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[Space Tech] Current Affairs Compilation 2012-13 for
SSC CGL, UPSC CSAT
1. Prologue
2. The Basics
1. Basic: What does ISRO do?
2. Basics: ISS
3. Basics: Tiangong and Shenzhou
4. Basics: Atlantis Space shuttle
5. Basics: Soyuz spacecraft
6. Basics: spacewalking
7. Basics: Dragon capsule
8. Basics: Anti-satellite missiles
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3. Space programs: India
1. Indias Launch Vehicles:
PSLV vs GSLV
2. Indias Satellites: IRS vs
INSAT
3. ISROs 100
th
mission
4. Indias own GPS: IRNSS
5. GAGAN
6. Space Vision India 2025
7. Cryogenic Engine
8. Chandrayaan-1
9. Mars Mission
4. Space programs: USA (NASA)
1. USA: MARS related
2. Curiosity
3. Gale Crater
4. Black Beauty
5. NASA: Moon related
6. Ebb and Flow, Sally Ride
7. GRAIL
8. LCROSS
9. MoonKAMs
10. NASA: Misc. Missions
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5. Space Programs: Russia
6. Space Programs: China
1. Beidou
2. HXMT
3. Shenzhous-10
4. Shenzhous-9
7. Space Programs: Other countries
8. Telescopes
1. Ground telescopes
2. Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
3. Solar telescope
4. Space telescopes
5. Herschel
6. HXMT
7. Kepler
8. NuSTAR
9. PIN: Persons in News (Space)
10. Mock Questions
Prologue
Previous I released two Current Affairs compilations (2012-13)
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Now moving to the third article on the series: Space tech.
For competitive exams, the Space tech is further divided into two parts:
Part What? Source
1. Theory
/ static
Basic info on planets, stars, supernova, big
bang theory, blackholes etc.
NCERT science textbooks/ GS
Manual / GK books.
2. Current
affairs
Various space programs, satellites telescopes,
astronauts in news.
Newspaper, magazine, internet.
When it comes to MCQs (space tech):
Both theory and current affairs are important for For SSC CGL (Tier 1), UPSC
CSAT, CDS, NDA, CAPF, State PSC prelims exams.
However, for IBPS, SBI, LIC type exams, they usually dont go into theory. If they
want to ask space related questions, they generally ask it from the current affairs
portion.
When it comes to Descriptive paper (Mains) of UPSC / State PSC
For space tech related questions, only current affairs is important (mostly 2
marker, 5 marker questions.) The theory portion doesnt come into picture, in the
descriptive papers.
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magazines throughout the year, and revise it often.
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bother at all!?
2. Those who prepare too much space tech e.g. On April 18, 2001, at 04.22PM,
GSLV-1 was launched. Its weight was 1540 kg and height was 49m.
Either approach is dangerous. Keep the middle path.
The Basics
before dwelling into ready revision of Space-Tech current affairs, Im going to write
about a few basic concepts.
Please note: following basics are not necessarily technically correct. Theyre just
meant to help you visualize and remember things.
Basic: What does ISRO do?
1. When something is sent to space, it can be Manned (with astronauts) or
Unmanned (without astronauts).
2. The unmanned missions have two things:
Examples
One Launch Vehicle PSLV, GSLV
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One or More Satellite(s) INSAT, RISAT, CARTOSAT.
sometimes, instead of satellites, it can be rovers, space telescopes.
The Launch Vehicle (e.g. PSLV, GSLV) sends the satellite(s) into the space.
After covering a particular distance, the satellite (e.g. INSAT, GISAT) gets
detached from the Launch Vehicle.
Then Satellite opens up its wings like a butterfly from cocoon. Those wings have
solar panels, they provide electricity to the satellite.
Satellite rotates around the earth and sends signals to and fro- thus it helps in
telecommunication, TV signal broadcasting, disaster/weather monitoring, sea
navigation etc.
If we put the satellite @35800 km in the equatorial plane, itll appear fixed from
