General Awareness for various competitive examination

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General Awareness for various competitive examination

Welcome to GK Section.

We know the importance of Current Affairs mainly general awareness, GK (General Knowledge) in various competitive exams for aspirants.

We are publishing general awareness notes, bits and study material daily.

General Awareness bits help in the last minute preparation for various exams.

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1-The first person in the world to land on the moon- Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Adrin Jr. of U.S.A. Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon followed by Aldrin. July 21, 1969.


2-The first woman cosmonaut of the world- Valentina Tereshkova.


3-The first spaceship which carried three American astronauts to land two of them on the moon- Apollo-11.


4- The first unmanned moon buggy to explore the surface of the moon- Lunakhod-1 (U.S.S.R.)


5-The first mission of a linking-up in space by manned spaceships of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Mission (ASTP). It was launched on July 15 and linked up in space on July 17, 1975.


6-The first man to fly into space belonging to a country other than Russia or the U.S.A- Vladimir


7-The first Indian to go into space- Rakesh Sharma


8-Russia’s first spaceship with an international crew on board- Remek (Czechoslovakia).


9-India’s first scientific satellite- Aryabhatta


10-First European space probe landing on the surface of the Saturnian Moon Titan- Huygens (January 15, 2005).


11-The first space rocket to hit the moon- Lunik II.


12- The first American astronaut to make two space flights- Gordon Cooper (U.S.A.).


13-The first space rocket brought back to earth after orbiting the moon- Zond-5.


14-The first manned space vehicle to land on the moon- Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) nick-named –Eagle


15-The first American astronaut to float in space- Edward White


16-The first man to enter space- Major Yuri Gagarin (Russian).


17-The first cosmonaut to spend about 17½ days in space endurance flight- Adrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanosov in Soyuz-9 (June 1, 1970).


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