Chandrayaan 3 Unseen Passage

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Chandrayaan 3 Unseen Passage

1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions:

Bengaluru, Aug 24: India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation.
After a failed attempt to land on the moon in 2019, India now joins the United States, the Soviet Union and China as only the fourth country to achieve this milestone. A lander with a rover inside touched down on the lunar surface at 6:04 p.m. local time, sparking celebrations across India, including in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, where space scientists watching the landing erupted in cheers and applause.
“India is now on the moon. India has reached the south pole of the moon — no other country has achieved that. We are witnessing history,” Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said as he waved the Indian tri-colored flag while watching the landing from South Africa, where he is participating in the BRICS nations summit.
The lunar rover will slide down a flap from the lander within hours or a day and conduct experiments, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface, said S. Somnath, chairman of the state-run Indian Space Research Organization.
The mission, which began more than a month ago at an estimated cost of $75 million, is expected to last another two weeks. Somnath said that India would next attempt a manned lunar mission.
India’s success comes just days after Russia’s Luna-25, which was aiming for the same lunar region, spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed. It would have been the first successful Russian lunar landing after a gap of 47 years. Russia’s head of the state-controlled space corporation Roscosmos attributed the failure to the lack of expertise due to the long break in lunar research that followed the last Soviet mission to the moon in 1976.

A. Choose the correct alternative:

(i) Approximately how much did India’s lunar mission cost?
a) $7.5 million
b) $75 million
c) $750 million
d) $7.5 billion

(ii) Which country’s lunar mission recently encountered failure?
a) China
b) India
c) Russia
d) The United States

(iii) Where was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he witnessed the historic lunar landing?
a) In India, at the ISRO headquarters
b) On the moon’s surface alongside the rover
c) In South Africa, participating in a summit
d) In Russia, attending a space conference

(iv) How long is India’s lunar mission expected to last?
a) One month
b) Two weeks
c) Six months
d) One year

(v) Previously India tried to land on moon in-
a) 1979
b) 1976
c) 2009
d) 2019

(vi) The first country to reach the south pole of the moon is-
a) India
b) The United States
c) China
d) Russia

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(i) b) $75 million
(ii) c) Russia
(iii) c) In South Africa, participating in a summit
(iv) b) Two weeks
(v) d) 2019
(vi) a) India

B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false. Provide sentence / phrases in support of yours answer:

(i) India’s lunar mission aimed to explore the moon’s north pole.

S.S:

(ii) India’s lunar rover conducted experiments on the mineral composition of the lunar surface immediately upon landing.

S.S:

(iii) India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, was in India at the time of the lunar landing.

S.S:

(iv) Russia’s last successful lunar mission before Luna-25 was in 1976.

S.S:

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(i) F
S.S: “India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole”
(ii) F
S.S: “The lunar rover will slide down a flap from the lander within hours or a day and conduct experiments”
(iii) F
S.S: “Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said as he waved the Indian tri-colored flag while watching the landing from South Africa”
(iii) T
S.S: “the last Soviet mission to the moon in 1976”

C. Answer the following questions:

(i) Which countries have previously achieved successful lunar landings?

(ii) What type of experiments was the lunar rover expected to conduct after landing?

(iii) What happened to Russia’s Luna-25 mission in relation to its lunar landing attempt?

(iv) Who is S. Somnath? What future lunar mission did he mention in the passage?

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(i) The countries that have previously achieved successful lunar landings are the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.
(ii) The lunar rover was expected to conduct experiments, including an analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.
(iii) Russia’s Luna-25 mission spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed.
(iv) S. Somnath is the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.
He mentioned in the passage that India would next attempt a manned lunar mission.

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