any point on earth, and well call it a Geostationary satellite.
And the Launch vehicle then returns back to Earth, usually falling in the ocean or
uninhibited land. The scientists collect the launch vehicle and re-use its parts for
next mission.
Basics: ISS
ISS= International space station.
ISS is like a hostel in the space. Astronauts go there, stay for some weeks/ months
do some observation, research, repairwork and come back home.
US, Japan, Russia, Canada and many other countries have invested in this ISS
space station.
But China is not a partner in ISS project. China wants to build its own Space
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station. Thats were Shenzhous-9 and Tiangong-1 come into picture.
Basics: Tiangong and Shenzhou
Tiangong-1= means heavenly palace.
This is Chinas experimental space station. So this is the hostel for Chinese
astronauts in space.
Ok but how will you send Chinese astronauts to this heavenly palace? Ans. Via
Shenzhou spacecraft.
Shenzhou means Divine vessel.
In 2012, China used this divine vessel (Shenzhou 9) to send its first female
astronaut Liu Yang to that Heavenly palace (Tiangong-1)
In 2013, China will send more astronauts to that Heavenly palace (Tiangong-1),
using Shenzhou 10.
Basics: Atlantis Space shuttle
Ok recap again, to send satellites in the space, you need a launch vehicle (e.g.
PSLV, GSLV).
Similarly to send people into space, you need a space craft / rocket e.g. Chinas
Shenzhou. Americas Atlantis and Russias Soyuz also do the same thing.
The Atlantis is a space shuttle of NASA. It looks like an airplane.
Atlantis can be used for launching space telescopes, satellites as well as people in
to the space, as per the mission requirements.
And Atlantis can come back and land on earth like a regular airplane (except that
during the landing, Atlantis will open parachute to reduce its speed).
It had carried 33 missions from 1985 to 2011
Atlantis was retired in 2012.
Columbia is another example of NASAs Space Shuttle. But in 2003, it crashed
during re-entering into Earths atmosphere.
India born female astronaut Kalpana Chawla died in this accident. We named our
Weather satellite after her (KALPANA-1).
Basics: Soyuz spacecraft
Just like China uses divine vessel (Shenzhou) to send people into space,
similarly Russia uses Soyuz to send people into space.
In 2012, three astronauts (including Sunita Williams) were sent to International
space station (ISS) using Soyuz.
Basics: spacewalking
There are two types of missions/probes: Manned and unmanned.
Manned = sending people into space.
But what do people do in the space?
They go to moon, hoist the flag of their nations, E.g. Neil Armstrong.
They spend a few months on the international space station (ISS) or Heavenly
Palace (Tiangong) or similar hostel (space station. E.g. Indias first astronaut
Rakesh Sharma spent 8 days in a Russian space station.
But often the outside body a spacecraft/hostel (space station) requires some
repairing, maintenance or upgrades.
So, when astronaut goes out of the spacecraft, wearing that white suit and ballon
shaped helmet and does some walking/repairing work, that is known as
spacewalk.
Currently Sunita Williams holds the longest spacewalk record for females. (50+
hours). For males, it is Anatoly Solovyev (77+ hours).
By the way, Sunita Williams also holds the record for the longest single spaceflight
by a woman. (195 days).
Basics: Dragon capsule
Ok so far we know there are hostels in the space (e.g. ISS, Tiangong). People
go there, spend a few weeks / months. But if it is a hostel, itd require food and
supplies.
A private company (Space X) has designed the Dragon capsule to deliver the
food and supplies to space stations.
It successfully delivered cargo to ISS space station in 2012.
Basics: Anti-satellite missiles
We have learned the importance of launch vehicles, satellites and space stations.
But if an enemy shoots down our satellites then our banking and sharemarket
