Q. Who was the first human to journey into outer space?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Yuri Gagarin

C) Buzz Aldrin

D) Alan Shepard

Answer: B) Yuri Gagarin

Q. Which was the first artificial satellite to be launched into space?

A) Sputnik 1

B) Explorer 1

C) Vanguard 1

D) Telstar 1

Answer: A) Sputnik 1

Q. In which year did the Apollo 11 mission land the first humans on the Moon?

A) 1965

B) 1967

C) 1969

D) 1971

Answer: C) 1969

Q. Which planet is known as the ‘Red Planet’?

A) Venus

B) Mars

C) Jupiter

D) Saturn

Answer: B) Mars

Q. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope?

A) Hubble Space Telescope

B) James Webb Space Telescope

C) Kepler Space Telescope

D) Spitzer Space Telescope

Answer: A) Hubble Space Telescope

Q. Which spacecraft was the first to fly by Pluto?

A) Voyager 1

B) Pioneer 10

C) New Horizons

D) Cassini

Answer: C) New Horizons

Q. Which space agency launched the Mars rover Perseverance?

A) ESA

B) Roscosmos

C) ISRO

D) NASA

Answer: D) NASA

Q. Who was the first woman in space?

A) Sally Ride

B) Valentina Tereshkova

C) Kalpana Chawla

D) Peggy Whitson

Answer: B) Valentina Tereshkova

Q. What is the primary function of the International Space Station (ISS)?

A) Space tourism

B) Scientific research

C) Military surveillance

D) Mining operations

Answer: B) Scientific research

Q. Which mission was the first to land a rover on Mars?

 A) Viking 1

 B) Pathfinder

 C) Spirit

 D) Opportunity

 Answer: A) Viking 1

Q. What does NASA stand for?

 A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 B) National Astronomical and Space Agency

 C) National Air and Space Administration

 D) National Agency for Space and Aeronautics

 Answer: A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Q. Which moon is the largest in the Solar System?

 A) Titan

 B) Ganymede

 C) Callisto

 D) Europa

 Answer: B) Ganymede

Q. Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth?

