General Awareness - Science & Technology

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Question - 1

Who propounded the possibility of placing communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit for the first time?

  • A Edwin P.Hubble
  • B William Herschel
  • C Arthur C.Clarke
  • D Pierre Laplace

Question - 2

Which space-vehicle put man on the moon first time?

  • A Apoolo
  • B Challenger
  • C Columbia
  • D Explorer

Question - 3

At what height geo-synchr-ons orbit is located?

  • A 6 km
  • B 1000 km
  • C 3600 km
  • D 36,000 km

Question - 4

The orbits of planets around the sun may be

  • A Great circular and parabolic
  • B Parabolic and hyperpara bolic
  • C Circular and parabolic
  • D Circular and great circular

Question - 5

What is supernova?

  • A A black hole
  • B A dying star
  • C An asteroid
  • D A comet

Question - 6

Which of the following is the first missile which has been devloped in India?

  • A Akash
  • B Prithvi
  • C Agni
  • D Trishul

Question - 7

INS 'Virat' serves the Indian Navy. It is a

  • A Submarine
  • B Gunboat
  • C Aircraft Carrier
  • D Freighter

Question - 8

To an astronault in a spacecraft the sky appears to be

  • A Blue
  • B White
  • C Dark
  • D Red

Question - 9

The first person to enter into space was

  • A Valentina Tereshkova
  • B Edward H.White
  • C Yuri Gagarin
  • D Alan Shepard

Question - 10

To an astronaut sky appears

  • A White
  • B Rich blue
  • C Light blue
  • D Dark