system will collapse, Our army, navy and airforce will not be able to attack back
effectively, and more importantly juntaa will not be able to watch IPL matches and
saas-bahu serials or log into facebook and orkut.
Back in 2007, Chinese military used an Anti-Satellite missile to destroy its own
weather satellite. This made Americans (and Indians) very nervous.
But we have Agni-V missile. It has range of 5000kms. If we make some
modifications in it, we can also use it to destroy enemy satellites. So now China is
also nervous.
Basics part is over. now lets get to business: Space Tech related current affairs
(2012-13) for rapid revision. First well look at the space programs of India, US,
Russia, China and other countries. Then well look at telescopes and Persons in News
(Space)
Space programs: India
Carried out by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Chairman=Dr. K. Radhakrishnan. He had replaced G Madhavan Nair. (First
Chairman of ISRO was Vikram Sarabhai.)
HQ Banglore
Satish Dhawan
Space centre
Shriharikota, Andhra. We usually launch satellites from here. (or from
French Guiana in S.America).
Physics research lab Ahmedabad
Antrix Banglore
Indias Launch Vehicles: PSLV vs GSLV
PSLV GSLV
Polar satellite launch vehicle
Geosynchronous satellite launch
vehicle
Can carry upto 1600 kg satellite 2500kg
Used for launching Indian remote sensing satellites (IRS)
such as CARTOSAT, RISAT, OCEANSAT,
RESOURCESAT
For launching Indian National
satellites (INSAT) such as INSAT
2E, 3A., GSAT-2,8,12.
Latest version is PSLV-XL. Can carry upto 1750 kg. It was
used to launch Chandrayaan, RISAT. And in future, itll be
used for Mars mission as well.
Next version is GSLV MK-III, can
carry upto 4000kg
Indias Satellites: IRS vs INSAT
IRS INSAT
Indian remote sensing satellites Indian National satellites (INSAT)
Monitoring natural resources, crops,
minerals, forest cover etc.
Telecom, TV broadcast, DTH, weather forecasting,
telemedicine, tele-education, search and rescue etc.
Launched using PSLV. Using GSLV.
Examples of IRS = CARTOSAT,
RISAT, OCEANSAT, RESOURCESAT
Examples of INSAT= INSAT-2E, 3A,. And GSAT-
2,8,12.
Now lets take a look at the satellites that have been in news recently (or mentioned in
Yearbook)
Aditya-1 For studying Solar Coronas.
Astrosate-1 For astronomy.
CARTOSAT-
3
ISRO is building this remote sensing satellite.
It can take images of earth with resolution of 0.25 meters.
Itll be used for cartography and high resolution mapping.
GISAT
Geo Imaging Satellite.
Itll be positioned 36,000 kms above the earth.
Itll be used for disaster management, border security.
GSAT-10
This is Indias heaviest satellite so far.
It was ISROs 101
st
mission.
It was launched French Guiana.
It also carried second payload of GAGAN. (First payload of GAGAN
was sent via GSAT-8).
GSAT-7
Itll increase Indias telecommunication signals.
Indian Navy will also use it for communication.
INSAT-2E
after serving for 13 years, this satellite completed its mission life in
2012.
INSAT-3D
Weather satellite (meteorology), search and rescue operations.
At present Indias meterological observation is done by two satellites
Kalpana-1 and INSET 3A. This INSAT 3D is more powerful and
advanced.
RISAT-1
RISAT-1 is Indias first radar imaging satellite
It can scan the earth surface during both day and night, even in cloudy
conditions. So it is an all weather satellite.
Use= paddy monitoring and management of natural disaster like flood
and cyclone.
It was launched using PSLV-XL launch vehicle.
SARAL
Indo-French satellite
SARAL= Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa.
It was launched From Sriharikota, Andhra.
Itll be used for marine meteorology, oceanography climate monitoring
etc.
ISROs first mission was to send aryabhatta Satellite into space. But at that time
we did not have our own launch vehicle, so we used a Russian launch vehicle.
Today ISRO has both Satellite + Launch vehicle. And we not only send our own
satellites, we also help other countries send their satellites into space, using our
