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Which indigenous series of sounding rockets did India begin launching in 1967?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was India's first satellite, placed in orbit by a Soviet rocket?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year were the Space Commission and Department of Space set up?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the SLV make its first successful satellite launch?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was India's indigenous cryogenic technology project launched?Read the answer and worked solution →Which launcher placed Chandrayaan-1 in orbit in October 2008?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the impactor carried by Chandrayaan-1 called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which rocket launched Chandrayaan-2 on 22 July 2019?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Chandrayaan-2 lunar rover named?Read the answer and worked solution →Which date was proclaimed National Space Day in India after Chandrayaan-3?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Mars Orbiter Mission enter Mars orbit?Read the answer and worked solution →India's Mars mission was the first in the world to enter Mars orbit in what way?Read the answer and worked solution →How many scientific instruments did the Mars Orbiter Mission carry?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the Aditya-L1 mission mainly study?Read the answer and worked solution →At about what distance from Earth is Aditya-L1 positioned near the L1 point?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian satellite launched in 2015 is a multi-wavelength space observatory?Read the answer and worked solution →Up to how many people is the Gaganyaan spacecraft designed to carry?Read the answer and worked solution →At roughly what altitude is the proposed Bharatiya Antariksh Station to orbit?Read the answer and worked solution →What did ISRO's SpaDeX mission launched in December 2024 demonstrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became the first Indian astronaut to travel to the ISS, in 2025?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the operational name of the IRNSS regional navigation system?Read the answer and worked solution →NavIC's primary service area extends up to how far beyond India's borders?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the acronym GAGAN stand for?Read the answer and worked solution →Which multipurpose geostationary satellite series was first introduced in 1983?Read the answer and worked solution →The IRS satellites are placed in which type of orbit (except GISATs)?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was ISRO's first dedicated meteorological satellite?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indo-French SARAL satellite is mainly used to monitor what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body is the marketing arm of ISRO?Read the answer and worked solution →Which institute at Thiruvananthapuram is described as India's space university?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which indigenous series of sounding rockets did India begin launching in 1967?

  1. Aryabhata
  2. Bhaskara
  3. Kalpana
  4. Rohini
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Correct answer: D. Rohini

India built the Rohini sounding rockets, which were launched from 1967 onwards for upper atmosphere research.

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Which was India's first satellite, placed in orbit by a Soviet rocket?

  1. INSAT-1A
  2. Bhaskara
  3. Rohini RS-1
  4. Aryabhata
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Correct answer: D. Aryabhata

Aryabhata, launched in 1975 with Soviet help under Interkosmos cooperation, was India's first satellite.

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In which year were the Space Commission and Department of Space set up?

  1. 1962
  2. 1969
  3. 1972
  4. 1980
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Correct answer: C. 1972

The Space Commission and the Department of Space were established in 1972, and ISRO was placed under the DoS.

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