Q. Which of the following are the Indian research stations currently active in Antarctica?

1. Maitri
2. Dakshin Gangotri
3. INDARC
4. Bharti

Select the correct option from codes given below:
Answer: 1 & 4 Only
Notes: Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica at a distance of 2500 kilometres from the South Pole. It was decommissioned in 1990. India presently has two research stations in Antarctica namely “Maitri” and “Bharati”. New station “Bharati” has just been constructed and established in March 2013, while Maitri was established in 1989. Indian Arctic station ‘Himadri’. IndARC is the country’s first underwater moored observatory in the Arctic.

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