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Prelims 2015 · Science and Technology · Question 73

The term 'IndARC', sometimes in the news, is the name of

  1. an indigenously developed radar system inducted into Indian Defence
  2. India's satellite to provide services to the countries of Indian Ocean Rim
  3. a scientific establishment set up by India in Antarctic region
  4. India's underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region

Answer

India's underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region

  • (a) Incorrect. IndARC is not a defence radar system; it is unrelated to indigenous military radar induction.
  • (b) Incorrect. It is not an Indian satellite for Indian Ocean Rim services; that description fits communication/remote-sensing initiatives, not IndARC.
  • (c) Incorrect. India’s Antarctic research stations are Dakshin Gangotri, Maitri, and Bharati; IndARC is not an Antarctic establishment.
  • (d) Correct. IndARC is India’s underwater moored observatory in the Arctic, deployed in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, for scientific study of the Arctic region.
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