Question

Read the extract and answer the following. [7]

1. KALPANA Chawala said that she neverdreamed, as a child in Karnal, that shewould cross the frontiers of

space. It wasenough that her parents allowed her toattend engineering college after shegraduated from

Tagore School.

2. After a Bachelor of Science degree inaeronautical engineering, against greatopposition from her father,

she went fora master’s degree to the United Statesof America. She later earned her Ph.D.in aerospace

engineering. KalpanaChawla was the first Indian–Americanwoman astronaut to blast off from the

launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida,and participateina successful missioninspace.Her family from India
cheeredalong with staff at the KennedySpaceCenter as they watched the Columbialift off.Kalpana was born in Karnal, Haryana,but was a naturalised U.S. citizen,married to flight instructor Jean-
Pierre

Harrison. Besides being an astronaut,she was licensed to fly single and multiengine land airplanes, single-

engineseaplanes and gliders. She was also acertified flight instructor.

Questions:

1) What message did KalpanaChawla send from the space shuttle to the students of her college?


2) How is KalpnaChawla an inspiration to millions of Indians and especially girls?


3) Find out the adjectives from the passage for the following words

a. Success b. Aeronautics


4)Write the synonyms of the following from the passage.

i) Permit ii) Join

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Answer 1

1.In a message she sent from Columbia to students of her college in Chandigarh she told them that with courage they too can fulfil their dreams. She wished them all a great journey.

2.Although Kalpana's second space flight ended in disaster, she is remembered as an extraordinary woman, an inspiration, and a role model. She set a mighty example for being courageous, dedicated, and an independent woman who set her eyes on space and followed through with her dream.

3.success-successful

aeronautics-aeronautical

4.permit-allowed

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