 A) Neil Armstrong

 B) John Glenn

 C) Alan Shepard

 D) Gus Grissom

 Answer: B) John Glenn

Q. Which mission was the first to bring back samples from an asteroid?

 A) Hayabusa

 B) OSIRIS-REx

 C) NEAR Shoemaker

 D) Dawn

 Answer: A) Hayabusa

Q. What is the name of the boundary that marks the edge of our Solar System?

 A) Kuiper Belt

 B) Oort Cloud

 C) Heliopause

 D) Asteroid Belt

 Answer: C) Heliopause

Q. Which planet is known for its prominent ring system?

 A) Jupiter

 B) Saturn

 C) Uranus

 D) Neptune

 Answer: B) Saturn

Q. What was the main goal of the Apollo program?

 A) To explore Mars

 B) To land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth

 C) To launch satellites into orbit

 D) To build the ISS

 Answer: B) To land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth

Q. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

 A) Buzz Aldrin

 B) Michael Collins

 C) Neil Armstrong

 D) Yuri Gagarin

 Answer: C) Neil Armstrong

Q. What was the name of the first space shuttle to be launched?

 A) Challenger

 B) Columbia

 C) Discovery

 D) Atlantis

 Answer: B) Columbia

Q. Which planet has the Great Red Spot?

 A) Venus

 B) Mars

 C) Jupiter

 D) Neptune

 Answer: C) Jupiter

Q. Which space probe was the first to leave the Solar System?

 A) Voyager 1

 B) Pioneer 10

 C) Voyager 2

 D) Galileo

 Answer: A) Voyager 1

Q. Which was the first country to launch a satellite into space?

 A) USA

 B) USSR

 C) China

 D) UK

 Answer: B) USSR

Q. Which space mission was the first to land on the far side of the Moon?

 A) Apollo 17

 B) Luna 3

 C) Chang’e 4

 D) LRO

 Answer: C) Chang’e 4

Q. What is the largest volcano in the Solar System, located on Mars?

 A) Mauna Kea

 B) Olympus Mons

 C) Vesuvius

 D) Mount Everest

 Answer: B) Olympus Mons

Q. Which space station preceded the International Space Station (ISS)?

 A) Skylab

 B) Mir

 C) Salyut 1

 D) Almaz

 Answer: B) Mir

Q. What does the acronym “ESA” stand for in space exploration?

 A) European Space Agency

 B) Earth Space Administration

 C) Extraterrestrial Space Agency

 D) European Satellite Association

 Answer: A) European Space Agency

Q. Which planet has the most moons?

 A) Earth

 B) Mars

 C) Jupiter

 D) Saturn

 Answer: D) Saturn

Q. What is the primary objective of the James Webb Space Telescope?

 A) To observe the Moon

 B) To study exoplanets and distant galaxies

 C) To monitor space debris

 D) To measure cosmic radiation

 Answer: B) To study exoplanets and distant galaxies

Q. Who was the first American woman to fly in space?

 A) Sally Ride

 B) Mae Jemison

 C) Eileen Collins

 D) Peggy Whitson

 Answer: A) Sally Ride

Q. Which spacecraft is famous for exploring Saturn and its moons?

 A) Galileo

 B) Cassini

 C) Pioneer 11

 D) Juno

 Answer: B) Cassini

Q. Which mission brought the first soil samples from the Moon back to Earth?

 A) Luna 16

 B) Apollo 11

 C) Chang’e 5

 D) Surveyor 3

 Answer: A) Luna 16

Q. What does “ISRO” stand for?

 A) International Space Research Organization

 B) Indian Space Research Organisation

 C) International Satellite and Rocket Organization

 D) Indonesian Space Research Organization

 Answer: B) Indian Space Research Organisation

Q. Which planet has the shortest day, completing one rotation in just about 10 hours?

 A) Venus

 B) Mars

 C) Jupiter

 D) Neptune

 Answer: C) Jupiter

Q. Which was the first reusable spacecraft?

 A) Space Shuttle

 B) Soyuz

 C) Dragon

 D) Starship

 Answer: A) Space Shuttle

Q. Which mission was the first to successfully land a rover on Mars and perform extensive exploration?

 A) Pathfinder

 B) Viking 1

 C) Spirit

 D) Opportunity

 Answer: B) Viking 1

Q. What is the name of the first human-made

 object to reach the surface of the Moon?

