Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) on Space Exploration
1-The following is not NASA space shuttle.
(A) Discovery
(B) Endeavour
(C) Challenger
(D) Fortuner
2-The first flight of the space shuttle program by NASA was launched in
(A) 1979
(B) 1980
(C) 1981
(D) 1982
3-First human to travel into space
(A) Alan Shepard
(B) Neil Armstrong
(C) Yuri Gagarin
(D) Vladimir Komarov
4-The observation of objects in space, known as
(A) Astronomy
(B) Telescopy
(C) Space exploration
(D) Meterology
5-The first human-made object to orbit
(A) Apollo 1
(B) Sputnik 1
(C) Salyut 1
(D) None of the above
6-First moon landing mission was launched by
(A) USA
(B) USSR
(C) China
(D) France
7-First space station
(A) Apollo 1
(B) Sputnik 1
(C) Salyut 1
(D) None of the above
8-First moon landing mission
(A) Apollo 11
(B) Sputnik 1
(C) Salyut 1
(D) None of the above
9-First spacewalk by living being
(A) Yuri Gagarin
(B) Aleksei Leonov
(C) Neil Armstrong
(D) None of the above
10-The first animal sent in orbit
(A) Dog
(B) Cat
(C) Sheep
(D) Goat
11-The first successful human spaceflight was
(A) Sputnik 1
(B) Sputnik 2
(C) Apollo 1
(D) Vostok 1
12-The first US person launched into space
(A) Alan Shepard
(B) Neil Armstrong
(C) John Glenn
(D) None of the above
13-First woman in space
(A) Valentina Tereshkova
(B) Svetlana Savitskaya
(C) Yelena Serova
(D) Sally Ride
14-First artificial satellite of the moon
(A) Luna 2
(B) Luna 8
(C) Luna 9
(D) Luna 10
15-The first satellite of United States
(A) Explorer 1
(B) Viking 1
(C) Voyager 1
(D) Mariner 1
ANSWERS:
1-(D), 2-(C), 3-(C), 4-(A), 5-(B), 6-(A), 7-(C), 8-(A), 9-(B), 10-(A), 11-(D), 12-(A), 13-(A), 14-(D), 15-(A)