{"id":75320,"date":"2024-04-20T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=75320"},"modified":"2024-04-20T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T12:14:25","slug":"a-pioneering-woman-scientist-from-karnataka-who-worked-at-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-pioneering-woman-scientist-from-karnataka-who-worked-at-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"A pioneering woman scientist from Karnataka who worked at NASA:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a973037750b3\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Sunita Williams                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Kalpana Chawla                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    Tessy Thomas                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Nandini Harinath                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>C) Tessy Thomas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tessy Thomas is an Indian aerospace engineer and the director of the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 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She is the first Indian-American woman in space. She has flown on four space shuttle missions and has logged over 500 hours in space.<\/p>\n<p>Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut and engineer. She was the first Indian woman in space. She was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Nandini Harinath is an Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and CEO of the company Enlitic. She is known for her work on artificial intelligence and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>Tessy Thomas is the correct answer because she is a pioneering woman scientist from Karnataka who worked at NASA. She is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in India. 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