launch vehicles. (ofcourse after taking cash for providing the Taxi/courier
service.)
For these type of commercial activities, ISRO takes help of Antarix.
Antarix is a Government owned company, it works as the marketing and
commercial arm of ISRO.
ISROs 100
th
mission
ISROs 100
th
mission was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriarikota,
Andhra Pradesh.
Here, ISRO launched two foreign satellites using PSLV launch vehicle. The name
of satellites are:
1. SPOT 6: French satellite
2. Proiteres: Japanese micro satellite
By the way, recall that ISROs 101
st
mission was GSAT 10. And GSAT 10 is the
heaviest satellite ISRO has launched so far. (because 100
th
mission is extremely
clichd and blown out of proportion, so if UPSC wants to apply its Backbreaking
TM
move, itd rather ask about 99
th
or 101
st
mission hahaha).
Indias own GPS: IRNSS
At present only three countries have their own global navigation systems
USA GPS
Russia GLONASS. More discussed in earlier article click me
China Beidou
To deploy a global navigation system, you need to setup lots of satellites hovering
around the world, so they can scan and sent pinpoint location of anywhere to
anywhere.
During the Iraq war, the Americans sent wrong GPS navigation signals to the Iraqi
jets and missiles, therefore Iraqis could not attack Americans forces in accurate
manner.
Moral of the story = Dont rely on other peoples navigation system.
For the short term, We (India) are designing our missiles and fighter jets in such
way that they can use both GPS (American) and GLONASS (Russian) signals for
navigation. (so if we want to attack America or its ally, we can rely on GLONASS
and vice versa.)
But for long term, we will need our own GPS like system. Therefore, ISRO is
developing IRNSS.
IRNSS= Indian regional navigational satellite system.
Now if you connect the dots: we need our own GPS (IRNSS) so we can accurately
attack enemies. And we will need our own Anti-satellite missile, to shoot down
satellites of enemies so their GPS cannot work accurately.
GAGAN
GPS aided geo augmented navigation (gagan)
It is a joint effort by the ISRO and the Airports Authority Of India (AAI).
Its main use is to help Air traffic control and helps pilots fly / land aircrafts in bad
weather.
But as the name suggests GPS aided meaning it is not a separate
independent navigation system. It depends on GPS (American navigation system).
Therefore we need IRNSS.
Space Vision India 2025
This is what ISRO plans to for future:
1. Use satellites for rural connectivity, security and mobile services
2. Increase imaging capability for natural resource management, weather and climate
change studies
3. Get better understanding of solar system and universe
4. explore planets.
5. Develop Heavy lift launcher
6. Develop Reusable Launch Vehicles.
7. Send Humans to space.
Cryogenic Engine
Cryogenic engines work at very low temperature.
ISRO is developing cryogenic engines
1. for GSLV launch vehicles.
2. for Chandrayaan-2 moon mission
earlier ISRO had tried this in 2010 but it was an #EPICFAIL.
Chandrayaan-1
It was Indias first unmanned moon mission.
It found evidence of water on Moon. It also did the surved the topography, craters,
polar regions and environment of Moon.
This happened in 2008 hence too old and too clichd to be asked for MCQs.
ISRO is now working on Chandrayaan-2 joint programme with the Russian Federal
Space Agency, But Russians suffered a setback due to their Phobos grunt
mission.
Mars Mission
India planning a Mars mission similar to Curiosity mission of NASA. (probably in
October/November 2013.)
Mohan made official announcement about this during Independence day speech.
Mars mission will be launched using PSLV-XL.
PSLV-XL is the most powerful version of PSLV launch vehicle. Earlier it was used
for Chandrayaan Mission, RISAT and GSAT-12.
This leads to Essay / group discussion / interview topic that when millions of Indians
