Question
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order.
Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a mea ningful and coherent paragraph. (A) The second lander and rover mission Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon on 23 August 2023, making India the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft in the lunar south pole region, and the fourth country to soft land on the Moon after the Soviet Union, the United States and China.(B) The Chandrayaan programme also known as the Indian Lunar Exploration Programme is an ongoing series of outer space missions by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the exploration of the Moon.(C) While the two orbiters were successful, the first lander and rover which were part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, crashed on the surface.(D) There have been three missions so far with a total of two orbiters, landers and rovers each.Solution
The correct order is BDCA.
B introduces the Chandrayaan programme, giving background information about the ongoing series of missions by ISRO for lunar exploration.
D follows up by mentioning the number of missions and the types of spacecraft (orbiters, landers, and rovers) involved.
C provides details about the Chandrayaan-2 mission, noting that while the orbiters were successful, the lander and rover crashed.
A concludes the paragraph with the success of Chandrayaan-3, highlighting India’s achievement of landing on the Moon’s south pole region.
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