Sec-1_Unit-3(1)

Question 1

Gagnyaan (launch vehicle, #country humans to space)

Answer 1

GSLV Mk III
4th country to send humans to space

Question 2

NISAR technology

Answer 2

Dual frequency SAR operating at L & S band frequencies

Question 3

NISAR obj

Answer 3

Monitor and map earth’s land and ice surfaces

Question 4

Chandrayaan-3

Presence of sulfar in lunar soil

Answer 4

LIBS instrument

Question 5

Chandrayaan-3

Seismic activity on moon

Answer 5

ILSA

Question 6

Chandrayaan-3

S pole of moon known for

Answer 6

water ice deposits

Question 7

Chandrayaan-3

Gender equality

Answer 7

Kalpana Kalahasti headed Radio frequency systems

Question 8

Chandrayaan-3

Moon’s thermal properties studies by

Answer 8

ChaSTE payload

Question 9

Chandrayaan-3

Found evidence of which hypothesis

Answer 9

Lunar Magma Ocean(LMO) hypothesis

Question 10

Chandrayaan-3

Cost of project

Answer 10

$75 million(less than half the cost of Interstellar movie)

Question 11

Aditya L-1

Launch vehicle

Answer 11

PSLV C57

Question 12

Aditya L-1

Imp payloads(3)

Answer 12

AVM
ASPEX(to study solar wind particles)
VELC(for imaging solar corona)
Magnetometer(to measure mag field @ L1)

Question 13

Aditya L-1

Sun interior(3), atmosphere(3)

Answer 13

Core, radiative zone, convection zone
Photosphere, chromosphere, corona

Question 14

Aditya L-1

Help develop predictive models to mitigate risk of

Answer 14

CMEs and solar flares

Question 15

In 2017 launch vehicle launching record no. of satellites

Answer 15

PSLV-C37
104 satellites

Question 16

IRS

Agri
Water resource mgmt
DM
Tropical studies
Ocean studies
Cartography

Answer 16

ResourceSat
NRSC
RISAT-2
Megha Tropiques
OceanSat
Cartosat-1

Question 17

INSAT

Education
DM

Answer 17

EDUSAT
Insat-3D

Question 18

EDUSAT

2 frequencies

Answer 18

Ku-band(regional coverage)
C-band(national coverage)