QUIZ 697

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan, entered the orbit of the Mars on Wednesday at the end of a 300-day voyage.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) became only the fourth agency—after those of the US, Russia and Europe—to either send a successful probe to Mars or make a landing on it.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. Mangalyaan, the low-cost spacecraft will now stay in the Martian orbit for six months, moving along an elliptical path as it gathers scientific data about the Red Planet.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Mangalyaan, the orbiter is carrying five scientific payloads weighing a total of 15kg, which will observe the Martian surface, atmosphere and exosphere extending up to 80,000km.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. China’s only attempt to reach Mars, in 2011, was a failure.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A