Indian Space (ISRO & Missions)
Q101. Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Space Program”?
A101. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.
Q102. Which satellite is called India’s first experimental satellite for communication?
A102. APPLE (1981).
Q103. Which launch vehicle was used to launch India’s first satellite Aryabhata?
A103. Kosmos-3M (Soviet Union).
Q104. Which Indian satellite was specifically designed for meteorology?
A104. INSAT series.
Q105. Which Indian rocket is called the “workhorse of ISRO”?
A105. PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle).
Q106. Which ISRO mission placed 104 satellites in a single launch?
A106. PSLV-C37 (2017).
Q107. Which mission made India the first country to reach Mars orbit in its first attempt?
A107. Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission, 2014).
Q108. Which Indian satellite provides navigation services similar to GPS?
A108. NavIC.
Q109. Which was India’s first lunar probe?
A109. Chandrayaan-1 (2008).
Q110. Which Chandrayaan mission successfully landed near the Moon’s south pole?
A110. Chandrayaan-3 (2023).
Q111. Which Indian observatory studies the universe in multiple wavelengths?
A111. Astrosat (2015).
Q112. Which satellite launch vehicle is specifically for small satellites?
A112. SSLV (Small Satellite Launch Vehicle).
Q113. Which year did ISRO successfully test its cryogenic engine technology?
A113. 2014 (GSLV-D5).
Q114. Where is ISRO’s Space Applications Centre located?
A114. Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Q115. Where is ISRO’s Master Control Facility (MCF) located?
A115. Hassan (Karnataka) and Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
Q116. Who was India’s first astronaut in space?
A116. Rakesh Sharma (1984).
Q117. What was Rakesh Sharma’s famous reply to Indira Gandhi about India from space?
A117. “Saare Jahan Se Achha.”
Q118. Which rocket was developed as a reusable spaceplane prototype by ISRO?
A118. RLV-TD (Reusable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator).
Q119. Which Indian satellite was dedicated to disaster management?
A119. INSAT-3D.
Q120. Which Indian mission is planned to send humans into space?
A120. Gaganyaan.
World Space
Q121. Who was the first man to travel into space?
A121. Yuri Gagarin (1961, Soviet Union).
Q122. Who was the first woman in space?
A122. Valentina Tereshkova (1963, Soviet Union).
Q123. Who was the first American in space?
A123. Alan Shepard (1961).
Q124. Which space mission first landed humans on the Moon?
A124. Apollo 11 (1969).
Q125. Who was the second man to walk on the Moon?
A125. Buzz Aldrin.
Q126. Which U.S. President announced the Apollo program goal of landing a man on the Moon?
A126. John F. Kennedy (1961).
Q127. Which space mission faced the quote “Houston, we have a problem”?
A127. Apollo 13 (1970).
Q128. Which telescope was launched in 1990 and revolutionized astronomy?
A128. Hubble Space Telescope.
Q129. Which is the most powerful space telescope currently operational?
A129. James Webb Space Telescope (2021).
Q130. Which was the first artificial satellite launched into space?
A130. Sputnik 1 (1957).
Q131. Which country launched Sputnik 1?
A131. Soviet Union.
Q132. Which mission sent the first human crew to orbit the Moon?
A132. Apollo 8 (1968).
Q133. Who was the first American woman in space?
A133. Sally Ride (1983).
Q134. Which was the first reusable spacecraft?
A134. Space Shuttle (NASA, first flight 1981).
Q135. Which space shuttle was destroyed in 1986?
A135. Challenger.
Q136. Which space shuttle was destroyed in 2003?
A136. Columbia.
Q137. Which is the largest artificial structure in space?
A137. International Space Station (ISS).
Q138. Which two space probes are currently in interstellar space?
A138. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
Q139. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
A139. Mars.
Q140. Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
A140. Jupiter.
Q141. Which planet has the Great Red Spot storm?
A141. Jupiter.
Q142. Which planet has the most extensive ring system?
A142. Saturn.
Q143. Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
A143. Venus.
Q144. Which planet rotates on its side?
A144. Uranus.
Q145. Which planet takes the shortest time to orbit the Sun?
A145. Mercury.
Q146. Which dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet of the solar system?
A146. Pluto.
Q147. Which space mission visited Pluto in 2015?
A147. New Horizons.
Q148. Which space mission landed the first rover on Mars?
A148. Sojourner (Mars Pathfinder, 1997).
Q149. Which NASA rover landed on Mars in 2012?
A149. Curiosity.
