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RRB NTPC · Question 85

The first human to travel in space -

  1. Neil Armstrong

  2. Yuri Gagarin

  3. Edwin Aldrin

  4. Valentina Tereshkova

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Answer: (B) Yuri Gagarin

Explanation

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on 12 April 1961, orbiting the Earth once in Vostok 1. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman (1963) and Neil Armstrong the first on the Moon (1969).