Consider the following statements:1.Apollo 11 was the first manned moon mission.2.Change’s 3 was world’s first spacecraft to soft land on moon.3.South Korea has also made attempts for soft landing on moon.Which of the statements given above are correct?

Q. Consider the following statements:
1.Apollo 11 was the first manned moon mission.
2.Change’s 3 was world’s first spacecraft to soft land on moon.
3.South Korea has also made attempts for soft landing on moon.
Which of the statements given above are correct

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation –

Statement 1 and 3 are correct. Apollo 11 was the first manned moon mission. South Korea, Japan, EU, UAE, Israel and Luxembourg have made attempts for landing on moon.

Statement 2 is incorrect. Luna 2 was first space craft that hard landed on moon whereas Lune 9 was the first spacecraft that soft-landed on moon. These both belonged to Soviet Union.

Source: The Times of India

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