Which of the following country/countries successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars orbit by maiden attempt ?

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Q: 71 (NDA-I/2015)

Which of the following country/countries successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit by maiden attempt ?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

NDA-I

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{'mars': [1, 1, 1, 1], 'china': [1, 0, 1, 2], 'russia': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'countries': [1, 0, 2, 6], 'usa': [12, 5, 29, 27], 'spacecraft': [0, 0, 2, 2], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'orbit': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'country': [27, 2, 36, 66]}

The correct answer is option 3: India.

Option 1: USA - While the USA has successfully landed multiple rovers on Mars, such as the Curiosity rover, they have not inserted a spacecraft into Mars` orbit on their maiden attempt. So, this option is incorrect.

Option 2: USA and Russia - Russia has also successfully landed rovers on Mars, but they have not achieved orbit insertion on their maiden attempt either. Therefore, this option is also incorrect.

Option 4: China - China has made significant advancements in space exploration, but they have not yet successfully inserted a spacecraft into Mars` orbit on their maiden attempt. Hence, this option is incorrect.

India, on the other hand, achieved a major milestone by successfully inserting its spacecraft, called the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan, into Mars` orbit on its maiden attempt in 2014. This made India the first country in the world to accomplish this feat in its first try. Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.

Alert - correct answer should be: None (This means that all the options provided in the question are incorrect, and the correct answer is not given among the options.)