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Chandrayaan-3, which landed in August 2023, made India the first country to land near the Moon's:
- A. South pole
- B. North pole
- C. Equator
- D. Far-side centre
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Answer: (A) South pole
Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander touched down near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023, making India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon and the first near the south pole. Earlier landings by other countries were in equatorial or mid-latitude regions, far from the south pole.
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