Question

Consider the following statements: The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO
1. is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission
2. made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA
3. made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

(c) (i) The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan. It is India’ first interplanetary mission and ISRO has become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the space program, NASA, and the ** Space Agency. It is the first ** nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
(ii) Statement 1 and 3 are right. Apart from India and USA, Russia and ** space agency also have it. **** Space Agency’* Mars Express has two components 1) Mars Orbiter 2) Beagle 2 Lander. Hence 2nd statement is wrong. Hence by elimination we are left with choice (c).