Space & Satellite(Indian General Awareness ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. An artificial satellite can be tracked very precisely from the Earth by using
  1.    Doppler effect
  2.    Radar
  3.    Pulsar
  4.    Sonar
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Doppler effect
Answer: (a)
Question 2. Which project uses big ballons floating at a height of 20 kilometres above earth surface for transmission of internet services?
  1.    Project Loon
  2.    GEANT
  3.    Internet 2
  4.    Project Connect
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Project Loon
Answer: (a)Google has recently approached Indian government to seek permission to set up the ‘Project Loon’ and Drone-based Internet transmission.
Question 3. Rocket works on the principle of the following.
  1.    Avogadro’s concept
  2.    Energy conservation
  3.    Bernoulli’s theorem
  4.    Momentum conservation
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Momentum conservation
Answer: (d)
Question 4. Cryogenic engines final application in
  1.    Sub-marine propulsion
  2.    Frost-free refrigerators
  3.    Researches in superconductivity
  4.    Rocket technology
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Rocket technology
Answer: (d)
Question 5. Global satellite called GlobalSat for DRR was proposed to be named after which of the following:
  1.    Jagadish Chandra Bose
  2.    Vikram Sarabhai
  3.    Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
  4.    Srinivasa Ramanujan
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer: (c)Global satellite called GlobalSat for DRR was proposed to be named after Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Question 6. NASA-U.S. space agency, has launched a telescope named Kepler to find
  1.    Distant stars
  2.    Distant planets
  3.    Earth like Planets
  4.    Distant satellites
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Earth like Planets
Answer: (c)
Question 7. Asia’s biggest “Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST)” was recently inaugurated in which state?
  1.    Himachal Pradesh
  2.    Madhya Pradesh
  3.    Rajasthan
  4.    Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Rajasthan
Answer: (c)Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST), Asia’s biggest telescope was inaugurated at the Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan.
Question 8. Consider the following Statements:
  1. China has launched Yaogan-26 a remote sensing satellite.
  2. It will mainly be used for scientific experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention.
  3. China launched Yaogan-1, first satellite in the Yaogan series in 2006.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    2 and 3 only
  2.    1 and 3 only
  3.    1 and 2 only
  4.    All of the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Answer: (d)The satellite was carried by a Long March-4B rocket, marking the 202th mission for the rocket family.
Question 9. Satellites used for telecommunication relay are kept in a geostationary orbit. A satellite is said to be in such as orbit when :
  1. The orbit is geosynchronous.
  2. The orbit is circular.
  3. The orbit lies in the plane of the earth’s equator.
  4. The orbit is at an altitude of 22,236.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
  1.    2 and 4
  2.    1, 3 and 4
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (c)A geostationary orbit (or Geostationary Earth Orbit - GEO) is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth’s equator (0° latitude), with a period equal to the Earth’s rotational period and an orbital eccentricity of approximately zero. It is the part of space about 35,786 km (22,236 miles) above sea level, in the plane of the equator, where neargeostationary orbits may be implemented.
Question 10. The fuel tanks of the spacecraft ‘Discovery’ that was launched into space on 4 July, 2006 was filled with
  1.    Liquid hydrogen only
  2.    Liquid oxygen only
  3.    Mixture of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid helium
  4.    Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
Answer: (d)
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