Quiz on Indian space

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India's first lunar probe Chandrayaan-1 in

• 22 March, 2008

• 22 August, 2008

• 22 November, 2008

• 22 October, 2008

Mention the goals of Chandrayaan-1 mission?

• Help in determining the nature of the lunar crust.

• To identify different geological units by chemical mapping.

• To make a 3-D atlas of near and far side of the moon.

• All of the above

The Indigenous mission Chandrayaan-2 comprises:

• Lander

• Rover

• Orbiter

• All of the above

Who is the chairman of ISRO?

• A.S. Kiran Kumar

• Shailesh Nayak

• Kailasavadivoo Sivan

• K. Radhakrishnan

Who was the Project Director of the Chandrayaan-1 mission?

• Unniskrishnan Nair

• R Hutton

• M Annadurai

• None of the above

When ISRO was established?

• 15 August 1969

• 15 August 1959

• 15 August 1979

• 15 August 1989

Name the place from where Chandrayaan-1 was launched?

• Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

• ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangaluru

• Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota

• Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

How many scientific instruments onboard the Chandrayaan-1?

• 12

• 11

• 9

• 8

Who is the first chairman of ISRO?

• B.N Suresh

• M. Annadurai

• Vikram Sarabhai

• None of These

What is the name of first satellite built by India?

• Kalpana-1

• Aryabhata

• Bhaskara

• Sputnik