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Who amongst the following was the Chairman of ISRO when INSAT-3B was launched?

(a) Anil Kakodar
(b) Abdul Kalam
(c) K. Kasturirangan
(d) U. R. Rao
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Answer: (c) K. Kasturirangan
UPSC 2001 · Q108 · Science & Technology › Space Technology & Astronomy · Save

Who is the scientist in whose honour the “Chandra” X-ray telescope has been named?

(a) Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman
(b) Jagdish Chandra Bose
(c) Prafulla Chandra Roy
(d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Answer: (d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar