GK Quiz - Space

 GK Quiz - Space

Test your knowledge of space with these space quizzes! Challenge yourself to answer questions about galaxies, planets, stars, and more. Sharpen your skills and get ready to go on an exciting journey like never before!

Q1. Which is the first satellite launched by ISRO for providing meteorological services to the country?

A) INSAT-1B

B) INSAT-2A

C) INSAT-3A

D) KALPANA-1

Answer: D) KALPANA-1 (Launched on 12th September’2002).

Q2. What is the name of the mission launched by ISRO to study the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere?

A) Gaganyaan

B) Aditya-L1

C) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

D) Chandrayaan-3

Answer: B) Aditya-L1.

Q3. When was the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) founded?

A) 1969

B) 1972

C) 1980

D) 1990

Answer: A) 1969. ISRO was formed on 15th August, 1969.

Q4. What is the name of the first satellite launched by India?

A) Aryabhata

B) Rohini

C) INSAT-1B

D) IRS-1A

Answer: A) Aryabhata. Aryabhata was the first artificial satellite launched by India on 19th April 1975.

Q5. What is the name of India's lunar exploration mission launched in 2008?

A) Chandrayaan-1

B) Chandrayaan-2

C) Mangalyaan

D) Aditya-L1

Answer: A) Chandrayaan-1. Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was launched on October 22, 2008 from Sriharikota.

Q6. Which is the first Indian mission to Mars?

A) Chandrayaan-1

B) Chandrayaan-2

C) Mangalyaan

D) Aditya-L1

Answer: C) Mangalyaan. Mangalyaan was launched on November 05, 2013.

Q7. Which is the heaviest satellite launched by ISRO till date?

A) GSAT-29

B) GSAT-11

C) GSAT-18

D) GSAT-17

Answer: B) GSAT-11. Weight about 5854 KG.

Q8. What is the name of India's first crewed space mission?

A) Gaganyaan

B) Aditya-L1

C) Mangalyaan-2

D) Chandrayaan-3

Answer: A) Gaganyaan.

Q9. Which is the first interplanetary mission of India to study the Martian atmosphere?

A) Chandrayaan-1

B) Chandrayaan-2

C) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

D) Aditya-L1

Answer: C) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM).

Q10. What is the name of India's first space observatory?

A) ASTROSAT

B) Hubble Space Telescope

C) Chandra X-ray Observatory

D) Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Answer: A) ASTROSAT.

Q12. What is the name of India's first experimental satellite?

A) Aryabhata

B) Rohini

C) APPLE

D) INSAT-1B

Answer: A) Aryabhata, Aryabhata was India's first satellite, it was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975.

Q13. Which is the first Indian satellite to use solar sails as a propulsion system?

A) Chandrayaan-1

B) Aditya-L1

C) ISRO Nano Satellite (INS-1C)

D) Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)

Answer: C) ISRO Nano Satellite (INS-1C).

Q14. What is the name of India's first remote sensing satellite?

A) Aryabhata

B) Rohini

C) IRS-1A

D) INSAT-1B

Answer: C) IRS-1A.

Q15. What is the name of India's first satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit?

A) Aryabhata

B) Rohini

C) INSAT-1A

D) IRS-1A

Answer: C) INSAT-1A.