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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 27

SSC CGL - 6th June 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q27

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Name the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman and Padma Bhushan awardee who created and unleashed a historical moment when Mars Orbiter became the first Indian spacecraft to enter Martian orbit in a maiden attempt.

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Correct answer: B

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The correct answer is option 2, i.e. K Radhakrishnan. 

ISRO chairman and Padma Bhushan awardee who created and unleashed a historical moment when Mars Orbiter became the first Indian spacecraft to enter Martian orbit in a maiden attempt:

K Radhakrishnan

Mars orbital mission:
  • The Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan, is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. 
  • It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
  • It is India's first interplanetary mission and it made it the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after Roscosmos, NASA, and the European Space Agency.
  • K Radhakrishnan was the chairman of Indian Space Research Organization during 2009-2014 and played vital role in making the Mars Orbital Mission a success.
  • India became the first country to make it a success in its maiden attempt.
  • It costed about 4.5 billion INR.