are suffering from poverty and malnutrition, whats point of spending crores of rupees
on Moon and Mars mission? But this article is written for MCQs, so lets not dwell into
that for the moment.
Space programs: USA (NASA)
NASA=National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
There is no end to NASA missions either, but from the current affairs point of view,
I would classify them into three: 1) Mars related 2) Moon related 3) Misc.
USA: MARS related
Curiosity
This is Maha clichd topic for MCQs but anyways
Name of the mission is MSL: Mars Science laboratory.
Under this MSL mission, NASA launched Curiosity rover to Mars in 2011.
In 2012, Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars surface.
This mission has following aims
1. Did life ever exist on Mars?
2. Find presence of water, and other life supporting elements.
3. Collect data related to geology, radiation levels etc. for planning next manned
mission to Mars.
Device on
Curiosity
Function
CHEMIN
Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument
It is used for soil analysis on Mars.
CheMin found that minerals on the Red Planet are similar to those found in
volcanic soils in Hawaii
TLS
Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS)
Presence of methane in a planets atmosphere indicates that life may have
existed in the past.
TLS analysed a small sample of Martian air and detected very small amount
of methane.
Gale Crater
Located on Mars planet.
Curiosity rover landed here and found signs that water may have flowed in the
past through this Gale Crater.
Black Beauty
It is a 320 gram space rock from Mars.
Discovered in Moroccos Sahara Desert in 2011
It contains more water than any other Martian meteorite previously found.
could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars.
NASA: Moon related
Ebb and Flow,
Sally Ride
Two NASA spacecraft Ebb and Flow, equipped with
MoonKAMs.
They were orbiting around Moon since 2011 under GRAIL mission.
But they did not have sufficient altitude or fuel to continue science
operations.
Hence NASA team crash-landed them on Moon in Dec 2012.
The place where they crash landed is named after Sally K. Ride,
Americas first woman astronaut.
GRAIL
Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)
To study the gravity field and geological structure of the Moon.
LCROSS
NASAs Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing satellite,
It has detected presence of water locked inside the soil of moon.
MoonKAMs
MoonKAM= Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle School
Students.
The MoonKams captures images of the moons surface and sends
them to the students for study.
NASA: Misc. Missions
Cassini
It found evidence of water on Titan.
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn planet.
Dragon
Space X
Dragon capsule was designed by a private company space X. (and not
by NASA)
It delivered food, supplies and cargo to International space station.
It was launched using Flacon 9 rocket.
Fire Fly
Cubesat
It is a small satellite designed by NASA aimed to capture the details of
the lightening that happens in deep space.
This will help solving the mystery of terrestrial gamma rays, or TGFs.
Kepler
telescope
It is a space observatory of NASA.
It is used for discovering earth like plants.
Mercury
Messenger
Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System.
NASAs MESSENGER spacecraft has reported presence of water-ice
on Mercury.
NuSTAR
NuSTAR (the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)
It is a space-based X-ray telescope.
NASA launched this under Pegasus mission.
NuSTAR telescope will use high power X-rays to locate black holes,
collapsed stars and supernova remnants.
PREDICCS
web-based tool for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment
in near-Earth, lunar and Martian space.
It will provide critical information as preparations are made for potential
future manned missions to the Moon and Mars.
Space Programs: Russia
Luna
Glob
Robotic Lunar Mission in 2015.
