Space Technology (Part II) One Liner Questions & Answers
| Sr. no. | Questions | Answers |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is situated – | In Dehradun |
| 2 | Thumba known as the rocket launching station is situated in – | Kerala |
| 3 | Sriharikota Island lies near – | Pulicat lake |
| 4 | In February 2004 a blast occurred in India’s Space Centre at – | Shriharikota |
| 5 | The ‘Black Box’ of an airplane is of – | Orange color |
| 6 | On which date did Chandrayan enter the lunar orbit? | 8 November |
| 7 | The name of the spacecraft for India’s mission moon is – | Chandrayan-I & Chandrayan-II |
| 8 | CHANDRAYAN-I was launched from – | Andhra Pradesh |
| 9 | The Project Director of Chandrayaan-2 is – | Dr. M. Annadurai |
| 10 | Which Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle was used by ISRO to launch the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft? | GSLV-MKIII-M1 |
| 11 | What is the name of the world’s first private flight plan to go on the moon? | Moon Express |
| 12 | Tianwen-1 is – | Spacecraft of China |
| 13 | In August 2016, China developed a system nicknamed ‘Micius’ which is – | A quantum satellite communication system |
| 14 | Recently, ISRO and CNES signed an agreement to set up a joint maritime surveillance system. CNES is a space agency of which country? | France |
| 15 | Recently which space agency successfully launched the world’s smallest satellite-carrying rocket? | JAXA |
| 16 | NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is located in – | Pasadena |
| 17 | What is ‘Greased Lightning-10 (GL-10)’, recently in the news? | Electric plane tested by NASA |
| 18 | Which spacecraft of NASA has confirmed the presence of water on the moon? | SOFIA |
| 19 | NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus? | Temple-1 |
| 20 | What is the name of the NASA vehicle on Mars? | Phoenix |
| 21 | The first U.S. rover which reached Mars in January 2004 was – | Spirit |
| 22 | According to NASA, the evidence for the presence of life on Mars found till today include – | Water, gypsum and methane |
| 23 | Methane is present in the atmosphere of – | Mars & Jupiter |
| 24 | The fuel tanks of the spacecraft ‘Discovery’ that was launched into space on July 4, 2006 was filled with – | Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen |
| 25 | Apollo-8 was launched for space exploration on – | December 21, 1968 |
| 26 | On which principle, a Jet Engine works? | Conservation of linear momentum |
| 27 | Satellite is the – | High-altitude airship positioned in the stratosphere |
| 28 | Cryogenic temperature stands for temperatures – | Below -150°C |
| 29 | Low temperatures (cryogenics) find application in – | Space travel, magnetic levitation, and telemetry |
| 30 | Cryogenic engines and application in – | Rocket technology |
| 31 | Cryogenic engines use – |
Liquid oxygen as the oxidizer and liquid hydrogen as the fuel.
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| 32 | The Cryogenic engine is used in – | Space shuttle |
| 33 | An artificial satellite can be tracked very precisely from the Earth by using – | Doppler effect |
| 34 | In September 2002, India launched – | METSAT |
| 35 | India’s advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 was launched on May 21, 2011, from – | Kourou |
| 36 | The Indian GSAT-7 satellite is exclusively meant for – | Military communication |
| 37 | ISRO has successfully launched the GSAT-6A satellite from which rocket vehicle? | GSLV-F08 |
| 38 | In the context of space technology, what is ‘BHUVAN’, which is recently in the news? | A geoportal of ISRO with 3-D imaging capabilities. |