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