Consider the following statements about International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT): 1. It has been commissioned in Leh. 2. It has been built by India, US and Japan. Which of the above given statement is/are correct? |ForumIAS

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[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: D

Notes:

International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT):

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) has been commissioned in Devasthal, Uttarakhand. It has been built by India, Belgium and Canada.
It is located at an altitude of 2450 meters at the Devasthal Observatory campus of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES).
It is the first liquid mirror telescope in the country and the largest in Asia.

Source: EPIC June 2022