1. What did Kalpana Chawla never dream of as a child? 2. What according to Kalpana was enough for her parents to do?

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below them:

Kalpana Chawla said that she never dreamed, as a child in Karnal, that she would cross the frontiers of space. It was enough that her parents allowed her to attend engineering college after she had graduated from Tagore School. After a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, against great opposition from her father, she went for a master’s degree, to the United States of America. She later earned her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. Kalpana Chawla was , the first Indian American woman astronaut to blast off from the launch pad at Cape, Canaveral, Florida and participate in a successful mission in space. Her family from India cheered along with the staff at the Kennedy Space Center as they watched the Columbia lift off.

1. What did Kalpana Chawla never dream of as a child?

2. What according to Kalpana was enough for her parents to do?

3. Describe the degrees that Kalpana earned in the India and in U.S.

4. Who all cheered Kalpana as the Columbia took off for its space journey?

Answer 1

1. As a child, Kalpana Chawla never dreamt of crossing the frontiers of space.

2. According to Kalpana, it was enough for her parents to allow her to attend engineering college.

3. Kalpana earned her Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from India. She earned her Master’s degree and her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the U.S.

4. Kalpana’s family from India and the staff at the Kennedy Space Center cheered Kalpana as the Columbia took off for its space journey.