Question

What is the full form of GMRT?
A. Ground Mobile Receive Terminal
B. Geometric Mean Reciprocal Titer
C. Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
D. General Maintenance and Repair Technician

Answer 1

Hint: In order to answer this question, first we will mention the full form of GMRT, and then we will thoroughly discuss the GMRT. It is the third Indian scientific facility to get an IEEE milestone for its engineering.

Complete answer:
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has become the third Indian scientific facility to get an IEEE milestone for its original engineering, superior technology, and scientific contributions in the field of radio astronomy. A special mention for the GMRT telescope, which was conceived, built, and operated entirely by Indian scientists and engineers. Radio astronomers from all around the world use it to examine our Universe.

The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), which is part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, operates the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. From 1984 to 1996, it was designed and developed under the guidance of Prof. Govind Swarup.
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope's observatory is at Khodad, some 60 kilometres north of Pune, and its office is at Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Astronomers from all around the world use this telescope to study HII regions, galaxies, pulsars, supernovae, and the Sun and solar winds, among other celestial phenomena.
In February 2020, it helped in the observation of the biggest explosion in the history of the universe, the Ophiuchus Supercluster explosion.

Hence, the correct option is C.

Note: Sir J.C. Bose's pioneering work demonstrating the creation and reception of radio waves in 1895 (recognised in 2012) and Sir C.V. Raman's Nobel Prize-winning ‘scattering of light' phenomena identified in 1928 (recognised in 1930) were the previous two Indian IEEE Milestones.