Who is the first ISRO woman to have completed 403 days in Antarctica?

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IB ACIO Grade II Previous Paper 12 (Held on: 20 Feb 2021 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Mangala Mani.

Key Points

Mangala Mani is Isro’s first woman scientist who spent over 403 days in Antarctica.
Mani was the only woman in a 23-member expedition team that went to India’s research station in the icy continent in November 2016.
She was even taken to Auli, in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, at an altitude of 9,000 feet for ice acclimatization and later to Badrinath at 10,000 feet.

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