Skyroot, Brazil's Concert Technologies MoU on 100-kg launcher – Quiz (13.11.2026)

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Skyroot, Brazil's Concert Technologies MoU on 100-kg launcher – Quiz (13.11.2026) – 5 questions, subject: Current Affairs. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Which Brazilian rocket launch site lies very close to the equator?

Correct Answer: A [Alcântara]

Explanation:

Alcântara, Maranhão. Kourou is in French Guiana (Europe's), Baikonur in Kazakhstan (Russia's), Tanegashima in Japan.

2.  
Which ISRO rocket launched 'Amazonia-1', Brazil's first indigenous Earth-observation satellite, in 2021?

Correct Answer: D [PSLV-C51]

Explanation:

PSLV-C51 – 28 Feb 2021 from Sriharikota; the first dedicated commercial mission of NSIL, ISRO's commercial arm.

3.  
Where is IN-SPACe, the single-window body that authorises private space activities, headquartered?

Correct Answer: D [Ahmedabad]

Explanation:

Ahmedabad – set up under the Department of Space in the 2020 reforms. ISRO's headquarters is in Bengaluru.

4.  
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), targeted by the Skyroot–Concert launcher, generally extends up to what altitude?

Correct Answer: C [About 2,000 km]

Explanation:

About 2,000 km. 35,786 km is geostationary orbit; 20,200 km is GPS (MEO); 100 km is the Kármán line.

5.  
C.V. Raman, after whom Skyroot named its 'Raman' upper-stage engine, was born in which present Tamil Nadu district?

Correct Answer: B [Tiruchirappalli]

Explanation:

Thiruvanaikoil, Tiruchirappalli (7 Nov 1888). The 'Raman Effect' won the 1930 Physics Nobel; 28 Feb is National Science Day.

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