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World Space Program 1957 To 2018 Most Important MCQs For Competitive Exams
World Space Program 1957 To 2018 Most Important MCQs For Competitive Exams
World Space Program 1957 To 2018 Most Important MCQs For Competitive Exams
Competitive Exams
(a) Norway
(b) Netherlands
(c) United Kingdom
(d) United States (Correct)
2. A second disaster struck the shuttle program of USA, when the Columbia broke
up during reentry, killing the seven astronauts on board on
(a) Enterprise
(b) Atlantis
(c) Discovery
(d) Columbia (Correct)
6. Challenger space shuttle of USA, which exploded during takeoff on which date?
(a) 1963
(b) 1969
(c) 1973 (Correct)
(d) 1978
8. How many of the eight planets of the solar system were known in the life time of
Kepler, the formulator of laws of planetary motions?
(a) 4
(b) 6 (Correct)
(c) 7
(d) 8
(a) Hermaszewski
(b) Yang Liwei
(c) Zhai Zhigang (Correct)
(d) None of these
12. Which of the following planets is dropped from the list of planets in 2006?
(a) Neptune
(b) Pluto (Correct)
(c) Jupiter
(d) Earth
(a) Sun
(b) Moon
(c) Mars (Correct)
(d) Venus
14. Which of the following spacecrafts enabled man to step on the moon first?
(a) Sputnik I
(b) Luna II
(c) Rostock I
(d) Apollo XI (Correct)
16. Who was the first Israeli in space, died on the Columbia shuttle?
(a) Pioneer 10
(b) Voyager 2
(c) Voyager 1
(d) Pioneer 11 (Correct)
28. Which spacecraft was the first to safely land on another planet?
(a) Gemini 5
(b) Apollo 11
(c) Viking 1 (Correct)
(d) Mariner 2
(a) 1990
(b) 1989
(c) 1984
(d) 1992 (Correct)
(a) 1963
(b) 1969
(c) 1973 (Correct)
(d) 1978
32. The Soviet Union began construction of the world’s first space station in 1970.
What was the name of space station?
33. Skylab program was developed by NASA building on the success of its heavy-lift
rocket, the Saturn, which had boosted the Apollo rockets and helped place the first
human being on the Moon. Skylab was launched on
34. Mir was the name of the vehicle for the world’s first multipurpose, permanently
operating crewed space station. Mir was space station of:
(a) USA
(b) Russia (Correct)
(c) China
(d) France
35. The first permanent crew of the International Space Station launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome, on
38. Hubble space telescope was launched into the space on which date?
39. Hubble space telescope was launched into space with the help of which space
shuttle?
(a) Colombia
(b) Discovery (Correct)
(c) Apollo – II
(d) Skylab–I
(a) Belgium
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Canada (Correct)
(a) Belgium
(b) Germany
(c) Canada
(d) France (Correct)
(a) Belgium
(b) France
(c) Canada
(d) Germany (Correct)
(a) Norway
(b) India (Correct)
(c) Netherlands
(d) Japan
(a) Norway
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) Netherlands (Correct)
(a) Norway
(b) Netherlands
(c) United Kingdom (Correct)
(d) Russia
(a) Norway
(b) Netherlands
(c) United Kingdom (Correct)
(d) Russia
(a) Norway
(b) Netherlands
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Russia (Correct)
50. Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre is located in which country?
(a) Norway
(b) Netherlands
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Russia (Correct)