Arrange the milestones in the Indian Science and Technology field in the chronological order:
(A) Marked India's entry into Martian exploration.
(B) Launch of India's first moon mission.
(C) Development and testing of Agni, a series of strategic missiles.
(D) Pokhran tests, India's successful testing of five nuclear bombs.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
Each milestone with its year:
(C) Agni missiles — developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (begun 1983); the first Agni was test-fired in 1989.
(D) Pokhran tests — the five nuclear tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) were carried out on 11 and 13 May 1998.
(B) First moon mission — Chandrayaan-1 was launched on 22 October 2008.
(A) Entry into Martian exploration — the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) was launched on 5 November 2013 and reached Mars orbit in September 2014.