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(1)
The Luna Programme was a series of unmanned space mission launched by which country?
[A]
Soviet Union
[B]
United States of America
[C]
China
[D]
None of the above
(2)
Which of the following space missions launched in a cooperative effort among the Soviet Union and Austria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Federal Republic of Germany?
[A]
Venus Express
[B]
Venera Mission
[C]
Vega program
[D]
None of the above
(3)
Which of the following unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moon?
[A]
Galileo
[B]
Cassini-Huygens
[C]
Suisei (Planet-A)
[D]
NEAR Shoemaker
(4)
In On the Revolutions of the Celestial Orb, Nicholas Copernicus (14731543) suggested that Earth revolved around the Sun.
Who was the first astronomer to use a telescope?
[A]
Galileo
[B]
Leonardo da Vinci
[C]
Ptolemy
[D]
Hypatia
(5)
Which of these planets has an atmosphere made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane?
[A]
Venus
[B]
Uranus
[C]
Pluto
[D]
Earth
(6)
Which of these constellations is not in the zodiac?
[A]
Alpha Centauri
[B]
Capricornus
[C]
Aries
[D]
None of the above
(7)
What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?
[A]
sizzle
[B]
syzygy
[C]
suzerainty
[D]
None of the above
(8)
Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?
[A]
Saturn
[B]
Kuiper belt
[C]
90377 Sedna
[D]
None of the Sabha
(9)
Who invented the telescope?
[A]
Hans Lippershey
[B]
Archimedes
[C]
Johannes Kepler
[D]
Galileo
(10)
The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called:
[A]
the ecliptic
[B]
the solstice
[C]
the equinox
[D]
None of the above
(11)
India's satellite launch-pad is located at
[A]
Ahmedabad
[B]
Dehradun
[C]
Shri Hari Kota
[D]
Thumba
(12)
The code name of the first vehicle driven by man on the moon's surface was
[A]
Rover
[B]
Challenger
[C]
Luna 22
[D]
Eagle
(13)
Space Application Centre (SAC) is located at
[A]
Trivandrum
[B]
Mumbai
[C]
Ahmadabad
[D]
None
(14)
The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite was launched into space on
[A]
1990
[B]
1988
[C]
1984
[D]
None of the above
(15)
Which is the closest galaxy to Earth outside the Milky Way?
[A]
Andromeda
[B]
Antennae
[C]
Sombrero
[D]
NGC 2770
(16)
How many light-years across is the Milky Way?
[A]
100000
[B]
1000000
[C]
1000
[D]
10000
(17)
Which of these is a galaxy?
[A]
Jupiter
[B]
Large Magellanic Cloud
[C]
Pluto
[D]
Ceres
Answer: Large Magellanic Cloud
(18)
About how many galaxies are there in the universe?
[A]
25 billion
[B]
25 gazillion
[C]
25 million
[D]
25 quadrillion
(19)
In what constellation is Sirius found?
[A]
Andromeda
[B]
Ursa Major
[C]
Ursa Minor
[D]
Canis Major
(20)
Which of these American astronomers discovered Pluto in 1930?
[A]
Clyde Tombaugh
[B]
Edwin Hubble
[C]
Galileo Galilei
[D]
Harlow Shapley
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