EXPLORING THE SPACE AND UNIVERSE MCQs

‘Rakesh Sharma’ was the first _______ to go in space.

  • (A) Indian
  • (B) Cuban
  • (C) Sri Lankan
  • (D) Korean
Check Answer
  • (A) Indian

Satellite “Lunar Prospector” has confirmed the presence of water on:

  • (A) Moon
  • (B) Mars
  • (C) Venus
  • (D) Jupiter
Check Answer
  • (A) Moon

To which country does “Lunar Prospector” belong?

  • (A) Britain
  • (B) America
  • (C) Japan
  • (D) Russia
Check Answer
  • (B) America

Points in space where the gravitational force of two bodies exactly balance each other is known as:

  • (A) Facula
  • (B) Penumbra
  • (C) Umbra
  • (D) Lagranglan
Check Answer
  • (D) Lagranglan

‘Namira Salim’ was the first _______ to travel in space.

  • (A) Arabian
  • (B) Bangladeshi
  • (C) Pakistani
  • (D) Iranian
Check Answer
  • (C) Pakistani

Uranus is first identified as planet by William Herschel in:

  • (A) 1751
  • (B) 1761
  • (C) 1771
  • (D) 1781
Check Answer
  • (D) 1781

‘Ilan Ramon’ was the first _______ in space.

  • (A) Indian
  • (B) Israeli
  • (C) Iraqi
  • (D) Russian
Check Answer
  • (B) Israeli

Name the astronaut who was killed in the explosion of the Columbia spacecraft?

  • (A) Denis Tito
  • (B) Ilan Ramon
  • (C) Dirk Fremont
  • (D) Yuri Gagarin
Check Answer
  • (B) Ilan Ramon

In which year the incident of the explosion of the spacecraft ‘Columbia’ happened?

  • (A) 2000
  • (B) 2001
  • (C) 2002
  • (D) 2003
Check Answer
  • (D) 2003

What is “Nebula”?

  • (A) A vast cloud of gas and dust
  • (B) A small spinning star
  • (C) A type of cataclysmic variable star
  • (D) An area of dark shadow
Check Answer
  • (A) A vast cloud of gas and dust

« PREV.1 ... 9 10 11 ... 35NEXT »

You cannot copy content of this page

Scroll to Top