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

    None of these

7. The first man made satalite was launched by:

    USSR

    U.S.

    Britain

    None of these

8. Sputnik-1, the first man made artiicial satelite was launched by USSR in:

    October 1956

    October 1957

    October 1958

    None of these

9. The first human to travel in outer space was:

    An astronaut of the USA

    An Cosmonaut of the USSR

    None of these

10. The first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon was launched by

    USA

    UK

    USSR

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

    None of these

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

    None of these

17. 'Titan' is a satelite of:

    Jupiter

    Saturn

    Sun

    Moon

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