Passage based Questions on General Knowledge and Current affairs SMGKQ019

Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow

______1____Indian Air Force men have been selected as candidate astronauts for India’s first human space mission scheduled for ____2_____ and their training is expected to start by end of January 2020, the Indian Space Research Organisation announced. India’s proposed Gaganyaan mission seeks to send three astronauts in a space capsule into an orbit between 300km and 400km above the Earth for up to ____3____ days. All astronauts selected for first-time space missions by other countries have also been air force or navy pilots. Only Russia, the US and _____4_____ have sent astronauts into space aboard their own home grown spacecraft. India’s Gaganyaan mission will be preceded by two unmanned flights. The year also marked the 50th launch of the _________5________. For the first time, the spent fourth stage of the PSLV was successfully demonstrated as an experimental orbital platform. Indigenously developed ______6_____ processor by Semi-Conductor Laboratory was flight tested during the year. International mobile standards body 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) approved India’s regional navigation satellite system NavIC which would facilitate NavIC’s use in mobile phones.

1. Fill in the Blank

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

2. Fill in the Blank

a. 2021
b. 2022
c. 2023
d. 2024

3. Fill in the Blank

a. 6 days
b. 7 days
c. 8 days
d. 9 days

4. Fill in the Blank

a. Pakistan
b. China
c. Indonesia
d. France

5. Fill in the Blank

a. GSLV
b. ISLV
c. SLV
d. PSLV

6. Fill in the Blank

a. Vikram
b. Arya
c. Bala
d. Sukarana