Chandrayaan-3 Mission MCQ Set-3
Q39. When was ISRO established?
A. 1969
B. 1988
C. 1999
D. 2000
Answer –A. 1969
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Q40. What are the key characteristics of ISRO’s history?
A. Disruption, isolation, and competition
B. Resilience, innovation, and collaboration
C. Secrecy, aggression, and exploration
D. Tradition, stagnation, and rigidity
Answer –B. Resilience, innovation, and collaboration
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Q41. What has ISRO’s remote sensing program been providing since 1988?
A. Weather forecasts
B. Earthquake predictions
C. Space travel opportunities
D. Earth Observation data
Answer – D. Earth Observation data
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Q42. What type of data does ISRO’s remote sensing program offer?
A. Audio recordings
B. Satellite images
C. Video streams
D. Radio signals
Answer – B. Satellite images
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Q43. Which satellite’s PAN cameras held the record for the highest-resolution civilian cameras until 1999?
A. IRS-1C
B. IRS-1D
C. DigitalGlobe’s Ikonos
D. ISRO’s Mangalyaan
Answer – A. IRS-1C
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Q44. What satellite launch in 1999 ended ISRO’s record for having the highest-resolution civilian cameras?
A. Chandrayaan-1
B. Mars Orbiter Mission
C. Hubble Space Telescope
D. DigitalGlobe’s Ikonos
Answer – D. DigitalGlobe’s Ikonos
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Q45. How many spacecrafts has ISRO launched that belong to other countries?
A. 124
B. 3
C. 424
D. 1
Answer –C. 424
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Q46. Which celestial bodies have ISRO’s spacecraft been sent to?
A. Sun and Mars
B. Mars and Venus
C. Moon and Mars
D. Moon and Jupiter
Answer –C. Moon and Mars
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Q47. What is the name of ISRO’s reliable launch vehicle?
A. Falcon Heavy
B. Ariane
C. PSLV
D. Atlas V
Answer –C. PSLV
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Q48. What record did ISRO set with its PSLV in 2017?
A. Longest space mission
B. Heaviest payload
C. Highest altitude
D. Deployment of 104 satellites in a single launch
Answer – D. Deployment of 104 satellites in a single launch
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Q49. Which mission broke ISRO’s record for deploying the most satellites in a single launch?
A. Chandrayaan-2
B. Mars Orbiter Mission
C. Falcon Heavy
D. SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission
Answer – D. SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission
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Q50. In what year did ISRO finalize its own navigation system called NavIC?
A. 2000
B. 2010
C. 2018
D. 2020
Answer – C. 2018
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Q51. What is the significance of NavIC for ISRO?
A. It enables interplanetary travel.
B. It helps track asteroids.
C. It positions ISRO among countries with independent navigation systems.
D. It is used for weather forecasting.
Answer – C. It positions ISRO among countries with independent navigation systems.
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Q52. Which other countries or entities have their own navigation systems?
A. U.S., Russia, China, and Japan
B. U.S., Russia, China, the European Union, and partly Japan
C. U.S., Russia, China, India, and Brazil
D. U.S., Russia, China, and India
Answer – B. U.S., Russia, China, the European Union, and partly Japan
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Q53. What prompted the development of NavIC?
A. The need for a more accurate clock for satellite launches.
B. Concerns that foreign-controlled navigation systems might not be accessible in certain situations.
C. Competition among nations to achieve space supremacy.
D. An international agreement to develop a common navigation system
Answer – B. Concerns that foreign-controlled navigation systems might not be accessible in certain situations.
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Q54. What event highlighted the need for a self-reliant navigation system like NavIC?
A. The launch of the International Space Station.
B. The earthquake in Japan.
C. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
D. The U.S. denying India’s request for GPS data in the Kargil region in 1999
Answer – D. The U.S. denying India’s request for GPS data in the Kargil region in 1999.
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Q55. What is the GSLV Mk-III known for?
A. Carrying Chandrayaan-1 to the moon.
B. Being a human-rated spacecraft.
C. Launching heavy payloads.
D. Exploring Mars.
Answer – C. Launching heavy payloads.
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Q56. Which mission followed the success of the GSLV Mk-III launch?
A. Chandrayaan-1
B. Mars Orbiter Mission
C. Chandrayaan-2
D. Artemis 1
Answer – C. Chandrayaan-2
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Q57. How does Chandrayaan-3 build on the success of Chandrayaan-2?
A. By exploring the outer planets.
B. By focusing on Earth observation.
C. By refining ISRO’s capability to handle hefty payloads.
D. By studying the Martian atmosphere
Answer –C. By refining ISRO’s capability to handle hefty payloads.
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Q58. What is ISRO’s budget for the fiscal year 2023-24?
A. $25.4 billion
B. 125,439 million rupees ($1.5 billion)
C. $1.5 billion
D. $75 million
Answer –B. 125,439 million rupees ($1.5 billion)
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Q59. How long did ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) operate in orbit around Mars?
A. 4 years
B. 6 years
C. 8 years
D. 10 years
Answer –C. 8 years
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