Space Technology (Part I) One Liner Questions & Answers
| Questions | Answers | |
| 1 | Who was the father of the Indian Space Programme? | Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai |
| 2 | The First Satellite India sent to space, was – | Aryabhatta |
| 3 | Aryabhatta was launched on – | April 19th, 1975 |
| 4 | The name of the scientist who designed India’s first space satellite ‘Aryabhatta’ and died recently is – | Prof. U.R. Rao |
| 5 | The first man who placed his foot on the moon is – | Neil Armstrong |
| 6 | Tim Peake is known as – | Astronaut |
| 7 | ‘DAVINCI+’ and ‘VERITAS’ – two new missions announced by NASA, are related to – | Venus |
| 8 | NASA’s ‘Cassini spacecraft is on mission for which planet? | Saturn |
| 9 | What is the purpose of the ‘Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (eLISA)’ project? | To detect gravitational waves |
| 10 | Scientists in Britain have built a ‘Gravity Tractor’ – |
A spacecraft with a mechanism that would prevent asteroids from hitting the Earth
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| 11 | Recently, scientists observed the merger of giant ‘black holes’ billions of light-years away from the Earth. What is the significance of this observation? |
Gravitational waves’ were detected
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| 12 | Gravitational waves were seen for the first time in – | September 2015 |
| 13 | The concept of expanding universe is based on – | Doppler effect |
| 14 | Black-hole is – | A collapsed star |
| 15 | The tail of a comet always points – | Away from the Sun |
| 16 | Highly dense stars are called – | Neutron stars |
| 17 | Electrically charged particles from space traveling at speeds of several hundred km/sec can severely harm living beings if they reach the surface of the Earth. What prevents them from reaching the surface of the Earth? |
The Earth’s magnetic field diverts them towards its poles
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| 18 | What is the geostatic position? |
When the object moves around the Earth with a velocity commensurate with the velocity of the Earth such that it maintains a fixed position in relation to someplace on the Earth
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| 19 | In which atmospheric layer, the communication satellites are located? | Exosphere |
| 20 | A geostationary satellite has a period of – | 24 hours |
| 21 | NASA-U.S. space agency has launched a telescope named Kepler to find – | Earth-like Planets |
| 22 | The Indian Satellite series which is being used for telecommunication systems is – | INSAT |
| 23 | Indian Satellite Series ‘INSAT’ is an example of – | Meteorological Satellite |
| 24 | India’s first remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-IA) was launched from – | Baikanour |
| 25 | In the field of space technology, India demonstrated 1994, her capability to – | Launch synchronous satellites |
| 26 | INSAT-3C was launched from – | Kourou |
| 27 | Which Satellite was successfully launched by ISRO on December 22, 2005? | INSAT – 4A |
| 28 | How many satellites were launched successfully by PSLV-C37 in a single flight on 15 February 2017? | 104 |
| 29 | Apple was launched from – | Kourou (French Guyana) |
| 30 | The first Indian Communication Satellite APPLE was launched on – | June 19, 1981 |
| 31 | When INSAT I-D of India was launched? | June 12th,1990 |
| 32 | When was ‘INSAT-2A’ launched? | July 10th, 1992 |
| 33 | The heaviest Indian Satellite, INSAT-4C, which failed to go into orbit recently weighed? | 2168 kg |
| 34 | India’s first dedicated navigation satellite IRNSS-1A was launched from – | Sriharikota |
| 35 | What is the Galileo Project which has been in the news recently? |
A multi-satellite navigation project being developed by the European Union
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| 36 | ISRO’s Master Control Facility is at Hasan, which is located in – | Karnataka |