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Which of the following statements with respect to TEWS – Tsunami Early Warning System – of India is correct?

1. It has been developed and maintained by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.

2. Its support has been recently withdrawn from South China Sea countries considering the objection from China.

Choose the correct option:

1 only

2 only

both

none

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Explanation:

Features of Tsunami Early Warning System:
I.    Developed by scientists at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).
II.    It warns concerned authorities of any large earthquake in the Ocean and threat it poses.
III.    Uses mathematical model to estimate if an earthquake in India’s oceanic neighborhood can result in a tsunami.
IV.    It sends out a series of graded warnings to warn officials of danger based on data received form sensors lodged on the ocean floor.
V.    These sensors can measure actual earthquake signals and based on it generates warnings.