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ISRO's Mangalyaan spacecraft, noted for being built at minimum expense, was placed into orbit around which planet?
AMars
BVenus
CJupiter
DSaturn
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Mars
1. Next to the moon, the astronomical object nearest the earth is Mars.
2. The chapter describes ISRO's spacecraft 'Mangalyaan', built using minimum expenses.
3. Launched in November 2013, it was placed into orbit around Mars in September 2014.
4. Hence Mangalyaan orbited Mars.
_Source: Balbharati (Maharashtra Board) Class 10 Science & Technology, Ch 10 "Space Missions", p.151_
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