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SSC CGL 2025 PYQ — Question 27

SSC CGL - 17 Sep 2025 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q27

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What is India's first successful interplanetary mission?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. Mangalyaan.

Mangalyaan (MOM), launched in 2013, is India's first successful interplanetary mission, making ISRO the fourth space agency to reach Mars and the first to do so on its maiden attempt.

Explanation of other options:

  • Chandrayaan-1: India's first lunar mission (2008). It was a lunar orbiter, not interplanetary (as the Moon is Earth's satellite).

  • Gaganyaan: India's upcoming crewed orbital spacecraft mission aimed at sending humans to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

  • Aditya-L1: India's first dedicated solar mission (2023) designed to study the Sun's corona and solar winds from the L1 point.