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 HSLV PSLV ASLV

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

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

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 Malhotra Ravi Kumar Ravish Sharma Madhavan Nair

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

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

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