TNPSC Science and Technology - Space
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Consider the following statements
1. GSLV-D3 has failed to put in orbit an advanced communication satellite called GSAT-4.
2. The main highlights of GSTA-4 were its communication system in KU band.
3. GAGAN stand for GPS-aided Geo-Augmented Navigation System.
Which of the above statements is/are wrong?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Only 3
- (d)
None of these
Consider the following statements in respect of India's advance satellite INSAT-4A
1. INSAT-4A was launched from New Mexico.
2. The European Commercial Launch Service Provider 'Ariane space' was associated with the launch of INSAT-4A.
3. Tata-Sky, a digital cable service provider, is associated with DTH television broadcasting services from INSAT-4A.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1, 2 and 3
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
1 and 3
Consider the following statements
1. Mars-500 is a psychosocial experiment conducted by USA, Europe and India.
2. The idea is to exactly mimic the timescale of a Mars mission.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Both 1 and 2
- (d)
None of these
Which of the following statements
1. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a space probe launched by NASA
2. The spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network.
3. It is the farthest man-made object from Earth
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Only 2
- (d)
None of these
Which of the following space shuttles is not correctly matched with the year of installation?
1. Columbia : 1981
2. Challenger : 1982
3. Discovery : 1983
4. Atlantis : 1985
5. Endeavour : 1991
- (a)
1, 3 and 5
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
2, 3 and 5
- (d)
None of these
IRS series satellites are used for
- (a)
Communication
- (b)
Astronomy
- (c)
Remote Sensing
- (d)
Forestry
METSAT the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO is a
- (a)
Geosynchronous satellite
- (b)
Polar orbit satellite
- (c)
Low earth orbit satellite
- (d)
Deep space probe
Which of the following is never detected on the surface of the Mars?
- (a)
Ancient Dry river beds
- (b)
Evidence of recent water flow
- (c)
Liquid water
- (d)
Frozen water
Which of the following is not a mission to Mars?
1. Viking 2. Curiosity
3. Grail 4. Mariner
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
Only 3
- (d)
All of these
Where do most of the known asteroids orbit the Sun?
- (a)
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- (b)
Between the orbits of Venus and Earth
- (c)
Between the orbits of Earth and Mars
- (d)
Between the orbit of Pluto and Saturn
What are the rings of Saturn made from?
- (a)
Gasses and clouds
- (b)
Large pieces of ice and rock
- (c)
Wind and storms
- (d)
Satellites
Titan is the moon of Saturn, which gas is predominant over the atmosphere of Titan?
- (a)
Methane
- (b)
Nitrogen
- (c)
Oxygen
- (d)
Hydrogen
The first satellite launched by India was called
- (a)
Arybhatta
- (b)
Bhaskara I
- (c)
Bhaskara II
- (d)
Rohini
Consider the following statements
1. The Indian National Satellite was established in 1983.
2. The INSAT system use transponder TDMA technology Ku-band C-band technology
3. GSLV is for launching 2000 kg class of communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
4. CARTOSAT is the only satellite in the world for mapping and creating an atlas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a)
1, 2, 3 and 4
- (b)
2, 3 and 4
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
Only 3
Which one of the following instruments is associated with the NASA's Mars rover Curiosity?
- (a)
Mast Camera
- (b)
Chemistry and Camera Complex
- (c)
Hazard avoidance
- (d)
Aii of the above
Consider the following statements regarding 'Carbo Aerogel'
1. Zhejiang University of China, the team of scientists, produced an ultra-light substance known as 'Carbon Aerogel'.
2. The Carbon Aerogel has the density of 0.16 milligrammes per cubic centimetres.
3. The Carbon Aerogeel is made of graphite as well as the carbon Manotubes which can absorbs around 900 times its own body weight.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
- (a)
1 Only
- (b)
2 Only
- (c)
3 Only
- (d)
All of the above
The largest ground-based telescope on Earth set to probe the most distance reaches of the universe was inaugurated at Atacama desert in which of the following countries?
