Q1. Which of the following India-born space travellers was on the Columbia space shuttle during its return?
A Kalpana Chawla Correct
B Sunita Williams
C Ritu Karidhal
D Sirisha Bandla
Explanation
Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, India, and was part of NASA's STS-107 mission aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The shuttle disintegrated during re-entry in 2003, and she died along with the rest of the crew. Sunita Williams is also of Indian origin, but she was born in the United States and was not on Columbia's final return. Ritu Karidhal is an Indian space scientist, not a space traveller. Sirisha Bandla flew on a suborbital commercial spaceflight, not on Columbia.