Multiple choice

Which of the following is the first Indian to go in space?

  1. Ramanujan

  2. Tenzing Norgay

  3. Dr. Homi Jahangir

  4. Rakesh Sharma
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Explanation

Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel to space in 1984 aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 mission. Ramanujan was a mathematician, Tenzing Norgay was a mountaineer (first to climb Everest), and Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha was a nuclear physicist.

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