{"id":91268,"date":"2025-06-01T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91268"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:51:30","slug":"in-the-context-of-modern-scientific-research-consider-the-following-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/in-the-context-of-modern-scientific-research-consider-the-following-s\/","title":{"rendered":"In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following statements about &#8216;IceCube&#8217;, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the world&#8217;s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice.<\/li>\n<li>It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter.<\/li>\n<li>It is buried deep in the ice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2015\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct option is C. Statements 1 and 3 about the IceCube particle detector are correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Statement 1: IceCube is indeed the world&#8217;s largest neutrino detector. It consists of thousands of sensors embedded in a cubic kilometre of ice at the South Pole, designed to detect high-energy neutrinos.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement 2: While neutrinos are fundamental particles relevant to various areas of physics, including cosmology and potential dark matter interactions, IceCube is primarily designed as a neutrino *telescope* to study astrophysical sources of high-energy neutrinos (like supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei). Searching for dark matter is not its primary or stated main purpose.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement 3: The detector sensors (Digital Optical Modules or DOMs) are lowered into holes drilled deep into the Antarctic ice, at depths between 1450 and 2450 meters, making this statement correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nBy detecting the faint light (Cherenkov radiation) produced when neutrinos interact with the ice, IceCube scientists can infer the direction and energy of the neutrinos, opening a new window to observe the universe.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following statements about &#8216;IceCube&#8217;, a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news : It is the world&#8217;s largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice. It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter. It is buried deep in &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following s\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/in-the-context-of-modern-scientific-research-consider-the-following-s\/#more-91268\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1443,1128,1435],"class_list":["post-91268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1443","tag-physics","tag-space","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is C. Statements 1 and 3 about the IceCube particle detector are correct. - Statement 1: IceCube is indeed the world&#039;s largest neutrino detector. It consists of thousands of sensors embedded in a cubic kilometre of ice at the South Pole, designed to detect high-energy neutrinos. - Statement 2: While neutrinos are fundamental particles relevant to various areas of physics, including cosmology and potential dark matter interactions, IceCube is primarily designed as a neutrino *telescope* to study astrophysical sources of high-energy neutrinos (like supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei). Searching for dark matter is not its primary or stated main purpose. - Statement 3: The detector sensors (Digital Optical Modules or DOMs) are lowered into holes drilled deep into the Antarctic ice, at depths between 1450 and 2450 meters, making this statement correct.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/in-the-context-of-modern-scientific-research-consider-the-following-s\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The correct option is C. Statements 1 and 3 about the IceCube particle detector are correct. - Statement 1: IceCube is indeed the world&#039;s largest neutrino detector. 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