- 1. When did Russian Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?
A) 1963 B) 1972 C) 1961 D) 1957
- 2. What was the name of the spacecraft in which Yuri Gagarin made his historic flight?
A) Mir B) Vostok 1 C) Apollo 11 D) Soyuz 11
- 3. What title was given to Yuri Gagarin after his successful spaceflight?
A) American Astronaut B) Russian Cosmonaut C) Hero of the Soviet Union D) Space Explorer
- 4. Where was Yuri Gagarin born?
A) Russia B) France C) Spain D) Italy
- 5. What was the duration of Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight mission from launch to landing?
A) 1 hour and 48 minutes B) 1 week C) 24 hours D) 30 minutes
- 6. Which of the following awards did Yuri Gagarin receive for his spaceflight achievement?
A) Order of Lenin B) Nobel Prize C) Grammy Award D) Pulitzer Prize
- 7. How many orbits of the Earth did Yuri Gagarin complete during his spaceflight?
A) Twenty B) Ten C) One D) Thirty
- 8. Which organization oversaw the training of Yuri Gagarin for his spaceflight mission?
A) NASA B) ISRO C) Soviet Air Force D) European Space Agency
- 9. What was the call sign used by Yuri Gagarin during his spaceflight?
A) Cosmos B) Spaceman C) Vostok D) Kedr
- 10. What was the International excitement and fervor following Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight mission categorized as?
A) Space euphoria B) Yuri frenzy C) Starry mania D) Gagarin fever
- 11. What was the altitude of Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft at its highest point during his spaceflight?
A) 327 kilometers B) 400 kilometers C) 200 kilometers D) 100 kilometers
- 12. Who was the Chief Designer of the Vostok spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin into space?
A) Andrei Tupolev B) Sergei Korolev C) Valentin Glushko D) Wernher von Braun
- 13. The launch site of Yuri Gagarin's Vostok 1 mission was?
A) Cape Canaveral B) Baikonur Cosmodrome C) Kourou Spaceport D) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
- 14. Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight took place during which month of the year?
A) October B) April C) August D) June
- 15. In what year did Yuri Gagarin tragically lose his life in a plane crash?
A) 1977 B) 1974 C) 1971 D) 1968
- 16. Yuri Gagarin's historic spaceflight lasted approximately how many minutes?
A) 108 B) 76 C) 132 D) 169
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