UPSC Express

Consider following statements about Navika Sagar Parikrama – INVS Tarini:
1. This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.
2. On the journey, the crew is also collating and updating meteorological, ocean and wave datA.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A.
1 only
B.
2 only
C.
Both 1 and 2
D.
Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation :
Navika Sagar Parikrama  is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.
The crew has also been collating and updating meteorological, ocean and wave data on a regular basis for accurate weather forecast by India Meteorological Department (IMD), as also monitoring marine pollution on the high seas