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NDA 2023 GAT · General Knowledge · Current Affairs · easy

The lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, which touched down near the lunar south polar region on 23 August 2023, was named:

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The lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, which touched down near the lunar south polar region on 23 August 2023, was named:
  1. A. Pragyan
  2. B. Vyommitra
  3. C. Vikram
  4. D. Aryabhata
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Answer: (C) Vikram

Chandrayaan-3's lander was named Vikram, after Vikram Sarabhai, and it carried the rover Pragyan. The soft landing made India the fourth country to land on the Moon and the first near its south pole. Vyommitra is the humanoid for Gaganyaan, and Aryabhata was India's first satellite.
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