Indian space programme MCQ — 4 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is known as the father of the Indian space programme because he gave India its early institutional direction in space research and helped establish the Indian National Committee for Space Research, the precursor to ISRO. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is closely associated with missiles and launch-vehicle work, but he is not given this title. Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha is remembered as the father of India’s nuclear programme. Dr. Satish Dhawan was a major ISRO chairman who strengthened the organisation, but the foundational title belongs to Vikram Sarabhai.

Explanation

The Indian Space Research Organisation was set up in 1969, succeeding the earlier Indian National Committee for Space Research. That makes 1969 the correct year for the organisation asked in the question. The year 1962 relates to the formation of the earlier committee, not ISRO itself. The year 1972 is associated with the creation of the Department of Space and Space Commission. The year 1952 does not mark the setting up of India’s national space research organisation.

Explanation

Aryabhatt was India’s first satellite, built by the Indian space programme and launched on 19 April 1975. Bhaskar-I came later as an earth-observation satellite, so it cannot be the first Indian satellite. Insat-I refers to the later INSAT communication and meteorology series, not the beginning of India’s satellite journey. Kalpana is associated with a later meteorological satellite named after Kalpana Chawla. Therefore, the first Indian satellite in the given choices is Aryabhatt.

Explanation

Aryabhatta was India's first satellite, launched into space in 1975, so it fits the stem directly. INSAT-1A came later as part of India's multipurpose communication and meteorological satellite programme. Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar mission, launched much later in 2008, not the first Indian satellite. IRS-1A belonged to the Indian Remote Sensing satellite series and was launched after Aryabhatta. The question asks for the first satellite launched by India into space, not the first lunar probe or later operational satellite series.