- 1. Astronautics is the branch of aerospace engineering that deals with the design, construction, and operation of spacecraft and related technology. It encompasses various aspects such as space exploration, satellite communication, spacecraft propulsion systems, and space travel. Astronautics plays a crucial role in advancing our understanding of the universe, enabling human presence in space, and facilitating scientific research and technological development beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is the first country to send a human into space?
A) Soviet Union
B) United States
C) China
D) India
- 2. Which NASA space telescope was launched in 1990 and provided stunning images of the cosmos?
A) Chandra X-ray Observatory
B) Spitzer Space Telescope
C) James Webb Space Telescope
D) Hubble Space Telescope
- 3. Which is the brightest planet in the night sky?
A) Mars
B) Saturn
C) Jupiter
D) Venus
- 4. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
A) Jupiter
B) Uranus
C) Saturn
D) Neptune
- 5. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Earth
D) Mercury
- 6. What are the two main components of a rocket engine?
A) Fuel and oxidizer
B) Gimbal and nozzle
C) Wings and tail
D) Payload and fairing
- 7. Who was the first woman to travel to space?
A) Sally Ride
B) Kathryn D. Sullivan
C) Valentina Tereshkova
D) Yuri Gagarin
- 8. What does NASA stand for?
A) New Astronomical Space Authority
B) North American Space Agency
C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
D) National Aerospace Science Association
- 9. Which space agency successfully landed a rover named Perseverance on Mars in 2021?
A) ESA
B) ISRO
C) NASA
D) CNSA
- 10. Which Apollo mission was the first to land astronauts on the moon?
A) Apollo 8
B) Apollo 11
C) Apollo 13
D) Apollo 15
- 11. What is the term for the act of returning a spacecraft safely to Earth?
A) Docking
B) Reentry
C) Launch
D) Orbiting
- 12. What is the name of the spacecraft that carried the first humans to the moon?
A) Mercury
B) Apollo
C) SpaceX Crew Dragon
D) Gemini
- 13. Which planet is known as the 'Red Planet'?
A) Uranus
B) Neptune
C) Mars
D) Mercury
- 14. Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) John Glenn
C) Buzz Aldrin
D) Yuri Gagarin
- 15. What is the first artificial satellite launched into space?
A) Explorer 1
B) Sputnik 1
C) Telstar 1
D) Vanguard 1
- 16. What is the name of the famous rocket that took humans to the moon during the Apollo program?
A) Saturn V
B) Delta IV
C) Space Launch System
D) Falcon Heavy
- 17. What is the term for the point in space where the gravitational pull is equal in all directions?
A) Van Allen belt
B) Hill sphere
C) Lagrange point
D) Barycenter
- 18. What is the name of the first space shuttle to reach orbit in 1981?
A) Endeavour
B) Columbia
C) Atlantis
D) Challenger
- 19. What is the term for the area around a planet that it dominates gravitationally?
A) Roche limit
B) Suborbital zone
C) Sphere of influence
D) Tropic of Cancer
- 20. What is the name of the first human to travel into space?
A) Buzz Aldrin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Alan Shepard
D) Yuri Gagarin
- 21. What is the term for the minimum velocity needed for an object to break free from Earth's gravitational pull?
A) Circular velocity
B) Terminal velocity
C) Escape velocity
D) Initial velocity
- 22. Who was the first American woman in space?
A) Sally Ride
B) Valentina Tereshkova
C) Christa McAuliffe
D) Mae Jemison
- 23. What type of spacecraft was the Apollo Lunar Module?
A) Lunar lander
B) Space shuttle
C) Rover
D) Orbital module
- 24. What is the name of the International Space Station's robotic arm used for capturing and docking spacecraft?
A) Robonaut
B) Sokol
C) Canadarm2
D) Dextre
- 25. How many astronauts have walked on the moon as of now?
A) 6
B) 12
C) 10
D) 8
- 26. What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched by India in 1975?
A) INSAT-1A
B) Chandrayaan-1
C) Aryabhata
D) Mangalyaan
- 27. What is the name of the first privately-funded spacecraft to reach the International Space Station?
A) Dragon
B) Starship
C) Falcon Heavy
D) Cygnus
- 28. In astronautics, what does the acronym LEO stand for?
A) Lunar Escape Orbit
B) Low Emission Observatory
C) Lunar Exploration Outpost
D) Low Earth Orbit
- 29. What was the name of the first space station launched into orbit by the United States in 1973?
A) Salyut
B) Mir
C) Skylab
D) Tiagong
- 30. What is the term for the imaginary line around which an object rotates?
A) Axis
B) Equator
C) Orbit
D) Meridian
- 31. What is the name for the area in space where Earth's magnetic field influences charged particles?
A) Ionosphere
B) Exosphere
C) Magnetosphere
D) Thermosphere
- 32. Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
A) Scott Carpenter
B) John Glenn
C) Gus Grissom
D) Alan Shepard
- 33. What is the term for the region beyond Earth's atmosphere where the influence of Earth's gravity is still felt but is significantly weaker?
A) Stratosphere
B) Exosphere
C) Thermosphere
D) Ionosphere
- 34. What is the term for the point in an object's orbit where it is farthest from the body it is orbiting?
A) Apoapsis
B) Periapsis
C) Nadir
D) Zenith
- 35. What is the term for the first stage of a rocket that provides the initial thrust at liftoff?
A) Booster
B) Sustainer
C) Payload
D) Fairing
- 36. What is the term for the region of space around a planet where small bodies of ice and dust orbit?
A) Heliopause
B) Oort Cloud
C) Kuiper Belt
D) Asteroid Belt
- 37. Which astronomer formulated the laws of planetary motion that describe how planets move around the Sun?
A) Galileo Galilei
B) Nicolaus Copernicus
C) Isaac Newton
D) Johannes Kepler
- 38. In which year did the first successful satellite, Sputnik 1, launch into space?
A) 1986
B) 1957
C) 2001
D) 1969
- 39. What is the term for the point in an orbit around the Earth that is furthest from the Earth?
A) Perigee
B) Zenith
C) Apogee
D) Nadir
- 40. What is the process of changing an object's orbit or trajectory called?
A) Reentry
B) Orbital Maneuver
C) Spacewalk
D) Docking
- 41. What causes the blue color of the sky during the day when viewed from the Earth's surface?
A) Cherenkov radiation
B) Atmospheric refraction
C) Light diffraction
D) Rayleigh scattering
- 42. What is the study of the application of the laws of physics in the analysis and interpretation of astronomical observations?
A) Astrogeology
B) Astrophysics
C) Astrometry
D) Astrobiology
- 43. What is the largest moon of Jupiter known for its subsurface ocean that may harbor life?
A) Io
B) Ganymede
C) Callisto
D) Europa
- 44. What is the process of two spacecraft joining together in space called?
A) Orbiting
B) Rendezvous
C) Landing
D) Docking
- 45. What is the term for the point in an orbit around the Earth that is closest to the Earth?
A) Zenith
B) Nadir
C) Apogee
D) Perigee
- 46. Which agency is responsible for launching spacecraft for the European Union?
A) ISRO
B) ESA
C) CNSA
D) NASA
- 47. Who was the first human to walk in space?
A) Valery Bykovsky
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Sally Ride
D) Alexei Leonov
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