Q34 · UPSC Prelims 2024 · Set A · Current Affairs and GK

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Consider the following activities:1.Identification of narcotics on passengers at airports or in aircraft2.Monitoring of precipitation3.Tracking the migration of animalsIn how many of the above activities can the radars be used?

A Only one
B Only two
C All three
D None

Correct answer: (b) Only two

Explanation

  1. A

    Only one

    Only one. Radar is used in more than one of the listed tasks.

  2. B

    Only two

    Only two. Weather radar monitors precipitation; wildlife radar tracks migrating animals. Narcotics screening is typically X-ray / trace / dogs, not radar as the tool.

  3. C

    All three

    All three. Airport narcotics identification is not a radar job in this listing.

  4. D

    None

    None. Two of the three use radar.

Summary. Official key is (b) only two. Weather radars monitor precipitation. Radars (and radar-like tracking) are used to follow bird and animal migration. Finding narcotics on passengers is imaging, sniffers and dogs — not radar as the named tool. So two activities, not three.