Space and Engineering Quiz

ROUND 1 : IGNITION ROUND
(Select both options)

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• 7 Questions of 5 marks each

Which planet has the largest number of confirmed moons?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

The first Indian satellite was:

• Aryabhata

• Bhaskara

• INSAT-1A

• Rohini

Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System (surface temp)?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

The International Space Station orbits at about:

• 200 km

• 400 km

• 800 km

• 35,786 km

The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, is located on:

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

Which of these is NOT a dwarf planet?

• Ceres

• Haumea

• Titan

• Pluto

Who was the first woman in space?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sally Ride

• Kalpana Chawla

• Peggy Whitson

ROUND 2 : ORBIT ROUND
(Select both options)

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• 8 Questions of 10 marks each

Which Newton's law explains rocket propulsion?

• First

• Second

• Third

• None