- (a)
Italy
- (b)
Spain
- (c)
UAE
- (d)
Chile
Which of the following countries became the first country to succeeded in extracting natural gas from Frozen methane hydrate?
- (a)
China
- (b)
USA
- (c)
Canada
- (d)
Japan
The National Science Day was observed on February 28th every year.Which of the following statements is/are correct about it.
1. The theme of 2013 national science day was genetically modified crops and food security.
2. The day is observed every year to popularise science and its applications among school and college students.
3. The national science day is observed in honour of nobel laureate and physicist CV Raman's discovery of Raman Effect.
- (a)
1 and 3
- (b)
1 and 2
- (c)
3 Only
- (d)
All of these
Six foreign micro and mini spacecraft's as well as the Indo-French oceanographic study satellite 'SARAL', successfully by ISRO's PSLV-C20 rocket from the spaceport at Sriharikota.
Which of the following statements is/are correct about SARAL?
1. The satellite will assist the researchers in oceanographic studies.
2. The satellite assists the researchers in studying about the climate developments.
3. The satellite will study the sea surface heights and ocean current.
4. The satellite helps in studying of migration of the marine animals, continental ice studies, protection ice studies, protection of bio-diversify and coastal erosion.
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below
- (a)
1, 2 and 3
- (b)
2, 3 and 4
- (c)
1 and 4
- (d)
All of these
The rings of which planet produces their own that falls onto the planet which has a major impact on its atmosphere?
- (a)
Venus
- (b)
Mercury
- (c)
Saturn
- (d)
Mars
Which of the following signed a five-year agreement with a European Energy Trading House, RWE Supply and Trading (RWEST)?
- (a)
TCS
- (b)
Infosys
- (c)
Reliance Infrastructure
- (d)
None of the above
Astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy observatory discovered a cluster of hydrogen clouds between which of the nearby Galaxies?
- (a)
Triangulum-M 33
- (b)
Andromeda-M 31
- (c)
'a' and 'b'
- (d)
None of the above
The new sexually transmitted sex-superbug, which can be much more deadly than AIDS virus. The superbug names?
- (a)
HO41
- (b)
H41O
- (c)
H14O
- (d)
HO14
Consider the following statements regarding 'Solar Impulse'
1. Solar impulse, the plane powered by the Sun
2. The wingspan of the plane is similar to that of airbus-A 340 and its weight it merely 1.6 tonnes
3. Tthe energy was stored was stored in a range of lithium-ion batteries, used to drive the propellers.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
- (a)
1 Only
- (b)
3 Only
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
All of these
The scientist of which of the following country developed a new type of wheat which could increase the productivity by 30%
- (a)
China
- (b)
Japan
- (c)
India
- (d)
Britain
The scientist at ISRO will launch a GSVV-D5 from the spaceport in Sriharikota in July to place a communication satellite GSAT-14 into orbit.Which of the following statement(s) are correct?
1. GSAT-14 is satellite with six extended C b and 6 Ku band transponders
2. The communication satellite GSAT-14 will enhance the communication transponder capacity
3. The GSLV D-5 is fitted with the indigenously developed cryogenic engine.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
- (a)
1 Only
- (b)
2 Only
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
All of these
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Curiosity rover send on Mars?
1. In a first mars rover curiosity penetrated a rock on mars and collected a rock on mars and colluted a sample from its interior.
2. Curiosity lended in a crater named Gale.
3. Curiosity identified sulphur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon elements in the rocks.
4. Two earlier NASA rovers spirit and opportunity also found strong evidence of liquid water on mars surface.
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
1, 2 and 3
- (c)
Only 1
- (d)
All of these
At which of the following places ISRO Navigation Centre (INC) was established?
- (a)
Byalalu
- (b)
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- (c)
Chennai
- (d)
Sriharikota
A group of scientist from which of the following country have succeeded in creating a cloned human embryo using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique?
- (a)
USA
- (b)
Switerland
- (c)
Britain
- (d)
China