Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

First Indian To go to space?

  1. Rakesh Mehta

  2. Rakesh Mehra

  3. Rakesh Sharma

  4. Rakesh Verma
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Explanation

Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel to space in 1984 aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 as part of the Intercosmos program. He spent nearly 8 days in space and conducted scientific experiments on the Salyut 7 space station.

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