Dec 23, 2012

Postal / Sorting Assistant Exam GK about Space


Q1 Which  is  the  biggest planet

Jupiter 
Q2    Who  found Pluto’s   moon

  Jim Christy  from USA   in 1978  
Q3   The minor planets  are called as ----------------

Asteroids 
Q4    What is  the  full  form  of  INSAT  

Indian National  Satellite  
Q5  name the  first  ever  robot spacecraft  to  probe  planet Venus  

Magellan 
Q6   when did the first liquid –fuel rocket fly

 In 1926  
Q7  Who  was the  first man  in space 

Yuri  Gagarin 
Q8  Who  first  drove on the moon 

David  Scott and  James  Irwin   (They  drove  the battery  powered  buggy ) 
Q9  Who  first   set foot  on  the  moon  

Neil  Armstrong  in  1969
Q10 Which  was the  first  space  station 

The  first  manned  space  station was  Salyut  1  launched  in 1971
Q11   Which  was  the  first  satellite  in  space  

Sputnik  1  was  the first  satellite  to orbit  the Earth  
Q12   What  are  stars made  of  

Stars are mostly  made of  two  gases   Hydrogen and  helium 
Q13   who  made  the  first  telescope  

Hans  Lippershey   made  the  first  telescope  in  1608
Q14  Who  said  the planets go  round the  Sun  ?

Nicolaus  Copernicus 
 Q15  Who  made  the  first  radio  telescope 

Grote  Reber made  the  first  radio  telescope   in  1930
Q16  ------------  is  one  of the   basic  forces  in  the  universe  

Gravity  
Q17 ` When did Indian  space   research  begin 

1961
Q18  What  is meant  by  ISRO  

Indian  Space  Research  Organisation 
Q19  Name   India’s  first  satellite  

Aryabhatta 
Q20  Neil  Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin launched in 1969  ib  which  part  of  the  moon  

 Sea  of  Tranquillity 
Q21 Which  planet   is  known  as  the  red planet 

Mars 
Q22 At what  speed  does  the  moon  circle  the earth?

3680 KM  per hour  
Q23 Name the  planet  that  has  only  one  satellite  

Earth  
Q24  which  planet  takes  almost  30  earth  years to  orbit  the  sun  

Saturn 
Q25  when  did  Luna -9  land  on  the  moon 

1966
Q26   Name the  planet  which  has  the  largest  number  of  satellites  

Jupiter  





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