Mars500 Joint experiments conducted by EU, Russia, China for sending human missions
on Mars.
Phobos
Grunt
Mars has two moons. Phobos is the largest of them.Russian sent Phobos grunt
mission to study it. But the spacecraft failed and crashed into Pacific ocean.
Rus
Name of the two seater spaceship developed by Russia
Soyuz
rocket
Launched from Kazakhstan, carried three astronauts to International space station
(ISS), including Sunita Williams in 2012.
Space Programs: China
Beidou
Before Beidou, only two countries had Navigation systems: USA= GPS
and Russia= GLONASS.
Beidou is Chinas own version of global navigation system.
Project will be fully operational by 2020.
HXMT
Hard x-ray modulation telescope
Chinas first space telescope.
for studying blackholes. (recall that Americas NuSTAR is also meant for
studying blackholes).
Shenzhous-
10
Chinas next manned space mission.
It will also carry Chinese astronauts to Tiangong-1.
Shenzhous-
9
It means divine Vessel.
Manned space mission of China.
It carried Chinas first woman astronaut Liu Yang to an orbiting module
Tiangong-1.
Tiangong-1 means Heavenly palace- it is Chinas prototype for future
space station similar to ISS.
Yaogan
For crop assessment and disaster management.
Chinasat
It is chinas new military communication satellite.
Space Programs: Other countries
Korea
Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1)
South Korea will launch this satellite and gain entry to an elite global space club
that includes Asian powers China, India and Japan.
Earlier USA did not let S.Korea developed launch vehicles for the fear of arms
race between North and South Korea.
Iran
Pishgam =name of Monkey that was recently sent to space and returned back,
under Iranian space mission. In Farsi, Pishgam = Pioneer.
Telescopes
There are two types of telescopes:
1. Those on the ground (e.g. SKA, Solar telescope in Ladakh) and
2. Those in the space. (Kepler, NuSTAR, HXMT and Herschel.)
^this list is not exhaustive, but these telescopes were in news recently.
Ground telescopes
Square Kilometre
Array (SKA)
worlds largest and most sensitive radio telescope
will be completed in 2024
Will be setup in South Africa and Australia.
Applications: signal transport, signal processing, computing,
software and data archiving
India is actively involved in this project
Solar telescope
Also known as National Large Solar Telescope (NLST)
Will be built in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir by Dept
of Science and Technology.
This will be worlds largest solar telescope.
Can work in both day and night.
Will help in understanding sunspots: process of their creation and
decay.
Sunspots and solar winds pose a threat to the communication
system on earth as well as space satellites.
Space telescopes
Herschel
largest space telescope ever launched (2009)
It is named after Sir William Herschel who had discovered Uranus
planet.
This telescope is in news, because soon its onboard liquid helium
supply will be exhausted and itll stop working.
Helium is required to cool the instruments on Herschele space
telescope.
EU+US
HXMT
Hard x-ray modulation telescope
Chinas first space telescope.
for studying blackholes. (recall that Americas NuSTAR is also
meant for studying blackholes).
China
Kepler
Launched in 2009.
To discover earth like planets.
Kepler was a German astronomer who gave laws to describe the
motion of planets around the Sun.
US
NuSTAR
NuSTAR (the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array)
It is a space-based X-ray telescope.
NASA launched this under Pegasus mission.
NuSTAR telescope will use high power X-rays to locate black holes,
US
collapsed stars and supernova remnants.
PIN: Persons in News (Space)
Liu Yang first Chinese woman astro.
Neil Armstrong Apollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead.
Sally Ride First American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate named after her.
Sunita Williams
Longest space walk (female).Took command of international space station in
