{"id":91416,"date":"2025-06-01T10:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91416"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:56:12","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-1-the-mangalyaan-launched-by-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-1-the-mangalyaan-launched-by-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements:\n \n 1. The Mangalyaan launched by IS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission.<\/li>\n<li>2. made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA<\/li>\n<li>3. made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2016\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatements 1 and 3 are correct. The Mangalyaan is indeed the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), and India is the only country to have successfully placed a spacecraft in Mars orbit on its very first attempt.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, is ISRO&#8217;s first interplanetary mission. It successfully entered Mars orbit on September 24, 2014.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nStatement 2 is incorrect. While India became the fourth entity (after USSR\/Russia, NASA, and ESA) to successfully send a spacecraft to orbit Mars, it was not the second country after the USA. Russia (then USSR) achieved orbit in 1971, followed by the USA in 1971. ESA (European Space Agency) achieved orbit in 2003. Statement 3 is correct; no other country\/entity had succeeded in reaching Mars orbit on their maiden attempt before India.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: 1. The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO is also called the Mars Orbiter Mission. 2. made India the second country to have a spacecraft orbit the Mars after USA 3. made India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars in its very first attempt Which of &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements:\n \n 1. The Mangalyaan launched by IS\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-1-the-mangalyaan-launched-by-is\/#more-91416\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<p> 1. 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