CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge India: Science And Technology Quiz 11 - MCQExams.com

Consider the following statements:
India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-II will carry seven indigenous payloads.
The Rs. $$425$$ crore mission is scheduled to be launched in $$2013$$.
Chandrayaan-2, with a lift-off weight of $$2650$$ kg will be launched by GSLV from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
ISRO's Physical Research Laboratory is in Ahmedabad.
Which of the above statements are correct?
  • 1 and 4
  • 2 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • All of the above
Consider the following statements regarding Thirty Meters Telescope (TMT).
The proposal to join the TMT Project was initiated by three Indian institutes engaged in astronomy. The IUCAA, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (HA), Bengaluru, and the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences(ARIOS).
TMT is scheduled to begin operations in 2018.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements:
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation.
Planck is a space observatory of the European Space Agency.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Consider the following statements:
Map My India is a company from New Delhi, India, specialising in GPS navigation, online maps.
The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is also known as SHAR centre.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Which of the following is not a fact about Voyager?
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a space probe launched by NASA.
The spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network.
It is the farthest man-made object from Earth.
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Only 3
  • None of these
Consider the following statements:
Hayabusa, an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA).
It landed on the Itokawa asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
India has joined the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project, the next generation astronomical observatory that will be located in ________.
  • Hawaii (USA)
  • Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
  • Managua (Nicaragua)
  • Havana (Cuba)
Consider the following statements:
Mars-$$500$$ is a psychosocial experiment conducted by USA, Europe and India.
The idea is to exactly mimic the time scale of a Mars mission.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Consider the following statements:
IKAROS is a solar sail which gathers sunlight as propulsion by means of a large sail.
Flyable without fuel, IKAROS takes energy more than saving, as it requires no energy.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Consider the following statements:
Geostationary satellite is placed in an orbit about 3600 km over the equator and it revolves in the same direction of the Earth.
But it can't remain permanently in some area of the sky.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements:
The MESSENGER is Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging.
This is the first spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Which scientist is considered as the Father of Indian Space Programme?
  • Vikram Sarabhai
  • Homi Bhabha
  • MS Swaminathan
  • APJ Abdul Kalam
Consider the following statements:
Indian Remote Sensing satellite system are state of the art satellites.
It is the largest civilian remote sensing satellite constellation in the world.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
In which of the following activities are Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites used?
Assessment of crop productivity
Locating groundwater resources
Mineral exploration
Telecommunications
Traffic studies
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$4$$ and $$5$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$1,2,3, 4$$ and $$5$$
Consider the following statements:
The Indian National Satellite was established in $$1983$$.
The INSAT system use transponder TDMA technology, Ku-band, C-band technology.
GSLV is for launching $$2000$$ kg class of communication satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
CARTOSAT is the only satellite in the world for mapping and creating atlas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • $$1,2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • $$2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • Only $$3$$
Consider the following statements with reference to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre:
It is the largest ISRO centre which provides technology and it is the leading centre for GSLV.
It also supports Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) programme.
It is at Thiruvananthapuram.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • Only 3
IRS series satellites are used for _________.
  • communication
  • astronomy
  • remote
  • sensing
The first satellite launched by India was called ____________.
  • Aryabhatta
  • Bhaskara I
  • Bhaskara II
  • Rohini
TNM staging is used to detect _________.
  • AIDS
  • Tuberculosis
  • Cancer
  • Malnutrition
Which of the following countries have sent human to space from their own launching technology?
Russia     USA     China     India
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 3
METSAT, the first exclusive meteorological satellite built by ISRO is a _____________.
  • geosynchronous satellite
  • polar orbit satellite
  • low earth orbit satellite
  • deep space probe
The first Indian satellite Aryabhatt, was launched in the year ________.
  • $$1972$$
  • $$1975$$
  • $$1976$$
  • $$1973$$
Astronomers at the National Radio Astronomy observatory discovered cluster of hydrogen clouds between which of the nearby galaxies?
  • Triangulum-M 33
  • Andromeda-M 31
  • Both A and B
  • None of the above
The National Science Day was observed on February 28th every year. Which of the following statements is/are correct about it?
The theme of 2013 National Science Day was genetically modified crops and food security.
The day is observed every year to popularise science and its applications among school and college students.
The National Science Day is observed in honour of Nobel laureate and physicist CV Raman's discovery of Raman Effect.
  • 1 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • Only 3
  • All of these
Consider the following statements:
Curiosity Rover is a robotic, car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars.
Curiosity Rover was launched aboard the Atlas V rocket of NASA.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • Only $$1$$
  • Only $$2$$
  • Both $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Neither $$1$$ nor $$2$$
Which one of the following instruments is associated with the NASA's Mars rover Curiosity?
  • Mast Camera
  • Chemistry and Camera Complex
  • Hazard avoidance cameras
  • All of the above
An Indian scientist and his colleague from Taiwan discovered a blue super giant star located in the constellation of which of the following?
