Consider the following statements : 1. ISRO is aiming to put an ast ronaut outside the earth`s atmosphere by the year 2014. 2. In the year 1984, IAF pilot Rakesh Sharma went into space in a Soviet spacecraft. Which of the statements given above is/ are co

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Q: 74 (CDS-I/2007)
Consider the following statements :
1. ISRO is aiming to put an ast ronaut outside the earth's atmosphere by the year 2014.
2. In the year 1984, IAF pilot Rakesh Sharma went into space in a Soviet spacecraft.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

question_subject: 

General Knowledge

question_exam: 

CDS-I

stats: 

0,9,10,2,7,9,1

keywords: 

{'ast ronaut': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'soviet spacecraft': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'atmosphere': [1, 1, 4, 7], 'isro': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'iaf pilot': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'space': [4, 1, 7, 12], 'earth': [0, 1, 1, 1], 'rakesh sharma': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

The correct answer is option 3: Both 1 and 2.

Statement 1: ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is aiming to put an astronaut outside the Earth`s atmosphere by the year 2014. This statement is incorrect because it refers to a specific goal that ISRO had set for the year 2014. However, as of now, ISRO has not been able to achieve this goal.

Statement 2: In the year 1984, IAF (Indian Air Force) pilot Rakesh Sharma went into space in a Soviet spacecraft. This statement is correct. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel in space when he flew aboard the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 2, 1984.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3 because statement 2 is correct, but statement 1 is incorrect.