NASA Solved MCQs

: NASA Solved MCQs 1–10: General Knowledge about NASA What does NASA stand for? A) National Aeronautics and Space Association B) North Ameri...

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NASA Solved MCQs

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1–10: General Knowledge about NASA

1. What does NASA stand for?
   A) National Aeronautics and Space Association
   B) North American Space Agency
   C) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
   D) National American Space Alliance
   ✔️ Answer: C
   Explanation: NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, responsible for U.S. space exploration.

2. When was NASA established?
   A) 1947
   B) 1955
   C) 1958
   D) 1962
   ✔️ Answer: C
   Explanation: NASA was founded on July 29, 1958 by President Eisenhower.

3. Which U.S. President signed NASA into existence?
   A) John F. Kennedy
   B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
   C) Richard Nixon
   D) Ronald Reagan
   ✔️ Answer: B

4. NASA replaced which earlier space agency?
   A) DARPA
   B) NACA
   C) NARA
   D) NAFTA
   ✔️ Answer: B
   Explanation: NASA replaced NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics).

5. NASA is headquartered in:
   A) Florida
   B) Washington, D.C.
   C) California
   D) Texas
   ✔️ Answer: B

6. What is NASA’s main launch facility?
   A) Area 51
   B) Kennedy Space Center
   C) Jet Propulsion Lab
   D) Johnson Space Center
   ✔️ Answer: B

7. Which NASA center is responsible for mission control?
   A) Jet Propulsion Laboratory
   B) Kennedy Space Center
   C) Johnson Space Center
   D) Ames Research Center
   ✔️ Answer: C

8. Which of the following is NOT a NASA spacecraft?
   A) Voyager
   B) Artemis
   C) Falcon 9
   D) Hubble
   ✔️ Answer: C
   Explanation: Falcon 9 is developed by SpaceX, not NASA.

9. Who was the first American in space?
   A) Neil Armstrong
   B) John Glenn
   C) Yuri Gagarin
   D) Alan Shepard
   ✔️ Answer: D

10. NASA’s first human spaceflight program was:
    A) Gemini
    B) Apollo
    C) Mercury
    D) Skylab
    ✔️ Answer: C

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11–20: NASA's Missions & Projects

11. Which NASA program landed humans on the Moon?
    A) Gemini
    B) Mercury
    C) Apollo
    D) Artemis
    ✔️ Answer: C

12. Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?
    A) Buzz Aldrin
    B) Neil Armstrong
    C) Michael Collins
    D) Alan Shepard
    ✔️ Answer: B

13. In which year did the Apollo 11 mission land on the Moon?
    A) 1965
    B) 1969
    C) 1971
    D) 1975
    ✔️ Answer: B

14. NASA’s Mars rover “Perseverance” landed in:
    A) 2019
    B) 2020
    C) 2021
    D) 2022
    ✔️ Answer: C

15. What is the name of the helicopter that flew on Mars?
    A) Skyhopper
    B) Dragonfly
    C) Ingenuity
    D) Spirit
    ✔️ Answer: C

16. Which space telescope was launched by NASA in 1990?
    A) Kepler
    B) Webb
    C) Hubble
    D) Chandra
    ✔️ Answer: C

17. Which NASA mission studied Saturn and its moons?
    A) Voyager 2
    B) Cassini
    C) New Horizons
    D) Curiosity
    ✔️ Answer: B

18. Which NASA probe visited Pluto in 2015?
    A) Voyager 1
    B) Cassini
    C) Juno
    D) New Horizons
    ✔️ Answer: D

19. The James Webb Space Telescope launched in:
    A) 2021
    B) 2020
    C) 2022
    D) 2023
    ✔️ Answer: A
    Explanation: JWST launched on December 25, 2021.

20. Which NASA rover confirmed signs of ancient water on Mars?
    A) Sojourner
    B) Opportunity
    C) Curiosity
    D) Perseverance
    ✔️ Answer: C

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21–30: NASA and the Solar System

21. NASA’s Juno spacecraft is studying:
    A) Mars
    B) Venus
    C) Jupiter
    D) Neptune
    ✔️ Answer: C

22. NASA’s Artemis program is aimed at:
    A) Returning to the Moon
    B) Studying asteroids
    C) Exploring Neptune
    D) Building space stations
    ✔️ Answer: A

23. Which of the following is a NASA asteroid mission?
    A) Perseverance
    B) OSIRIS-REx
    C) New Horizons
    D) Voyager 1
    ✔️ Answer: B

24. Voyager 1 and 2 are now in:
    A) Lunar orbit
    B) Mars atmosphere
    C) Interstellar space
    D) Venus orbit
    ✔️ Answer: C

25. Which moon of Saturn has an ocean beneath its surface, as confirmed by NASA?
    A) Titan
    B) Rhea
    C) Enceladus
    D) Dione
    ✔️ Answer: C

