The sample question on the General Knowledge topic for the recruitment examination by ISRO is as follows:

GK questions from 2015 Missions and Main Persons of ISRO

1, Mr A S Kiran Kumar Appointed as Chairman of ISRO on January 14th 2015

2, March 28th 2015 ISRO successfully launched Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C27 with a Payload of 1425 Kg.

3, PSLV – C27 took with it IRNSS-1D Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System which is used for mainly two services Standard Positioning services and Restricted Services

4, Dr K Sivan Appointed as Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram
Mr. S Somanath Appointed as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram
Mr P Kunhikrishnan Appointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota

5, PSLV-C28 Successfully launched 5 foreign satellites with a total payload of 1440 Kg on July 10th 2015.The five satellites were of for DMC International Imaging, United Kingdom.

6,Cryogenic Rocket engine for GSLV Mk-III the advanced version of GSLV series is tested sucessfully on July 16th 2015. GSLV series are the launch vehicles which can carry a load of upto 5 tonnes in future and will be used for space missions.

7, 2117 Kg GSAT-6 satellite is launched by GSLV launch vehicle on August 27th 2015.

Other sample questions on GK for ISRO examination are:

1. Which among following is called “Gift of the Nile”?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Iraq
(d) Egypt

2. Rangaswamy cup is associated with
(a) archery
(b) cricket
(c) football
(d) hockey

3. The ‘Red Triangle’ symbol denotes
(a) Air India
(b) family planning
(c) culture and civilization
(d) None of the above

4. Rabindranath Tagore is also known as
(a) Guruji
(b) Gurudev
(c) Mahamana
(d) Netaji

5. Thomas Cup is associated with
(a) badminton
(b) billiards
(c) lawn tennis
(d) table tennis

6. Satellite launching station is located at
(a) Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
(b) Solapur (Maharashtra)
(c) Salem (Tamilnadu)
(d) Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)

7. In which city the Asian Games first took place?
(a) Hong kong
(b) Tokyo
(c) New Delhi
(d) Kuala Lampur

8. How many players are there in Kabbadi team?
(a) 11
(b) 9
(c) 5
(d) 7

9. The head quarters of Sahitya AKademi is at
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Kolkata

10. The islands of Seychelles are located in the
(a) Arctic Ocean
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean