Question 36 : ISRO has successfully launched GSAT-6A satellite from which rocket vehicle?

a) GSLV-F07
b) GSLV-F09
c) GSLV-F05
d) GSLV-F08

Answer : d

Question 37 : Cryogenic Engine uses

a) Liquid chlorine as oxidiser and liquid hydrogen as fuel
b) Liquid oxygen as oxidiser and liquid hydrogen as fuel
c) Liquid fluorine as oxidiser and liquid hydrogen as fuel
d) Liquid sulphur as oxidiser and liquid hydrogen as fuel

Answer : b

Question 38 : Cryogenic temperature refers to……… temperature

a) 150^oC
b) 150^oC
c) -150^oC
d)-273^oC

Answer : c

Question 39 : Cryogenic engine is used in

a) boeing aircraft
b) high speed rail engines
c) space shuttle
d) nuclear testing

Answer : c

Question 40 : Which Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was used by ISRO to launch Chndrayaan-2 space craft?

a) GSLV-MK III-M1
b) GSLV-MK II-M2
c) GSLV-MK IV-M8
d) GSLV-MK V-M4

Answer : a

Question 41 : Consider the following statements

I. Indian successfully tested a full fledged Cryogenic Stage in Rocketry
II. After USA, Russia and China, India is the only country to have acquired the capability for use of Cryogenic Stage in Rocketry

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer : a

Question 42 : Consider the following statements in respect of a jet engine and a rocket

I. A jet engine uses the surrounding air for its oxygen supply and so is unsuitable for motion in space
II. A rocket carries its own supply of oxygen in the gas form, and fuel

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer : a

Question 43 : With reference to Indian satellites and their launchers, consider the following statements

I. All the INSAT-series of satellites were launched abroad
II. PSLV’s were used to launch IRS-series of satellites
III. India used the indigenously built cryogenic engines for the first time for powering the third stage of SLV
IV. GSAT, launched in the year 2001, has payloads to demonstrate digital broadcasts and internet services

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) I, II, III and IV
b) II, III and IV
c) I, II and IV
d) I and III

Answer : b

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Question 45 : Assertion (A) : Space craft when landing on Earth loose contact for some time
Reason (R) : When spacecraft enters in Earth atmosphere, then temperature of craft surface increases, due to which surrounding air get turbulent

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 46 : The first satellite launched by India was

a) Aryabhatta
b) Bhaskara I
c) Bhaskara II
d) Rohini

Answer : a

Question 47 : The first Indian Satellite, Aryabhatta, was launched in the year

a) 1972
b) 1975
c) 1976
d) 1973

Answer : b

Question 48 : India’s first Communication Satellite ‘Apple’ was launched in which year?

a) 27the February, 1982
b) 18th September, 1981
c) 19th June, 1981
d) 25th December, 1981

Answer : c

Question 49 : ‘Apple Satellite’ was launched from

a) Kourou French Guiana
b) Baikonur (Russia)
c) Sriharikota (India)
d) Cape Canaveral (US)

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