  • Virgo
  • Leo
  • Capricorn
  • Aquarius
Six foreign micro and mini spacecrafts as well as the Indo-French oceanographic study satellite SARAL' were launched successfully by ISROs PSLV-C20 rocket from the spaceport at SriharikotaWhich of the following statements is/are correct about SARAL?
The satellite will assist the researchers in oceanographic studies.
The satellite assist the researchers in studying about the climate developments'.
The satellite will study the sea surface heights and ocean current.
The satellite helps in studying of migration of the marine animals, continental ice studies, protection ice studies, protection of bio-diversify and coastal erosion.
Choose the correct answer using the following options.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 2,3 and 4
  • 1 and 4
  • All of these
Consider the following statements regarding Carbon Aerogel.
Zhejiang University of China, the team of scientists, produced an ultra-light substance known as Carbon Aerogel.
The Carbon Aerogel has the density of 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimetres.
The Carbon Aerogel is made of graphite as well as the carbon nanotubes which can absorb around 900 times its own body weight.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
  • 1 Only
  • 2 Only
  • 3 Only
  • All of these
India has become the world's first country to launch a smartphone into space loaded with a number of experimental apps. Strand-I spacecraft was sent into orbit from Sriharikota in India to test the capabilities of many standard smartphone components for a space environment. The spacecraft was built by which of the following countries? 
  • India
  • Britain
  • European Space Agency
  • NASA
The largest ground based telescope on Earth set to probe the most distance reaches of the universe was inaugurated at Atacama desert in which of the following countries?
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • UAE
  • Chile
Which of the following space agencies gave a green signal to Biomass, the satellite that can weigh the forests of the Earth?
  • European Space Agency
  • NASA
  • ISRO
  • None of the above
Which of the following statement is/are correct about Curiosity rover sent on Mars? 
In a first, Mars rover Curiosity penetrated a rock on Mars and collected a rock on Mars and collected a sample from its interior.
Curiosity landed in a crater named Gale.
Curiosity identified sulphur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon elements in the rocks.
Two earlier NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity also found strong evidence of liquid water on Mars surface.
  • 1 and 2
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • Only 1
  • All of these
Which of the following country/countries successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars orbit by maiden attempt?
  • The USA
  • The USA and Russia
  • India
  • China
China has launched Gaofen-1 satellite into space. The main purpose of this satellite is ________.
  • Earth observation
  • Satellite communication
  • Solar study
  • Ocean study
Which of the following Indian space scientist was first to be added in Satellite Hall of Fame?
  • Vijay Kumar Saraswat
  • AE Muthun Ayagam
  • UR Rao
  • R Radha Krishnan
Consider the following statements.
SARAL is a joint project of India and France.
SARAL and six other satellite launch through PSLV-C20.
SARAL will be used to study the ocean currents and sea surface heights.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
Spacecraft : Purpose
Cassini Huygens : Orbiting the Venus and transmitting data to the Earth.
Messenger : Mapping and investigating the Mercury.
Voyager 1 and 2 : Exploring the outer solar system.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • 1, 2 and 3
Jiuquan Satellite Centre is situated in which country? 
  • China
  • Japan
  • S. Korea
  • Russia
In which year was the Indian Space Research Organisation founded?
  • $$1967$$
  • $$1969$$
  • $$1970$$
  • $$1974$$
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully landed a spacecraft on a speeding comet that lies 310 million miles away from Earth. As a result, the scientists may find out _______.
  • the age of sun
  • the age of the universe
  • new fundamental atomic particle
  • the role of the comets in bringing organic matter and water to Earth
Zidovudine and Nevirapine drugs are used for the treatment of ___________.
  • Leukemia
  • Tuberculosis
  • AIDS
  • Syphilis
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is due to which of the following?
  • Deficiency of proteins and fats in infants
  • Passive smoking
  • Trans fat
  • All of the above.
Consider the following statements.
BrahMos is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.
It is the world's fastest cruise missile in operation.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • None of these
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre(VSSC) is at _______.
  • Thiruvananthapuram
  • Mumbai
  • Hyderabad
  • Bengaluru
Which of the following statements given below is/are correct?
PARAM Yuva-II is a supercomputer, which was made by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
Anupam is a series of supercomputers designed and developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
SAGA is a supercomputer built by NASA.
  • 1 and 3
  • 1,2 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • 2,and 3
Consider the following statements:
'Synchrotron', a high energy electron-accelerator.
Indian Institute of Science is going to install the 'Synchrotron' in its campus. 
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements:
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) based in New Delhi has developed 'Oilzapper' technology for treating the oil leak that happened from MSC Chitra.
The process of using oil zapper technology is called bio-remediation.
Another method is chemical method where emulsifiers are sprayed over the slick.
Other method is creating makeshift bioremediation tanks near the affected area. In this method, the contaminated sand has to be physically scooped out and shifted to the tanks.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • 3 and 4
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
Vision 2020 the Right to Sight initiative sets the target for diseases:
Cataract
Refractive errors
Childhood blindness
Glaucoma
SARS.
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • All of the above.
  • 2, 3, 4 and 5
Which of the following is not an UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle)?
Golden Hawk
Hale
Lakshya
Nishant
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • None of these
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