India in Space

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who is said to be the "Father of the Indian Space Program"? Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Prof Satish Dhawan Dr. K Kasturirangan Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai

2. Which of these is not a launch vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)? GSLV ASLV PSLV HSLV

3. IRS series satellites are used for? Forestry Communication Remote Sensing Astronomy

4. Which is India's first artificial satellite? Aryabhata Rohini INSAT Bhaskara

5. Who was the Chairman of ISRO (2003)? Prof Satish Dhawan Dr. K Kasturirangan Prof U R Rao Prof Yash Pal

6. TES (Technology Experimental Satellite) is India's first Defence satellite? True False

7. Who was the backup crew for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space? Ravish Sharma Madhavan Nair Ravi Kumar Ravish Malhotra

8. On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space? Salyut 7 Soyuz-T Apollo 11 Progess 1

9. METSAT the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO is a? Polar Orbit Satellite Deep Space Probe Low Earth Orbit Satellite Geosynchronous Satellite

10. The experimental satellite SROSS abbreviation means? Subcontracted Rohini Satellite Series Subsystem Rohini Satellite Series Stretched Rohini Satellite Series Super Rohini Satellite Series