Expeditions to Antarctica

Q.

Where is Dakshin Gangotri, Indias research centre present?

Q. From which of the following places can you see the Aurora Australis?

1. Falkland Islands
2. Alaska
3. New Zealand
4. Greenland

Q. Under whose leadership did India lead its first expedition to Antarctica?

1. Dr B. B. Bhattacharya
2. Dr Harsh K. Gupta
3. Dr S. Z. Quasim
4. N. Balakrishnan Nair

Q. During the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983/84, India established their first Indian scientific research base station in Antarctica. What is this research base station called?

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

Q. Bharti, India’s second permanent research station in Antarctica helps Indian scientists to venture into interior Antarctic mountains.

1. True
2. False

Q. Statement 1 (S1): Aurora is a curtain of coloured lights that appears in the sky.
Statement 2 (S2): Aurora is caused by magnetic storms in the upper atmosphere.

1. S1 is true but S2 is false.
2. Both S1 and S2 are false.
3. S1 and S2 are true and S2 is not the correct justification of S1.
4. S1 and S2 are true and S2 is the correct justification of S1.

Q. Which of the following reasons account for the fact that though Antarctica is rich in minerals like platinum, gold, and petroleum, it is still not extracted?

1. International agreements allow exploration and not exploitation by any one nation.
2. Activities are regulated through international agreements, which do permit the extraction of minerals
3. Economic feasibility
4. Environmental issues and concerns

Q. Teams of which two countries reached the South Pole in 1912?

1. Britain
2. India
3. Norway
4. Spain

Q. Research shows that Antarctica is rich in which of the following minerals?

1. Petroleum
2. Gold
3. Copper
4. Uranium
5. Silver
6. Chromium
7. Nickel
8. Platinum