SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 39

SSC CGL - 9th March 2020 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q39

As of January 2020, which of the following countries had NOT independently launched a human into space?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct option is option 1 i.e. India

India India has not been able to send an independent human space mission yet.
  India's space agency says that four astronaut candidates have been selected for its first human mission, targeted to launch by 2022, but they've not been publicly named or identified.
  On April 2, 1984, Indian Air Force pilot Rakesh Sharma made history by becoming the first Indian to travel to space.