The term 'IndARC', sometimes seen in the news, is the name of
Answer & explanation
Answer: (d) India's underwater observatory to scientifically study the Arctic region
IndARC is India's first multi-sensor moored (sub-surface) ocean observatory, deployed in 2014 in the Kongsfjorden fjord of the Arctic. It is an underwater platform for studying the Arctic, not a radar, a satellite or an Antarctic station.
- ✗ (a) IndARC has nothing to do with defence radar. It is an ocean-observation platform developed by Ministry of Earth Sciences institutions.
- ✗ (b) It is not a satellite. It is a set of sensors moored in the sea in an Arctic fjord.
- ✗ (c) India's establishments in Antarctica are research stations such as Maitri and Bharati. IndARC is in the Arctic, in the Kongsfjorden fjord of Svalbard, Norway.
- ✓ (d) IndARC, deployed in July 2014, is India's first multi-sensor moored observatory in the Arctic. It sits in the Kongsfjorden fjord, roughly halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
Remember · IndARC (2014) is India's first moored underwater observatory in the Arctic, in Kongsfjorden. It was developed by NIOT and NCAOR (now NCPOR).
Sources
- PIB (Ministry of Earth Sciences), India Deploys its First Sub-Surface Ocean Moored Observatory in the Arctic, 1 Aug 2014 ↗ “successfully deployed IndARC, the country’s first multi-sensor moored observatory in the Kongsfjorden fjord of the Arctic, roughly half way between Norway and the North Pole.”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2015, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