 A) Luna 2

 B) Surveyor 1

 C) Apollo 11

 D) Ranger 7

 Answer: A) Luna 2

Q. What is the name of the nearest star system to Earth?

 A) Sirius

 B) Alpha Centauri

 C) Betelgeuse

 D) Proxima Centauri

 Answer: B) Alpha Centauri

Q. Which planet is known as the ‘Morning Star’ or ‘Evening Star’?

 A) Mars

 B) Venus

 C) Mercury

 D) Jupiter

 Answer: B) Venus

Q. Which of the following is the largest dwarf planet in the Solar System?

 A) Ceres

 B) Pluto

 C) Haumea

 D) Eris

 Answer: B) Pluto

Q. Which mission was the first to fly by and study Mercury?

 A) Mariner 10

 B) Messenger

 C) BepiColombo

 D) Pioneer 10

 Answer: A) Mariner 10

Q. What is the main goal of SpaceX’s Starship program?

 A) To explore the outer planets

 B) To develop a fully reusable spacecraft

 C) To launch military satellites

 D) To study the Sun

 Answer: B) To develop a fully reusable spacecraft

Q. Which moon is the only one known to have a dense atmosphere?

 A) Europa

 B) Ganymede

 C) Titan

 D) Io

 Answer: C) Titan

Q. What was the main objective of the Kepler Space Telescope?

 A) To study black holes

 B) To find exoplanets

 C) To observe supernovae

 D) To map the Milky Way

 Answer: B) To find exoplanets

Q. Which space mission first discovered evidence of water ice on the Moon?

 A) Clementine

 B) Lunar Prospector

 C) Chandrayaan-1

 D) Apollo 15

 Answer: B) Lunar Prospector

Q. Which planet is known for its extreme tilt, causing it to rotate on its side?

 A) Neptune

 B) Uranus

 C) Pluto

 D) Saturn

 Answer: B) Uranus

Q. Who was the first space tourist?

 A) Anousheh Ansari

 B) Dennis Tito

 C) Charles Simonyi

 D) Richard Garriott

 Answer: B) Dennis Tito

Q. Which spacecraft was the first to visit all four gas giant planets?

 A) Galileo

 B) Voyager 2

 C) Cassini

 D) Juno

 Answer: B) Voyager 2

Q. What is the term for a rocky body that orbits the Sun and is smaller than a planet?

 A) Comet

 B) Asteroid

 C) Meteor

 D) Dwarf planet

 Answer: B) Asteroid

Q. Which NASA mission is aimed at studying the Sun in unprecedented detail?

 A) Hubble

 B) Parker Solar Probe

 C) Juno

 D) Cassini

 Answer: B) Parker Solar Probe

Q. Which country’s space agency is known as CNSA?

 A) Japan

 B) Russia

 C) China

 D) India

 Answer: C) China

Q. What is the name of the largest storm on Neptune?

 A) The Great Red Spot

 B) The Great Blue Spot

 C) The Great Dark Spot

 D) The Great White Spot

 Answer: C) The Great Dark Spot

Q. Which mission was the first to return samples from the comet Wild 2?

 A) Stardust

 B) Rosetta

 C) Deep Impact

 D) Hayabusa

 Answer: A) Stardust

Q. What is the name of the rover that successfully landed on Mars in 2021?

 A) Curiosity

 B) Perseverance

 C) Spirit

 D) Opportunity

 Answer: B) Perseverance

Q. Which planet is the hottest in the Solar System?

 A) Mercury

 B) Venus

 C) Mars

 D) Jupiter

 Answer: B) Venus

Q. Which is the smallest planet in the Solar System?

 A) Mercury

 B) Mars

 C) Venus

 D) Earth

 Answer: A) Mercury

Q. Which mission discovered the first Earth-sized exoplanets in the habitable zone?

 A) Kepler

 B) TESS

 C) Spitzer

 D) Hubble

 Answer: A) Kepler

Q. What is the name of the first spacecraft to orbit a comet?

 A) Giotto

 B) Stardust

 C) Rosetta

 D) Deep Impact

 Answer: C) Rosetta

Q. Which space agency’s acronym is JAXA?

 A) Russian Federal Space Agency

 B) European Space Agency

 C) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

 D) Canadian Space Agency

 Answer: C) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Q. Which planet has the largest number of known volcanoes?

 A) Earth

 B) Mars

 C) Venus

 D) Io

 Answer: C) Venus

Q. What is the name of the second manned mission to land on the Moon?

 A) Apollo 10

 B) Apollo 11

 C) Apollo 12

 D) Apollo 13

 Answer: C) Apollo 12

Q. What is the term for the region of space dominated by the Sun’s solar wind?

 A) Heliosphere

 B) Magnetosphere

 C) Stratosphere

 D) Thermosphere

 Answer: A) Heliosphere

Q. Which moon is the largest moon of Saturn?

 A) Titan

 B) Enceladus

 C) Rhea

 D) Tethys

 Answer: A) Titan

Q. What is the name of the first private spacecraft to dock with the ISS?

 A) Blue Origin’s New Shepard

 B) SpaceX’s Dragon

 C) Boeing’s Starliner

 D) Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo

 Answer: B) SpaceX’s Dragon

Q. Which planet has the most eccentric orbit in the Solar System?

 A) Mercury

 B) Pluto

 C) Neptune

 D) Mars

 Answer: B) Pluto

Q. Which space mission was the first to photograph the Earth from the Moon?

 A) Apollo 8

 B) Luna 3

 C) Ranger 7

 D) Surveyor 1

 Answer: A) Apollo 8

Q. What does “LRO” stand for in space exploration?

 A) Lunar Rover Operations

 B) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

 C) Low Earth Orbit

 D) Lunar Research Organization

 Answer: B) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Q. Which planet is often referred to as Earth’s “twin” because of its similar size and composition?

 A) Mars

 B) Venus

 C) Mercury

 D) Neptune

 Answer: B) Venus

Q. What is the name of the boundary where the Sun’s gravity is no longer the dominant force?

 A) Heliopause

 B) Kuiper Belt

 C) Oort Cloud

 D) Magnetosphere

 Answer: A) Heliopause

Q. Which country successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon in 2019?

 A) USA

 B) Russia

 C) China

 D) India

 Answer: C) China

Q. What is the term for a rocky or metallic body that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up?

 A) Asteroid

 B) Meteor

 C) Comet

 D) Meteoroid

 Answer: B) Meteor