GK

1. ……………is an independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India
   1.PSLV
   2.IRNSS
   3.INSAT
   4.ISTRAC
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.IRNSS
   Explanation :
   Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System – IRNSS
   It is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India.
2. The first Indian Communication Satellite……………was launched on 19thJune 1981.
   1.Rohini
   2.Bhaskara
   3.Aryabhata
   4.APPLE
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4.APPLE
   Explanation :
   APPLE (Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment) launched from  South America
3. ……………..is India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space Observatory.
   1.ASTROSAT
   2.GEOSAT
   3.SLV
   4.MOM
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.ASTROSAT
   Explanation :
   ASTROSAT  was launched on a PSLV-XL on 28 September 2015
4. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called  is India’s first Mars orbiter.
   1.NISAR
   2.Mangalyam
   3.IRNSS
   4.GSLV – D6
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Mangalyam
   Explanation :
   Mangalyaan – launched on 5 November 2013
5. ……………was India’s first satellite launched from Kapustin Yar using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle.
   1.Apple
   2.Mangalyam
   3.Aryabhata
   4.Ariane
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3. Aryabhata
   Explanation :
   Aryabhata – named after an Indian astronomer of the same name
6. First experimental remote sensing satellite ……………. which Carried TV and microwave cameras.
   1.Bhaskara-I
   2.Rohini – I
   3.GSAT
   4.PSLV
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.Bhaskara-I
   Explanation :
   It collected data on telemetry, oceanography and hydrology.
7. India’s first mission to Moon was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota
   1.ANTRIX
   2.Chandrayaan-1
   3.INSAT
   4.GAGAN
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Chandrayaan-1
   Explanation :
   Chandrayaan-1 – spacecraft was orbiting around the Moon at a height of 100 km from the lunar surface
8. GAGAN stands for
   1.GPRS Aided Geogrpahy Augmented Navigation
   2.General Aided GEO Augmented Narrow
   3.GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation
   4.GEO Aided GPS Augmented Navigation
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3. GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation
   Explanation :
   It is an implementation of a regional satellite-based augmentation system(SBAS) by the Indian government. It is a system to improve the accuracy of a GNSS receiver
9. ………………represents ISRO’s first attempt to design and develop an operational vehicle that can be used to orbit application satellites.
   1.GSLV
   2.SLV
   3.PSLV
   4.ASLV
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3.PSLV
   Explanation :
   PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
10. ISRO was formed in …………..
    1.1963
    2.1969
    3.1972
    4.1985
    5.None of these
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 2.1969
    Explanation :
    ISRO fomed in 1969,it superseded the erstwhile Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), which was established in 1962.