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_____ is a cheaper and rapid method of acquiring up-to-date and continuous information over a geographical area.

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  1. Transmission

  2. Reception

  3. Remote sensing

  4. Interpretation

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Remote sensing is a relatively cheap and rapid method of acquiring up-to-date information over a large geographical area.

Remote sensing system has the ability to provide a synoptic view of a wide area in a _____.

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  1. Single frame

  2. Double frame

  3. Multiple frame

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Advantages of remote sensing:

(1) Remote sensing system has the ability to provide a synoptic view of a wide area in a single frame.
(2)Remote sensing is a cheaper and rapid method of acquiring up-to-date and continuous information over a geographical area.
(3) It enables the cartographers to prepare thematic maps.
(4)It helps the planners for formulating policies and programmes to achieve the holistic functioning of the environment.
(5) It detects the features of inaccessible areas that cannot be reached by the human vision

The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union was _______________.

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  1. Sputnik I

  2. Sputnik II

  3. Kitsat

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union was Sputnik I. It was launched on October 4, 1957. It was the world's first artificial satellite.

The transmitted energy reaches to a receiving and _____ stations.

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  1. Processing

  2. Railway

  3. Work

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In remote sensing, the energy is recorded by the sensor. After that recorded energy is transmitted to the receiving and processing station where the data are processed into image either in hard copy or digital or both.

The energy recorded by the sensor has to be _____.

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  1. Emitted

  2. Transmitted

  3. Recepted

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the remote sensing process, the energy is recorded by the sensors. This recorded energy has to be transmitted in the electronic form to a receiving and processing station where the data are processed into an image.

The processed image is interpreted to extract information about the _____ which was illuminated.

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  1. Source

  2. Target

  3. Transmission

  4. Sensor

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • The processed image is interpreted, visually and/or digitally or electronically, to extract information about the target which was illuminated.