3 october 2020 Current Affairs

1. THE LETTERS IN THE ACRONYM “INSIGHT” STAND FOR?

1)

 Intelligent Night Seeking in the Greatest cHronological Terraces

3)

 Inner Seated Internal Geological Heat Tiles

3)

 Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy & Heat Transport

4)

 Idle negated Standing Igneous Geo tHermal Timing

2. WHAT UNIQUE MECHANISM WAS USED TO LAND THE CURIOSITY ROVER ON MARS?

1)

 Rocket landing

2)

 Parachute and sky crane

3)

 Airbag dropped on the surface

4)

 Capsule using reverse thrusters1

3. THE MARS POLAR LANDER/DEEP SPACE 2 MISSION WAS LOST UPON ITS ARRIVAL AT MARS. HAD IT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THE SPACECRAFT WOULD HAVE LANDED NEAR THE EDGE OF THE SOUTHERN POLAR CAP TO DIG FOR ________ WITH A ROBOTIC ARM.

1)

 Granite

2)

 Diamonds

3)

 Fossils

4)

 Water Ice

4. IN JANUARY, 2004, THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVER MISSION LANDED TWO ROVERS ON THE SURFACE OF MARS TO OBSERVE THE ATMOSPHERE AND CONDUCT FIELD GEOLOGY. THE NAMES OF THE TWO ROVERS WERE?

1)

 Spirit and Opportunity

2)

 Freedom and Curiosity

3)

 Delta and Gamma

4)

 Tom and Jerry

5. THE MAVEN (MARS ATMOSPHERIC AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION) SPACECRAFT IS THE FIRST TO EVER MAKE DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF THE ________ ?

1)

 Microbes on the surface

2)

 Martian atmosphere

3) 

 Water ice

4)

 Fault lines

6. THE LONGEST-LASTING SPACECRAFT AT MARS IS THE ODYSSEY MISSION, LAUNCHED IN 2001. IS THE ORBITER’S EXTENDED OPERATIONS STILL CONTINUING TO TAKE PLACE IN 2020?

1)

 Yes

2)

 No

7. THE MOST POWERFUL CAMERA SENT ON A PLANETARY MISSION, FLEW ON WHICH MISSION?

1)

 Curiosity

2)

 InSight

3)

 Polar Lander

4)

 Reconnaissance Orbiter

8. THE FIRST U.S. MISSION TO LAND A SPACECRAFT ON MARS AND RETURN IMAGES OF THE PLANET’S SURFACE WAS ________ .

1)

 Mariner Project

2)

 Viking Project

3)

 X-Files Project

4)

 Pathfinder Project

9. NASA’S JPL DESIGNED AND BUILT HOW MANY MARINER SPACECRAFT TO EXPLORE THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM, BETWEEN 1962 AND 1973?

1)

 32)            7

3)

 10

4)

 13

10. THIS “SELFIE” WAS TAKEN BY WHICH ROVER AT THE HUTTON DRILL SITE ON MARS?

1)

 Opportunity

2)

 Curiosity

3)

 Spirit

4)

 Sojourner