Q150. Which NASA rover landed on Mars in 2021?
A150. Perseverance.
Space Science & Phenomena
Q151. What is an exoplanet?
A151. A planet that orbits a star outside our solar system.
Q152. Which was the first exoplanet discovered?
A152. 51 Pegasi b (1995).
Q153. Which telescope discovered thousands of exoplanets?
A153. Kepler Space Telescope.
Q154. What is the habitable zone?
A154. The region around a star where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface.
Q155. What is a red giant?
A155. A late stage of a star’s life when it expands and cools.
Q156. What is a white dwarf?
A156. The hot, dense remnant of a star after it has shed its outer layers.
Q157. What is a brown dwarf?
A157. A failed star, larger than a planet but not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion.
Q158. What is cosmic microwave background radiation?
A158. The leftover radiation from the Big Bang.
Q159. What is a nebula?
A159. A giant cloud of gas and dust in space where stars are born.
Q160. What is the Orion Nebula?
A160. A famous star-forming region located in the Orion constellation.
Space Missions & Records
Q161. Which was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon?
A161. Luna 2 (Soviet Union, 1959).
Q162. Which was the first spacecraft to orbit Mars?
A162. Mariner 9 (USA, 1971).
Q163. Which was the first spacecraft to land on Mars?
A163. Viking 1 (USA, 1976).
Q164. Which was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter?
A164. Pioneer 10 (USA, 1973).
Q165. Which spacecraft sent the first images of Saturn?
A165. Pioneer 11 (1979).
Q166. Which spacecraft studied all four giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)?
A166. Voyager 2.
Q167. Which spacecraft has traveled the farthest from Earth?
A167. Voyager 1.
Q168. Which spacecraft studied Pluto?
A168. New Horizons (2015).
Q169. Which is the first spacecraft to collect asteroid samples and return them to Earth?
A169. Hayabusa2 (Japan, 2020).
Q170. Which NASA mission collected samples from asteroid Bennu?
A170. OSIRIS-REx (2020).
Indian Space Research (Advanced)
Q171. What is PSLV’s full form?
A171. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Q172. What is GSLV’s full form?
A172. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Q173. What is GSLV Mk III also called?
A173. LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark 3).
Q174. Which was India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle?
A174. SLV-3.
Q175. Who was the project director of SLV-3?
A175. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Q176. Which Indian satellite was launched for navigation purposes?
A176. IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System), also called NavIC.
Q177. What does GSAT stand for?
A177. Geostationary Satellite.
Q178. What does RISAT stand for?
A178. Radar Imaging Satellite.
Q179. Which is ISRO’s first dedicated astronomy satellite?
A179. ASTROSAT (2015).
Q180. Which Indian satellite will study climate and weather?
A180. INSAT series.
Space Knowledge & Records
Q181. Who was the first person to say “Earth revolves around the Sun”?
A181. Nicolaus Copernicus.
Q182. Which scientist discovered that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies?
A182. Edwin Hubble.
Q183. Who first described gravity mathematically?
A183. Sir Isaac Newton.
Q184. Who developed the theory of relativity?
A184. Albert Einstein.
Q185. What is the speed of light?
A185. 299,792 km per second.
Q186. What is the escape velocity from Earth?
A186. About 11.2 km per second.
Q187. Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?
A187. Venus.
Q188. Which planet has the longest day?
A188. Venus.
Q189. Which planet has the shortest day?
A189. Jupiter.
Q190. Which planet has a moon larger than Mercury?
A190. Jupiter (Ganymede).
Current & Future Missions
Q191. What is NASA’s Artemis program?
A191. A mission to return humans to the Moon.
Q192. What is ISRO’s Shukrayaan mission?
A192. India’s planned mission to Venus.
Q193. What is ISRO’s LUPEX mission?
A193. A lunar polar exploration mission with Japan.
Q194. What is NASA’s Dragonfly mission?
A194. A mission to study Titan, Saturn’s moon.
Q195. What is Europa Clipper?
A195. NASA’s mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Q196. What is JUICE mission by ESA?
A196. Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (launched 2023).
Q197. What is Chandrayaan-4 expected to do?
A197. A planned lunar sample-return mission.
Q198. What is India’s first space observatory?
A198. ASTROSAT.
Q199. Which mission will explore asteroids made of metal?
A199. NASA’s Psyche mission.
Q200. Which mission is planned to bring Mars soil to Earth?
A200. Mars Sample Return Mission (NASA + ESA).
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