QuizSpace quiz: tricky round
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On which date did Chandrayaan-3 land near the south pole of the Moon?
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23 August 2023. Chandrayaan-3 landed on 23 August 2023, now marked as National Space Day.
In which year was Mangalyaan, the Mars Orbiter Mission, launched?
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2013. It was launched in November 2013 and reached Mars in September 2014.
Who was the first woman to travel to space?
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Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova flew in 1963.
Who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space?
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Kalpana Chawla. Kalpana Chawla first flew on the space shuttle in 1997.
Which is the largest moon in the solar system?
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Ganymede. Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest.
Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system, is on which planet?
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Mars. Olympus Mons is on Mars.
A light year is a unit of what?
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Distance. A light year is the distance light travels in one year.
Which star is nearest to the Sun?
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Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is a little over four light years away.
On which planet is one day longer than one year?
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Venus. Venus takes longer to spin once than to go around the Sun.
About how often can Halley's Comet be seen from the Earth?
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Every 76 years. Halley's Comet returns about every 76 years. It was last seen in 1986.
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