Space Technology PYQs

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1. Prelims 2008Q33Space Technology

   ISRO successfully conducted a rocket test using cryogenic engines in the year 2007. Where is the test-stand used for the purpose, located?

   aBalasorebThiruvananthapuramcMahendragiridKarwar
2. Prelims 2008Q87Space Technology

   Which one of the following is a spacecraft?

   aApophisbCassinicSpitzerdTechSar
3. Prelims 2008Q89Space Technology

   What is the purpose of the US Space Agency's Themis Mission, which was recently in the news?

   aTo study the possibility of life on MarsbTo study the satellites of SaturncTo study the colourful display of high latitude skiesdTo build a space laboratory to study the stellar explosions
4. Prelims 2007Q12Space Technology

   What is the Galileo project which has been in news recently?

   aAn inter-country programme of missile shield developed by the United States of AmericabA project developed by India with assistance from CanadacAn environmental protection project being developed by JapandA multi-satellite navigation project being developed by the European Union
5. Prelims 2007Q27Space Technology

   Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

   aCosmic Background Explorer (COBE) : Satellite ProgrammebFalcon : Under-sea cable systemcDiscovery : Space shuttledAtlantis : Space station
6. Prelims 2007Q102Space Technology

   NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

   aHalley’s cometbHale-BoppcHyakutakedTempel 1
7. Prelims 2007Q120Space Technology

   Consider the following statements:

   1.In the year 2006, India successfully tested a full-fledged cryogenic stage in rocketry.

   2.After USA, Russia and China, India is the only country to have acquired the capability for use of cryogenic stage in rocketry.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
8. Prelims 2006Q64Space Technology

   Consider the following statements in respect of India's advanced satellite INSAT–4A :

   1.INSAT–4A was launched in December, 2005 from New Mexico.

   2.The European commercial launch service provider Arianespace was associated with the launch of INSAT–4A.

   3.Tata-Sky—a digital cable service provider is associated with DTH television broadcasting services from INSAT-4A.

   Which of the statements given above are correct?

   a1, 2 and 3b1 and 2, onlyc2 and 3, onlyd1 and 3, only
9. Prelims 2004Q118Space Technology

   INSAT-3E, India’s communication satellite, was launched in 2003 from

   aFrench GuianabSeychellescMauritiusdMauritania
10. Prelims 2003Q12Space Technology

    Consider the following statements:

    1.India launched its first full-fledged meteorological satellite (METSAT) in September 2002.

    2.For the first time, the space vehicle PSLV-C4 carried a payload of more than 1000 kg into a geosynchronous orbit.

    Which of these statements is/are correct?

    aOnly 1bOnly 2cBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
11. Prelims 2002Q8Space Technology

    In the year 2001, NASA launched a spacecraft to Mars named

    aMars Climate OrbiterbMars Global SurveyorcMars OdysseydMars Polar Lander
12. Prelims 2002Q90Space Technology

    The world's highest ground-based telescopic observatory is located in

    aColombiabIndiacNepaldSwitzerland
13. Prelims 2002Q139Space Technology

    With reference to Indian satellites and their launchers, consider the following statements:

    1.All the INSAT-series of satellites were launched abroad

    2.PSLVs were used to launch IRS-series of satellites

    3.India used the indigenously built cryogenic engines for the first time for powering the third stage of GSLV

    4.GSAT, launched in the year 2001, has payloads to demonstrate digital broadcasts and internet services

    Which of these statements are correct?

    a1, 2, 3 and 4b2, 3 and 4c1, 2 and 4d1 and 3
14. Prelims 2002Q147Space TechnologyAnswer disputed

    Assertion (A): Artificial satellites are always launched from the earth in the eastward direction.

    Reason (R): The earth rotates from west to east and so the satellite attains the escape velocity.

    aBoth A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of AbBoth A and R are individually true but R is not a correct explanation of AcA is true but R is falsedA is false but R is true
15. Prelims 2001Q25Space Technology

    Who amongst the following was the Chairman of ISRO when INSAT-3B was launched?

    aAnil KakodarbAbdul KalamcK. KasturirangandU. R. Rao
16. Prelims 2001Q108Space Technology

    Who is the scientist in whose honour the “Chandra” X-ray telescope has been named?

    aChandrasekhar Venkat RamanbJagdish Chandra BosecPrafulla Chandra RoydSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
17. Prelims 2000Q97Space Technology

    A ‘black hole’ is a body in space which does not allow any radiation to come out. This property is due to its

    avery small sizebvery large sizecvery high densitydvery low density
18. Prelims 1998Q5Space Technology

    The damage to the Spektr Module of the Russian Space Station Mir was due to

    acollision with a Soyuz cargo shipbfaulty material design of the Spektr Modulecexplosion inside the space stationdcollision with an asteroid
19. Prelims 1998Q25Space Technology

    Which of the following statements are true about the Indian-born woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla?

    I.She was born in Karnal.

    II.She flew on board the shuttle flight STS-87.

    III.She was trained at the Kennedy Space Centre.

    IV.She did a space-walk to retrieve the Spartan Satellite.

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    aI and IIbII and IIIcI, II and IIIdI, II and IV
20. Prelims 1998Q61Space Technology

    The satellites of which one of the following countries have helped in the preparation of a detailed and complete map of Antarctica?

    aCanadabFrancecRussiadUSA
21. Prelims 1997Q13Space Technology

    The tail of a comet is directed away from the sun because

    aas the comet rotates around the sun, the lighter mass of the comet is pushed away due to the centrifugal force alonebas the comet rotates, the lighter mass of the comet is attracted by some star situated in the direction of its tailcthe radiation emitted by the sun exerts a radial pressure on the comet throwing its tail away from the sundthe tail of the comet always exists in the same orientation
22. Prelims 1997Q68Space Technology

    Which one of the following stars is nearest to the earth?

    aPolarisbAlpha CentauricSundSirius
23. Prelims 1996Q88Space Technology

    Which one of the following satellites is to be launched from India in 1996?

    aIRS-P2bIRS-P3cIRS-ENdIRS-ID
24. Prelims 1996Q125Space TechnologyAnswer disputed

    Consider the following statements: A person in a spaceship located half-way between the earth and the sun will notice that the

    I.Sky is jet black.

    II.Stars do not twinkle.

    III.Temperature outside the spaceship is much higher than that on the surface of the earth.

    Of these statements

    aOnly III is correctbI and II are correctcI and III are correctdI, II and III are correct
25. Prelims 1995Q1Space Technology

    A meteor is

    aa rapidly moving starba piece of matter which has entered the earth’s atmosphere from outer spacecpart of a constellationda comet without a tail
26. Prelims 1995Q80Space Technology

    Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet

    aPlutobMarscJupiterdSaturn
27. Prelims 1995Q113Space Technology

    Cryogenic engines find applications in

    asub-marine propulsionbfrost-free refrigeratorscrocket technologydresearches in superconductivity