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Class 9–10 General Knowledge: Space and ISRO practice questions

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All space and isro questions with answers

1. Which space agency's rockets are launched from Sriharikota?

   1. A. ESA
   2. B. ISRO ✓
   3. C. NASA
   4. D. JAXA

   Answer: ISRO. ISRO launches from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.

2. In which year did Apollo 11 land the first humans on the Moon?

   1. A. 1975
   2. B. 1969 ✓
   3. C. 1957
   4. D. 1961

   Answer: 1969. Apollo 11 landed on 20 July 1969.

3. A light-year is a unit of what?

   1. A. Speed
   2. B. Brightness
   3. C. Distance ✓
   4. D. Time

   Answer: Distance. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year.

4. Which planet has a famous Great Red Spot, a giant storm?

   1. A. Neptune
   2. B. Jupiter ✓
   3. C. Mars
   4. D. Saturn

   Answer: Jupiter. The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on Jupiter.

5. India's Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, was launched in which year?

   1. A. 2008
   2. B. 2019
   3. C. 2013 ✓
   4. D. 2016

   Answer: 2013. Mangalyaan was launched in November 2013.

6. Where is ISRO's headquarters?

   1. A. Thiruvananthapuram
   2. B. Bengaluru ✓
   3. C. Hyderabad
   4. D. Sriharikota

   Answer: Bengaluru. ISRO's headquarters are in Bengaluru.

7. Which was India's first satellite?

   1. A. Bhaskara
   2. B. INSAT-1A
   3. C. Rohini
   4. D. Aryabhata ✓

   Answer: Aryabhata. Aryabhata was launched in 1975.

8. Which was the first artificial satellite sent into space?

   1. A. Sputnik 1 ✓
   2. B. Explorer 1
   3. C. Aryabhata
   4. D. Apollo 11

   Answer: Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957.

9. Chandrayaan-3 made a soft landing near which part of the Moon?

   1. A. The north pole
   2. B. The equator
   3. C. The far side centre
   4. D. The south pole ✓

   Answer: The south pole. In August 2023 it landed near the Moon's south pole.

10. Which planet is sometimes called the 'morning star' or 'evening star'?

    1. A. Mercury
    2. B. Jupiter
    3. C. Mars
    4. D. Venus ✓

    Answer: Venus. Venus shines very brightly near sunrise and sunset.

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