SPACE EXPLORATION
By Kumar
1. The first man to put his foot on the moon was:
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Charles Conard
Yuri Gagarin
2. Mariner 10 was launched by U.S. in November 1973 to explore:
Mercury
Sun
Venus
Moon
3. One of the following moon landing mission and returned to earth with it's crew alive.
Applo 10
Apllo 11
Apllo 12
Apllo 13
4. Applo 12 Astronauts landed at the:
Sea of Traquility
Ocean of Storms
Sea of Rains
None of these
5. The ill fated Soyuz flight in which all the 3 Cosmonauts were found dead on board after landibg was:
Soyuz-11
Soyuz-12
Soyuz-9
Soyuz-13
6. Crew of two seperate capsules boarded a space station to gather at:
U.S.-Soviet Applo-Soyuz mission in July 1975
Sayuz27-Soyuz6 Space station on January 11, 1971
Soyuz21-Salyut5 in July 1976
7. The first man made satalite was launched by:
USSR
U.S.
Britain
8. Sputnik-1, the first man made artiicial satelite was launched by USSR in:
October 1956
October 1957
October 1958
9. The first human to travel in outer space was:
An astronaut of the USA
An Cosmonaut of the USSR
10. The first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon was launched by
USA
UK
11. Who was thr second human who put his foot on the moon?
Edward Aldrin
Richard Gordon
Alan Bean
David Scott
12. What was the name of the lunar module that saved the lives of three astronauts of Applo 13?
Eagle
Intrepid
Aquarius
Kitty Hawk
13. Which moon walking mission enabled the astronauts to remain on the moon for the longest period?
Apollo-15
Apolo-16
Apolo-17
14. When did the Apollo Soyuz', space ships link up in outer space?
July, 1974
July, 1975
July, 1976
None of these.
15. The first international crew, launched in space by the Soviet Union on March2, 1978 was by:
Soyuz-27
Soyuz-28
Soyuz-29
Some other spacecraft
16. Which unmanned spacecraft reached Venus first?
Venus II of USSR
Pioneer of USA
Insat of India
17. 'Titan' is a satelite of:
Jupiter
Saturn
18. Which asian country launched the earth satelite first?
India
Japan
China
None of them
19. he highest endurance record in outer space has been set by astronauts or cosmonauts of:
Skylab-11
Soyuz-30
Soyuz-31
Appllo-15
20. India was the ........ nation to put a satelite in orbit round the earth.
6th
7th
9th
11th