True or False: The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) aims to study atmospheric neutrinos using a magnetized iron calorimeter detector.
- True
- False
Answer: True
INO (proposed in Theni, Tamil Nadu) will house a 50-kton ICAL detector to study neutrino mass hierarchy and oscillation parameters. Neutrinos are elusive particles that can reveal fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model. [[DST Reports, NCERT Physics Class 12]]