Sep 12.
Dr. K.
Radhakrishnan
ISRO Chairman.
Finally two topics:
1. CERN, God particle= http://mrunal.org/2012/08/snt-cern.html
2. Blue Moon= http://mrunal.org/2012/08/snt-blue-moon.html
Ok so these were the notable Space tech related events/ terms happened during Jan
2012 to March 2013. If you feel any important thing was missed, or if there is any
correction, do write it in the comments below.
Mock Questions
1. Which of the following country is not associated with International space station?
1. Canada
2. Russia
3. Japan
4. China
2. Correct Statements
1. Tiangong-1 is the experimental space telescope of China.
2. Shenzhou-9 is the name of Chinese space station
3. Both
4. None
3. Longest spacewalk record for Female Astronauts is held by
1. Kalpana Chawla
2. Sally James
3. Liu Yang
4. Sunita Williams
4. Which of the following is not a telescope?
1. Hubble
2. Kepler
3. NuStar
4. Beidou
5. Incorrect Statement
1. Antrix is a privately owned company of Airtel.
2. Antrix is the commerical and Marketing arm of ISRO
3. Both
4. None
6. Find Incorrect Match
1. French Guiana=in North Africa
2. Satish Dhawan Space centre=Banglore
3. Physics Research lab= Pune
4. All of above
7. Correct Statements about Dragon Capsule
1. It was designed by Nasa
2. It was used for delivering cargo to International space station.
3. Both
4. None
8. Incorrect Statements
1. Indian Remote Sensing satellites are launched using GSLV.
2. Indian National satellites are launched using PSLV.
3. Both
4. None
9. Correct Statements about PSLV-XL
1. It is a launch vehicle, used in Chandrayaan.
2. Itll be used in Indias Mars Mission.
3. Both
4. None
10. Incorrect statements about Indian remote sensing satellites
1. They are used for monitering natural resources.
2. Theyre launched using GSLV.
3. CARTOSAT and RISAT are examples of Remote sensing satellites.
4. None of Above.
11. Incorrect Match
1. Aditya: Solar Coronas
2. Cartosat-3: high resolution mapping
3. GSAT-10: Indias heaviest satellite so far
4. SARAL: Indo-Japanese Tsunami prediction satellite.
12. Correct Match
1. Spot-6: Japan
2. Proiteres: France
3. Beidou: Japan
4. None of above
13. Find the Odd sequence
1. GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS
2. NuSTAR, HXMT, Herschel
3. GAGAN, PISHGAM, SARAL
4. None of Above
14. which of the following country doesnt have its own Global Navigation system?
1. Russia
2. China
3. Japan
4. None of Above
15. which of the following is not the main aim of ISROs Space vision 2025?
1. Develop reusable launch vehicles
2. Develop Indias own space station.
3. Send humans to space
4. Use satellites for rural connectivity, security and mobile services.
16. Name of the mission under which Nasa sent a rover to Mars in 2011?
1. MSL
2. Curiosity
3. Pegasus
4. None of Above
17. Gale Crater is located in
1. Mercury
2. Saturn
3. Mars
4. Moon
18. Black Beauty is a space rock from
1. Moon
2. Mars
3. Saturn
4. Mercury
19. Who/ What is Sally Ride?
1. First female astronaut of USA
2. A Place on Moon where two NASA spacecrafts crash-landed.
3. Both of above
4. None of Above
20. What is the purpose of GRAIL mission?
1. Study the gravity field of Moon
2. Study the gravity field of Mars
3. Study the gravity field of Mercury
4. Study the gravity field of Venus
21. Correct Statement
1. Titan is one of the moon of Mars
2. Phobos is one of the moon of Saturn
3. Both
4. None
22. What is/ are common between NuSTAR and HXMT
1. Both will are space telescopes used for finding black holes.
2. Both are launched by NASA under Pegasus mission.
3. Both A and B
4. Neither A or B
23. Beidou is the
1. Space station of China
2. Mars mission of China
3. Global navigation system of China
4. None of above
24. Worlds Largest radio telescope:
1. Herschel
2. HXMT
3. Hubbles
4. Square Kilometer Array
25. In 2012, Sunita Williams went to ISS using which of the following spacecraft?
1. Atlantis
2. Discovery
3. Soyuz
4. None of Above
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kunal

