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ISRO and Indian space missions quiz

How well do you really know ISRO and Indian space missions? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.

60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of ISRO and Indian space missions questions for your group.

The questions

1. Warm-up

   ISRO sounds like a space-age code name: what does it stand for, and what is its main job?

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   • ISRO stands for Indian Space Research Organisation
   • It is India’s national space agency
   • It carries out space research and missions
2. Easy

   ISRO has a satellite-launching workhorse—what is the vehicle called, and what job is it best known for doing?

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   • The vehicle is the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
   • It launches satellites into orbit
   • It has been used for many satellite missions
3. Easy

   Chandrayaan-1 headed for the Moon: what kind of celestial body is the Moon, and what substance did the mission detect there?

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   • The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth
   • Chandrayaan-1 detected water molecules on the Moon
   • The mission was India’s first lunar mission
4. Medium

   India’s first satellite went up in 1975: what was it called, and which country launched it?

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   • The satellite was Aryabhata
   • It was launched in 1975
   • The Soviet Union launched it
5. Medium

   India’s Mars mission made history on its first try—what was the mission called, and what milestone did it achieve at Mars?

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   • The mission was called Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan
   • It entered orbit around Mars
   • India became the first country to reach Mars orbit on its first attempt
6. Medium

   A Soviet spacecraft carried the first Indian into space in 1984: who was the astronaut, and what was the spacecraft called?

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   • The astronaut was Rakesh Sharma
   • The spacecraft was Soyuz T-11
   • The flight took place in 1984
7. Hard

   ISRO launched a space observatory in 2015 to explore the cosmos: what is it called, and name two kinds of light it observes?

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   • The observatory is AstroSat
   • It observes ultraviolet light
   • It observes optical light
   • It observes X-rays
8. Boss

   On Chandrayaan-1, which spacecraft released the Moon Impact Probe, and what word was painted on the probe’s side?

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   • The Chandrayaan-1 orbiter released the Moon Impact Probe
   • The word “India” was painted on its side
   • The probe carried the Indian flag

How scoring works

• Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
• Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
• A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.

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