Question

Q). Read the following passage and answer the question: Kalpana's first space mission in the space shuttle,Columbia, was 15 days, 16 hours and 34 minutes long. During this time she went around the Earth 252 times, travelling 10.45 million kilometers! The crew included a Japanese and a Ukranian astronaut. The crew performed experiments such as pollinating plants to observe food growth in space and tests for making stronger metals and faster computer chips - all for a price tag of about 56 million dollars. (i) How many times Kalpana went around the Earth and how much distance she covered? 

​(ii) Give one word substitute for "a group of people who work and operate an aircraft." *

(a)Shuttle

(b)Columbia

(c) Crew

(d) Experiment

(iii) Write synonym for the word 'observe'. *

(a) Monitor

(b) food

(c) metal

(d) price

(iv) What was the Columbia? *

(a)a crew

(b) a space shuttle

(c)an astronaut

(d) all of these

Answer 1

Explanation:

Columbia

metal

an astronaut