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?
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is correct: Mangalyaan is the Mars Orbiter Mission. Statement 2 is wrong: India was the fourth to orbit Mars, after the Soviet Union, the USA and the European Space Agency. Statement 3 is correct: India was the first to succeed on its very first attempt. So 1 and 3.
Watch for: Students forget the Soviet Union and ESA reached Mars before India.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the first-attempt success in Statement 3 is also correct.
- B. Wrong because India was not second to orbit Mars.
- D. Wrong because Statement 2 is false.
Source to check: ISRO, Mars Orbiter Mission page (isro.gov.in); PIB release, 24 September 2014
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