NASA’S NSS Space Settlement Contest
Scrutiny Examination -2026 (MODEL QUESTION PAPER)
1. Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Neptune
2. What is the name of our galaxy?
A. Chocolate Way
B. Solar World
C. Milky Way
D. Star Track
3. What do people eat in space?
A. Normal food from Earth, packed specially
B. Only fruits
C. Only soup
D. Raw vegetables
4. What do we call the path a satellite takes around a planet?
A. Highway
B. Orbit
C. Tunnel
D. Track
5. What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
A. A rocket to Mars
B. A hotel in space
C. A lab in space where astronauts live and work
D. A spaceship for aliens
6. What is Chandrayaan?
A. An Indian car brand
B. India’s lunar (Moon) exploration mission
C. A space rocket from NASA
D. A planet in the solar system
7. Which planet has a day that is longer than its year?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Saturn
D. Mercury
8. What does the “Big Bang” theory describe?
A. End of the universe
B. Explosion of a star
C. Origin of the solar system
D. Beginning of the universe
9. What would happen if Earth’s magnetic field suddenly disappeared?
A) We’d float into space
B) The Moon would crash into Earth
C) Solar radiation would harm electronics and life
D) Earth would spin faster
10. Which planet’s orbit is most eccentric (non-circular)?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Pluto
D) Neptune
11. What is the primary cause of a planet’s magnetic field?
A) Rotation of the atmosphere
B) Presence of moons
C) Molten, rotating metallic core
D) Solar energy absorption
12. What is the distance of L-1 (final point) from Earth?
a. 1.6 Million Kilometers
b. 1.5 Million Kilometers
c. 1.8 Million Kilometers
d. 1.2 Million Kilometers
13. Asteroids have their orbits between the planets
a. Mercury and Venus
b. Earth and Mars
c. Mars and Jupiter
d. Jupiter and Saturn
14. Which rocket is used in the Aditya-L1 mission?
a. PSLV-C57 rocket
b. GSLV
c. LVSM
d. GSLV-Mk3
15. Which is the largest moon of Saturn?
a. Hyperion
b. Janus
c. Titan
d. Phoebe
16. What is NASA’s most famous upcoming mission?
a. Mercury
b. Artemis
c. Falcon
d. Apollo
17. If the earth stops rotating, the value of g at the equator __________
a. Increase
b. Decreases
c. No Effect
d. First Increases and then decreases
18. A satellite revolves very near to the earth surface. Its speed should be
approximately __
a. 5 Km/s
b. 8 Km/s
c. 2 Km/s
d. 11 Km/s
19. The first person to enter into space was _______
a. Valentina Tereshkova
b. Edward H. White
c. Yuri Gagarin
d. Alan Shepard
20. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are what type of planets?
a. Jovian Planets
b. Ice Giants
c. Terrestrial Planets
d. Interior Planets
21. The elements that are present in atmosphere of Jupiter and Saturn are ________
a. Argon and Krypton
b. Hydrogen and Helium
c. Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide
d. Nitrogen and Methane
22. It takes the sun 225-250 million years to do a single revolution of the milky way
galaxy. How fast does the sun travel?
A) 220 km in a second
B) 220 km in a min
C) 220 km in a hour
D) 220 km in a year
23. A black hole is a
a. contracted star with intense gravitational pull
b. Star with very low surface temp
c. Star with no atmosphere
d. pulsating star
24. What is full form of NSS?
a. National Secret Service
b. Navy Special Service
c. National Space Society
d. National Science Service
25. The first Indian Satellite is
a. INSAT
b. EDUSAT
c. IRS
d. ARYABHATTA
[Link] helps hold plants in place in microgravity?
a. Soil
b. Magnets
c. Special growth chambers
d. Water only
27. What happens to roots in microgravity?
a. Grow down normally
b. Float and twist
c. Stop growing
d. Freeze
28. Why are closed systems used in space farming?
a. Save resources
b. Trap insects
c. Keep plants warm
d. Let plants grow faster
29. What color LED is best for plant growth?
a. Red and blue
b. Yellow and black
c. Green and white
d. Orange and purple
[Link] of these is a benefit of growing plants in space?
a. Clean air
b. Food
c. mental wellness
d. All of the above