Q. Consider the following statements about Samudrayaan Mission::
1. It is India’s first manned ocean mission.
2. National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is the Implementing Agency for the mission..
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
About the Samudrayaan Mission:
- The Samudrayaan mission is India’s first manned ocean mission. It is a part of the Deep Ocean Mission.
- Its aims is to send men deep into the ocean in a submersible vehicle for deep-ocean exploration and rare mineral mining. As a part of the mission, in 2023, Sea trials of a 500-meter rated shallow water version of the manned submersible will be done.
- The trial will be followed by a mission that will send 3 people to a depth of 6,000 meters in the sea in a manned submersible vehicle called MATSYA 6000 for deep underwater studies.
- National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is the Implementing Agency for the mission.
Source: EPIC June 2022
