General Knowledge MCQ â Set :-1 Chandrayaan - 3
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1. Who is the current Chairman of ISRO ? āĻāĻā§°ā§ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§āύ ?
A) āĻāĻ. āϏā§āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨ / S. Somanath B) āĻĄ° āĻā§. āĻļāĻŋā§ąāύ / Dr. K. Sivan
C) āĻāĻ. āĻŽā§āĻšāύāĻž āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° / S. Mohana Kumar D) āĻĄ° āĻāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ / Dr. V. Narayanan
Ans: D) Dr. V. Narayanan / āĻĄ° āĻāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dr. V. Narayanan became the Chairman of ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space on 13 January 2025. He succeeded S. Somanath. (āĻĄ° āĻāĻŋ. āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖāĻ¨ā§ ā§§ā§Š āĻāĻžāύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ISRO-ā§° āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§°ā§ Department of Space-ā§° Secretary āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ. āϏā§āĻŽāύāĻžāĻĨā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
2.What is the Satellite Catalog Number (SATCAT) assigned to Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§ŠāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž Satellite Catalog Number (SATCAT) āĻāĻŋ ?
A) 57320 B) 2023-098B C) 33405 D) 44441
Ans: A) 57320
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° SATCAT/NORAD Catalog Number 57320āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° International Designator āĻšā§āĻā§ 2023-098A—āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤)
3. Which agency manufactured and launched Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) NASA / āύāĻžāĻāĻž B) ISRO / āĻāĻā§°ā§ C) SpaceX / āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻā§āϏ D) CSA / āĻāĻŋ.āĻāĻ.āĻ
Ans: B) ISRO / āĻāĻā§°ā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 was developed and launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was launched on 14 July 2023 using the LVM3-M4 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§ąā§āώāĻŖāĻž āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻž (ISRO)-āĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ ā§§ā§Ē āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻšā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏāϤā§āĻļ āĻ§ā§ąāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž LVM3-M4 ā§°āĻā§āĻā§° āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
4. What is the name of the Rover Module of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° Rover Module-ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ / Pragyan B) āĻā§āĻŽ / Bhim C) āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ / Vikram D) āϧā§ā§°ā§ā§ą / Dhruv
Ans: A) Pragyan / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The rover module of Chandrayaan-3 is named Pragyan. It was designed to explore the lunar surface and perform scientific experiments. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĨ¤ āĻ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āϤ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻž-āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
5. How long did Chandrayaan-3 take to land on the Moon ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 15 āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 15 days B) 25 āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 25 days C) 40 āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 40 days D) 45 āĻĻāĻŋāύ / 45 days
Ans: C) 40 days / ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023 and landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023. It took about 40 days from launch to landing. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š ā§§ā§Ē āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§¨ā§Š āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. Chandrayaan-3 has landed at which pole of the Moon ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
A) āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ / East Pole B) āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ / West Pole C) āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ / North Pole D) āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ / South Pole
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ / South Pole
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 landed near the Moon’s South Polar region on 23 August 2023. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š-āĻ ā§¨ā§Š āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
7. What is the name of the lander module of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 ā§° āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) āĻļāĻŋā§ą āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ / Shiv Shakti B) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ / Pragyan C) āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ / Vikram D) āĻāĻĻāĻŋāϤā§āϝ / Aditya
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ / Vikram
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The lander module of Chandrayaan-3 was named Vikram. āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Šā§° āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāϞ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĨ¤
8. When did the Vikram lander separate from the propulsion module of Chandrayaan-3 ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻāύ āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§°āĻāύ āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 5 August 2023 B) 14 August 2023 C) 17 August 2023 D) 23 August 2023
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) 17 August 2023
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Vikram lander separated from the Propulsion Module on 17 August 2023. (ā§§ā§ āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§°āĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻāύ āĻŽāĻĄāĻŋāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. When did Chandrayaan-3 enter lunar orbit ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§āĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 30 July 2023 B) 5 August 2023 C) 14 August 2023 D) 17 August 2023
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) 5 August 2023
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 entered the Moon’s orbit on 5 August 2023. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š-āĻ ā§Ģ āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻā§āώāĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§āĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
10. When did Chandrayaan-3 land on the Moon ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 17 August 2023 B) 23 August 2023 C) 25 August 2023 D) 27 August 2023
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) 23 August 2023
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023. āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š-āĻ ā§¨ā§Š āĻāĻāώā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
11. When was Chandrayaan-3 launched ? āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) 14 June 2023 B) 14 July 2023 C) 14 August 2023 D) 23 August 2023
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) 14 July 2023
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š ā§§ā§Ē āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻšā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžā§° āϏāϤā§āĻļ āĻ§ā§ąāύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
12. What is the name of India's third lunar mission ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϤā§āϤā§ā§āĻā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) āĻŽāĻā§āĻāϞāϝāĻžāύ / Mangalyaan B) āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-1 / Chandrayaan-1 C) āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-2 / Chandrayaan-2 D) āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 / Chandrayaan-3
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-3 / Chandrayaan-3
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Chandrayaan-3 is India's third lunar mission, launched on 14 July 2023. (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϝāĻžāύ-ā§Š āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϤā§āϤā§ā§āĻā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ, āϝāĻŋāĻā§ ā§§ā§Ē āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
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