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Kalpana Chawla

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Kalpana Chawla born?

a)

Lucknow

b)

Agra

c)

Amritsar

d)

Karnal

2.

Where did Kalpana Chawla go for her masters degree?

a)

Australia

b)

United States of America

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Canada

3.

Which year Kalpana Chawla was selected by NASA for training as an astronaut?

a)

1994

b)

1983

c)

1990

d)

1987

4.

What was the name of Kalpana Chawla's first space shuttle?

a)

Challenger

b)

Discovery

c)

Colombia

d)

Atlantis

5.

How many times Kalpana Chawla's space shuttle went around the earth?

a)

230

b)

152

c)

250

d)

252

6.

What was the nationality of the crew included on Kalpana Chawla's first space mission?

a)

Japanese and Ukrainian

b)

Romanian and Russian

c)

German and French

d)

Malaysian and Indonesian

7.

Who did Kalpana Chawla marry?

a)

Rick James

b)

David M. Brown

c)

Jean Pierre Harrison

d)

Neil Armstrong

8.

Which school did Kalpana Chawla graduate from?

a)

Jesus and Mary school

b)

Tagore School

c)

Hindu school

d)

St. Paul's school

9.

How many other crew members passed away together with Kalpana Chawla in the Colombia space shuttle disaster?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

10.

Which year the Columbia space shuttle broke apart in flames?

a)

2000

b)

1991

c)

2001

d)

2003

11.

In January, Kalpana Chawla was the only woman to be awarded the:

a)

Bharat Ratna

b)

Padma Bhushan

c)

Padma Shri

d)

Pravasiya Bharat Samman Puraskar

12.

An avid nature lovers, Kalpana Chawla donated 300,000 dollars in her will to:

a)

The National Audobon Society

b)

Wildlife Conservation Society

c)

The World Wildlife Fund

d)

The National Geographic Society

13.

Even though Kalpana Chawla belonged to a middle class family, she never left:

a)

Hope

b)

Ego

c)

Hate

d)

Attitude

14.

Despite great opposition from her father, Kalpana Chawla went for her masters degree to USA. This shows that she was:

a)

Weak minded

b)

Stubborn

c)

Determined

d)

Reluctant

15.

"I pretty much had my dreams like anyone else and I followed them"- Kalpana Chawla. What does this statement prove?

a)

She was fearful

b)

She was courageous

c)

She was arrogant

d)

She was terrified