India's Mars orbitter mission which was launched in the year 2013 was named .
A
Apollo
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B
Mangalyaan
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C
Chandrayaan
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D
Sputnik
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Solution
The correct option is B Mangalyaan India launched a satellite named as Mangalyaan on 5 November 2013 to orbit around Mars. The project was named as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and was undrtaken by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Mangalyaan reached the orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014 and has been orbitting it ever since.