English Quiz

Name of this famous personality?

• Marsha Ivins

• Sunita Williams

• Kalpana Chawla

• Mary L. Cleave

Kalpana Chawla was born in -

• Punjab

• Chandigarh

• Delhi

• Karnal

A space shuttle is:

• a hovercraft

• a spacecraft

• a space station

• a rocket

Going to U.S. for a master’s degree was not liked:

• by Kalpana’s mother

• by Kalpana’s tutor

• by Kalpana’s father

• by the people

Kalpana earned her PhD In:

• astronautical engineering

• aerospace engineering

• astrophysical engineering

• mechanical engineering

She was called an:

• Indo-Anglo American

• Indian-American

• Astro-American

• Anglo-Indian

She was selected at NASA for the training:

• In 1990

• In 1996

• In 1994

• In 1998

The period of her first mission In space was:

• 15 days 5 hours 05 minutes

• 15 days 8 hours 37 minutes

• 16 days 15 hours 34 minutes

• 15 days 16 hours 34 minutes

The remarkable achievement of Kalpana was that

• she studied In U.S.

• she went into space

• she learnt a lot

• she became an astronaut

The word "launch" means the same as -

• fly

• flow

• start

• lunch