Space Technology & ISRO Missions Questions with Solutions

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This topic covers India's space programme: the history of ISRO, launch vehicles such as the PSLV and GSLV, satellites and their uses, India's missions to the Moon, Mars and the Sun, and major international space missions and agencies. Questions often ask when and from where a satellite or mission was launched, what it was meant to do, and which launch vehicle carried it. For example, Aryabhata was India's first satellite (1975), and Chandrayaan-3 landed near the Moon's south pole in 2023. New missions are launched every year, so pair these facts with recent current affairs. Practise the space technology and ISRO questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.

  1. Q1.

    Which was India's first indigenous experimental communication satellite?

    A. APPLEB. BhaskaraC. AryabhataD. INSAT-1A
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  2. Q2.

    The height of the geostationary orbit above the Earth's equator is about:

    A. 20,200 kmB. 35,786 kmC. 3,84,400 kmD. 400 km
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  3. Q3.

    Remote sensing satellites such as IRS, ERS-1 and IKONOS are usually placed in which type of orbit?

    A. Sun-synchronous orbitB. Medium Earth orbitC. Geostationary orbitD. Highly elliptical orbit
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  4. Q4.

    The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) was established at:

    A. AhmedabadB. HyderabadC. BengaluruD. Dehradun
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  5. Q5.

    The headquarters of the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is located at:

    A. BengaluruB. HyderabadC. DehradunD. Ahmedabad
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  6. Q6.

    The astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi, the first Arab woman trained as an astronaut, is from:

    A. QatarB. United Arab EmiratesC. EgyptD. Saudi Arabia
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