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AN INDIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE:

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1994, what significant event occurred in Chawla's career?

a)

She joined NASA

b)

She flew a spacecraft

c)

She met her husband

2.

Chawla was the only woman to be posthumously awarded the-

a)

Bharat Ratna

b)

Padma Shri

c)

Pravasiya Bharat Samaan Puraskar

3.

Kalpana went to the U.S. for__________

a)

Work

b)

To get married

c)

higher studies

d)

None of the above

4.

Who was the first Indian American astronaut?

a)

Sunita Williams

b)

Kalpana Chawla

c)

Sally Ride

d)

Valentina Tereshkova

5.

In which year Kalpana Chawla was born ?

a)

1947

b)

1962

c)

1961

d)

1997

6.

How Kalpana Chawla was killed ?

a)

In a road accident

b)

In a space shuttle accident

c)

In a war

d)

In a plane crash

7.

Kalpana’s first mission in the space shuttle, Columbia, was nearly____________

a)

11days long 16hours and 50minutes.

b)

18days long 16hours and 90minutes.

c)

5days long 21hours and 34minutes.

d)

15days long 16hours and 34minutes.

8.

Kalpana married the flight instructor ______

a)

Otis Harrison

b)

John Michael

c)

Robert Walker

d)

Jean Pierre Harrison.

9.

Kalpana Chawla was a _______________ citizen.

a)

African- American

b)

Indian- American

c)

Indian

d)

All of the above

10.

According to the journalist, an astronaut needs to know a lot about. __________

a)

biology and

aeronautical engineering

b)

Social and political

c)

Civic and public

d)

All of the above

11.

She went around the earth ________ times

a)

128

b)

667

c)

365

d)

252

12.

In which year was she selected for training by NASA?

a)

1988

b)

1685

c)

1884

d)

1994

13.

Kalpana Chawla did her schooling in ________

a)

Tagore School Karnal

b)

St. Anne's, Bangalore

c)

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Karnal

d)

None of the above

14.

Where was Kalpana Chawla born?

a)

Karnal,Hyderbad

b)

Karnal,Haryana

c)

Washington,USA

d)

Melbourne,Australia

15.

Among Kalpana Chawla was ___________ and ___________ astronauts

a)

Japanese,Ukranian

b)

Indian,American

c)

British,Japanese

d)

Ukranian,Chinese

16.

In which rocket did kalpana chawla goes

a)
b)
c)
d)

none of the above