Which of the following statements about the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is/are correct?
1. It is an international particle accelerator facility located in Germany.
2. India is one of the Founder-Member countries of the FAIR project.
3. Indian scientists contribute to the project by supplying superconducting magnets as part of India's in-kind support.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3

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Which of the following statements about the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is/are correct?
1. It is an international particle accelerator facility located in Germany.
2. India is one of the Founder-Member countries of the FAIR project.
3. Indian scientists contribute to the project by supplying superconducting magnets as part of India's in-kind support.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, and 3

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Statement 1 is correct: Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR)
FAIR is an international accelerator facility at Darmstadt, Germany which will deliver beams for research in nuclear physics, hadron physics, high energy heavy ion collisions, atomic and plasma physics.

Statement 2 is correct: India is a Founder-Member country for this project. As part of India&rsquo;s in-kind contributions, India has to supply sophisticated items like power converters, vacuum chambers, beam stoppers, superconducting magnets and advanced detector systems.

Statement 3 is correct: Indian scientists and engineers from different R&D labs and industries are engaged in designing, developing, prototyping and supply of these items having stringent technical specifications as per international standards.

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Which of the following statements about the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) is/are correct? 1. It is an international particle accelerator facility located in Germany. 2. India is one of the Founder-Member countries of the FAIR project. 3. Indian scientists contribute to the project by supplying superconducting magnets as part of India's in-kind support. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, and 3