1. One of the world's most famous radio telescope facilities advertised for a new name and ideas were solicited in October 2011. The Very Large Array (VLA) is a bank of radio telescopes in the USA. Where it located?
(1) New Mexico
(2) Irving
(3) Spokane
(4) Fremont
2. Which of the following statements regarding Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, which was in news in October 2011, is/are correct?
(a) It is responsible for the Russian space science program and general aerospace research.
(b) It was previously known as the Russian Aviation and Space Agency.
(c) Headquarters of Roscosmos are located in Moscow.
(d) Main Mission Control
space flight operations cen-
ter is located in a nearby
city of Korolev and Cosmo-
nauts Training Centre
(GCTC) is in Star City. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(1) Only a
(2) Both b and c
(3) Only d
(4) All of the above
3. Astronomers, in October 2011, announced to have used the Very Large Telescope (HILT) in Chile to study a fundamental change in the cosmos more than 13 billion years ago. The
scientists studied a series of galaxies through time to determine the pace at which the neutral hydrogen that pervaded the Universe back then was turned into a diffuse gas of
(1) Highly charged particles
(2) Presence of water molecules
(3) Highly condensed quartz particles
(4) All of the above
4. Astrophysicists, in October 2011, announced to have detected 150 supernovas. a record-breaking number in the Subaru Deep Field which is
(1) A full moon sized patch of sky
(2) Includes 12 of the most ancient and distant ones
(3) It was studied by the Tel Aviv University
(4) All of the above
5. Planetary scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, in October 2011, discovered what they claimed is an unusual multiple-planet solar system containing a 'super-Earth and two Neptune-sized planets orbiting in resonance with each other. Which NASA spacecraft was used to discover the multi -planet system?
(1) Voyager (2) Explorer
(3) Kepler (4) Galileo
6. A six ton NASA science satellite crashed to Earth in September 2011, in the Pacific Ocean. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) ended years in orbit with a suicidal plunge into the atmosphere. When was it launched ?
(1) 1989 (2) 1991
(3) 1996 (4) 2001
7. NASA chief Charles Bolden, in September 2011, made the announcement of the design for the Space Launch System (SLS), which the space agen cy touted as the most powerful rocket since which rocket put U.S. astronauts on the Moon?
(1) Saturn V (2) Saturn III (3) Saturn VII (4) Saturn I
8. Indian Space Research Organisation's rocket polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV), on October 12, 2011, scored yet again by launching the MeghaTropiques and three other satellites. Megha-Trbpiques is the weather satellite of
(1) India-France
(2) India-US
(3) India-Russia
(4) India-Singapore •
9. Which of the following satellites is/are correct regarding the satellites launched by the Indian Space Research. Organisation's rocket polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV, in Oc tober 2011?
(a) The PSIN-C18 weighs 230 tonnes and stands 44 metres tall.
(b) The four satellites weighed 1,042.6 kg.
(c) India has become only the
second country to launch
such a mission --- the first
being a US-Japan com-
bined mission in 1997. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(1) Only a
(2) Only b
(3) Only b
(4) All of the above
10. Which of the following is/are correct regarding Jugnu satellite?
(a) It is a nano-satellite dev eloped by engineers at the ITT-Kanpur, under guidance of scientists at ISRO.
(b) It also aims to test GPS system in satellite system and test MEMS (Intertial Measurement Unit) in space.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(1) Only a
(2) Only
(3) Neither a nor b
(4) Both a and b
11. Which of the following statements regarding Indian Space Research Organisation and its rocket polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV‘ is /are correct?
(1) PSLV has launched 53 satellites
(2) PSLV has launched 27 foreign payloads
(3) Megha-Tropiques, with its circular orbit inclined 20 degrees to the equator, will enable climate research and aid scientists seeking to refine prediction models
(4) All of the above
12. Which rocket carried China's first space labofatory, Tiangong-1, was launched from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert on Septembet 29, 2C11?
(1) Long March
(2) Small Step
(3) Long Leap
(4) Middle Kingdom
13. A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket on October 2, 2011, launched a navigation satellite, in the first launch since a freighter carried by the flagship vehicle crashed into Earth in August 2011. What is the name of the satellite?
(l) crt-k:,,, (2) Bukharin
(3) GLOIASS (4) RUSNASS
14. European 3pace Agency (ESA) Scientists in October 2011 announced that Venus has an ozone layer. The thin layer, hundreds of times less dense than the Earth's, was discovered by which European Space Agency spacecraft?
(1) Darwin (2) Hubble
(3) Venus (4) Luna
15. New observations ir. October 2011 confirmed that Eris, the dwarf planet whose discovery got Pluto kicked out of the
planet club, is almost exactly the same size' as Pluto - and May be a hlL 6rnaller. When was Pluto kicked oui. of the planet club?
(1) 2005 (2; 2006
(3) 2008 (4) 2009
16. A new and powerful telescope was reported in October 2011 that it was -being used by NASA astronomers for studying the atmospheres of planets and the formation of stars. However, unlike most of the space agency's telescopes, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flies around mounted on a
(1) Air Force One
(2) Boeing 747 jet
(3) Air Bus 360
(4) U.S. Bomber Jets
17. A Soyuz rocket lifted off on October 21. 2011, on its maiden flight from Europe's space base, carrying the first two satellites in the Galileo geopositioning system from Kourou in French ,Guiana. The launch marked an unprecedented step in space cooperation, being the first by the veteran rocket beyond Russia's historic bases at
(1) Chelyabinsk
(2) Plesetsk and Baikonur
(3) Minsk and Gorki
(4) All of the above
18. The world's highest webcam, the solar-powered camera, was installed at 18,618 feet on, a smaller mountain facing the Everest in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak. What is the name of that mountain?
(1) Kala. Patthar
(2) Shiv Parbat
(3) Dcv Ghar
(4) Darshan Parbat
19. Which of the following institutions come under Indian IiiiUative for uravita-tionalwave Observations (indiG0) which was in news in October 2011?
(1) Inter-University for Astronomy and Astrophysics (1UCAA) and Institute fer Plasma Research (IPR)
(2) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Raman Research
tute (RRI)
(3) Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RR CAT)
(4) All of the above
20. The entire DNA sequence of a woman who lived to -115 was pieced together by scientists. The woman, who was the oldest in the world at the time of, her death, had the mind of someone decades younger and no signs of dementia, said the experts of which country in October 2011?
(1) The Netherlands
- (2) Denmark
(3) South Africa
(4) Ireland
21. The largest virus yet discovered, called Megavirus chilensis was in October 2011 isolated from ocean water pulled up off the coast of
(1) Chile
(2) Mauritius
(3) New Zealand
(4) Ivory Coast
22. The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, announced to have developed two varieties of wheat for making bread in October 2011— one is resistant to the deadly Ug99 disease and another that can help combat malnutrition. The varieties are
(1) UAS-404 and UAS- 428
(2) UAS-304 and UAS- 328
(3) UAS-304 and UAS- 428
(4) UAS-204 and UAS- 328
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