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Mrunal sir when are you going to give remaining chapters on economic servey?
kk

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There is a small typo, one of the uses of the Kepler telescope is to look out for earth-like planets,
not plants :-)
harish

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dear kk try to encourage them not to discourage them they had tried there level best to
correct ther mistakes and explain the topic in brief if i had given you a topic for publishing
then you would have done more mistakes then Mr Mrunal
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| | 4 mistake

Aarav

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Mrunal Bhai ,
You are doing a great job . Keep it Up !
ARJAN

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SIR ,
THE INFORMATION PUT BY YOU HAS BEEN UTMOST HELPFUL IN ALL SECTIONS FOR
PREPARATION . WILL BE LOOKING FWD FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE AND INFO. THANK YOU
Deeps

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25.c
Any corrections.?.
chetan

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17-c instead of a
ram

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All are correct except 16..answer is a not b.the mission under which curiosity rover send
was MSL.
Ankur

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16 should be A
Sankar

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Hi,
I think ALMA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Large_Millimeter_Array) should find a place.
aditya

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yes..because its the costliest telescope on earth (forgetting the source)
also, Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope (GMRT)- indigenously built by India (TIFR) and
bcoz it discovered that Pulsars emit radiations alternating from X rays to Radio waves.
worked in tandem with with LOFAR telescope in Netherlands..
Deepak

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mrunal sir, waiting for yours remaining economic survey chapter article.sir please do publish article.
Thanks alot in advance
BB+

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Sir ji u are master of representing boring thing in highly intresting manner !!!
And my thanks alot for considering my request for adding Notify me of follow-up comments by email
.Luv u frnd.
Mridula

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Sir
Are these requires for SBI PO as well?
sandip

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Friends i found it is useful for us .
1 st country launched satl. for monitoring greenhouse gaseous JAPAN
Amruth

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thank you buddy really it will help
suyash

Sir,gr8 work.
However,a small query ISROs 101st mission is SARAL(+ 7 other small satellites from Canada,
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Austria, Denmark and the UK)launched @ srihaikota and not GSAT-10 launched @ french guinea
as mentioned by you in this article. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks.

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The one u are talking about was ISROs 103rd Mission.
That is also important mission mainly known as Satellite for Argos + ALtika
GSAT -10 is 101st mission only.
MANOJ

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http://www.ndtv.com/article/cheat-sheet/pslv-india-s-101st-space-mission-successful-
president-pranab-mukherjee-witnesses-launch-335175
Check it out.101st mission is indeed argos+altika
keshav

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there is chinese lunar exploration programme also.
containing 4 phases of programmes
1) orbital programmelaunched change 1 and change 2
2)soft lander programme= change 3 and change 4
3) sample returnchange 5
4) manned lunar programme
uses long march3a/ 5/e, 7 etc space vehicles to launch
chetan

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chetan

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17-c instead of a
harsh

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mrunal something on FSLRC plz..
karan

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mrunal sir eagerly w8in for your eco. survey articles
sheetal

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Aakash

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Another news item appeared recently (Mar29):
successful ignition of GSLV-D5 cryogenic engine in HAT(High Altitude Test) facility in Mahendragiri.
Will be used to launch Gsat-14 in July.
Also, GSLV will be used for Chandraayan-2 mission. India plans to go for it alone after the Russian
Phobos Grunt failure.
Mrunal

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I appreciate your input Aakash.
itishri.kumbhar

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Thanks..
Nitesh

Thanks sir.
I would like to mention to all, that besides this,ISRO also launched Virtual global software(3D satellite
tool) application-BHUVAN like Google Earth.
-launched in 2009,is beta version.
-able to display pictures from a perceived altitude of 10 metres.
-requires bhuvan plugin download from its portal.
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-works well only with locations in india.
-ISRO has used data provided by satellites including Resourcesat-1, Cartosat-1 and Cartosat-2 to
get the best possible imagery of India.
NIKITA

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plz sir, also provide some material for punjab subordinate court exam for clerk, as soon as possible.
bcz this is on 12 MAY.
Neeraj kumar

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Vikas Tomar

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Answer Keys
D D D D A
D B C C B
D D C C B
A C B C A
D A C D C
Thanx Bro.!
AVINISH
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THANK U SIR
kumari rajni

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D D D D A D B C C B D D C C B A C B C A D A C D C
Subbu

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I love how mrunal writes epicfail in caps always brings smile to my face
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thanx mrunal!!!
pancham

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hi MRUNAL,
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KARU KI TIMESPRO ME SE KARU, THANX
mayank

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sir u r awesome..
vijay

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great work sir..
harish

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on 19th ao august isro is launching a satelite with the help of gslv
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