Q. With reference to the 'Three Gorges Antarctic Eye', consider the following statements:

1. It is a 3.2-metre optical telescope designed primarily to study gamma-ray bursts.
2. It is located at China's Zhongshan Station in Antarctica.
3. The telescope is intended to study interstellar gas and star formation processes.
4. The project is a collaboration between China Three Gorges University and Shanghai Normal University.

Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: 2, 3 and 4 only
Notes: Statement 1 is incorrect — the telescope is not optical nor focused on gamma-ray bursts; it is a radio/millimeter-wave telescope studying neutral hydrogen and ammonia lines, which are key to understanding interstellar gas and star formation processes. Thus, combinations inclusive of the first option are wrong. The correct answer is 2, 3 and 4 only.

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