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1 The Luna Programme was a series of unmanned space mission launched by which country?
A Soviet Union
B United States of America
C China
D None of the above

Answer: Soviet Union
2 Which of the following space missions launched in a cooperative effort among the Soviet Union and Austria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Federal Republic of Germany?
A Venus Express
B Venera Mission
C Vega program
D None of the above

Answer: Vega program
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3 Which of the following unmanned spacecraft sent by NASA to study the planet Jupiter and its moon?
A Galileo
B Cassini-Huygens
C Suisei (Planet-A)
D NEAR Shoemaker

Answer: Galileo
4 In On the Revolutions of the Celestial Orb, Nicholas Copernicus (1473–1543) suggested that Earth revolved around the Sun. • Who was the first astronomer to use a telescope?
A Galileo
B Leonardo da Vinci
C Ptolemy
D Hypatia

Answer: Galileo
5 Which of these planets has an atmosphere made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane?
A Venus
B Uranus
C Pluto
D Earth

Answer: Uranus
6 Which of these constellations is not in the zodiac?
A Alpha Centauri
B Capricornus
C Aries
D None of the above

Answer: Alpha Centauri
7 What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?
A sizzle
B syzygy
C suzerainty
D None of the above

Answer: syzygy
8 Which of these objects is the farthest from the Sun?
A Saturn
B Kuiper belt
C 90377 Sedna
D None of the Sabha

Answer: 90377 Sedna
9 Who invented the telescope?
A Hans Lippershey
B Archimedes
C Johannes Kepler
D Galileo

Answer: Hans Lippershey
10 The day on which the Sun’s direct rays cross the celestial equator is called:
A the ecliptic
B the solstice
C the equinox
D None of the above

Answer: the equinox
11 India's satellite launch-pad is located at
A Ahmedabad
B Dehradun
C Shri Hari Kota
D Thumba

Answer: Shri Hari Kota
12 The code name of the first vehicle driven by man on the moon's surface was
A Rover
B Challenger
C Luna 22
D Eagle

Answer: Rover
13 Space Application Centre (SAC) is located at
A Trivandrum
B Mumbai
C Ahmadabad
D None

Answer: Ahmadabad
14 The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite was launched into space on
A 1990
B 1988
C 1984
D None of the above

Answer: 1990
15 Which is the closest galaxy to Earth outside the Milky Way?
A Andromeda
B Antennae
C Sombrero
D NGC 2770

Answer: Andromeda
16 How many light-years across is the Milky Way?
A 100000
B 1000000
C 1000
D 10000

Answer: 100000
17 Which of these is a galaxy?
A Jupiter
B Large Magellanic Cloud
C Pluto
D Ceres

Answer: Large Magellanic Cloud
18 About how many galaxies are there in the universe?
A 25 billion
B 25 gazillion
C 25 million
D 25 quadrillion

Answer: 25 billion
19 In what constellation is Sirius found?
A Andromeda
B Ursa Major
C Ursa Minor
D Canis Major

Answer: Canis Major
20 Which of these American astronomers discovered Pluto in 1930?•
A Clyde Tombaugh
B Edwin Hubble
C Galileo Galilei
D Harlow Shapley

Answer: Clyde Tombaugh

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