26. NASA’s Mars Insight mission studied:
    A) Martian weather
    B) Mars interior/seismology
    C) Mars dust storms
    D) Martian volcanoes
    ✔️ Answer: B

27. NASA’s main goal with the Mars 2020 mission was to:
    A) Test nuclear energy
    B) Fly astronauts
    C) Search for signs of past life
    D) Build a city
    ✔️ Answer: C

28. Which spacecraft took the first close images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot?
    A) Galileo
    B) Juno
    C) Voyager
    D) Cassini
    ✔️ Answer: B

29. What is the name of NASA’s upcoming mission to study Europa?
    A) Titan Explorer
    B) Europa Clipper
    C) Neptune Flyer
    D) IceStar
    ✔️ Answer: B

30. Which planet has NASA not sent a dedicated orbiter yet (as of 2025)?
    A) Mercury
    B) Venus
    C) Neptune
    D) Mars
    ✔️ Answer: C

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31–40: NASA & Astronomy

31. NASA’s Kepler mission focused on finding:
    A) Galaxies
    B) Exoplanets
    C) Dark matter
    D) Space junk
    ✔️ Answer: B

32. What was the first spacecraft to land safely on Mars?
    A) Viking 1
    B) Pathfinder
    C) Curiosity
    D) Phoenix
    ✔️ Answer: A

33. Which NASA telescope studies X-rays from space?
    A) Hubble
    B) Webb
    C) Chandra
    D) SOHO
    ✔️ Answer: C

34. The first woman scheduled to land on the Moon (Artemis) is part of:
    A) Artemis I
    B) Artemis II
    C) Artemis III
    D) Artemis IV
    ✔️ Answer: C

35. What does “Perseverance” rover carry for future human missions?
    A) Seeds
    B) Oxygen generator (MOXIE)
    C) Fuel tank
    D) Water reserves
    ✔️ Answer: B

36. What is the main power source for Mars rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance?
    A) Solar panels
    B) Batteries
    C) Nuclear generator (RTG)
    D) Gasoline
    ✔️ Answer: C

37. Which mission was the first to touch the Sun’s atmosphere?
    A) Solar Probe
    B) Solar Orbiter
    C) Parker Solar Probe
    D) Heliostat
    ✔️ Answer: C

38. Which NASA mission is studying the Sun’s polar regions?
    A) SOHO
    B) SDO
    C) Solar Orbiter
    D) Apollo
    ✔️ Answer: C

39. What is the name of NASA’s long-term moon base plan?
    A) MoonHub
    B) Artemis Base Camp
    C) Lunar Village
    D) Selenopolis
    ✔️ Answer: B

40. NASA’s most distant spacecraft is:
    A) Voyager 1
    B) New Horizons
    C) Galileo
    D) Orion
    ✔️ Answer: A

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41–50: NASA – Current Affairs & Trivia

41. Which company collaborates with NASA for Artemis missions?
    A) Tesla
    B) Boeing
    C) SpaceX
    D) Amazon
    ✔️ Answer: C

42. Which NASA mission returned asteroid samples to Earth in 2023?
    A) Perseverance
    B) Insight
    C) OSIRIS-REx
    D) Lucy
    ✔️ Answer: C

43. NASA’s mission to study Trojan asteroids is called:
    A) Hera
    B) Lucy
    C) Gaia
    D) Titan Explorer
    ✔️ Answer: B

44. NASA’s Earth-observing satellite system is called:
    A) EarthScope
    B) EarthNow
    C) Earth Observing System (EOS)
    D) Gaia
    ✔️ Answer: C

45. NASA’s primary goal in Earth science is to:
    A) Build satellites
    B) Study alien life
    C) Monitor climate and environmental changes
    D) Promote GPS
    ✔️ Answer: C

46. Which famous telescope will eventually replace Hubble?
    A) Chandra
    B) SOHO
    C) Webb
    D) Kepler
    ✔️ Answer: C

47. NASA’s first female administrator (2021–2025) was:
    A) Peggy Whitson
    B) Ellen Ochoa
    C) Pam Melroy
    D) None (still male)
    ✔️ Answer: D
    Explanation: As of 2025, NASA has not had a female administrator.

48. Which NASA mission is focused on returning humans to the Moon?
    A) Gemini
    B) Artemis
    C) Mercury
    D) LunaX
    ✔️ Answer: B

49. NASA often cooperates with which international space agency?
    A) ESA (Europe)
    B) ISRO (India)
    C) JAXA (Japan)
    D) All of the above
    ✔️ Answer: D

50. Which famous quote is associated with NASA’s Moon landing?
    A) "Houston, we have a problem."
    B) "To infinity and beyond."
    C) "That's one small step for man..."
    D) "We choose to go to the Moon..."
    ✔️ Answer: C

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