A. The first man-made satellite, Sputnik-l’ was launched on 4th October, 1957
B. The United State’s Explorer 6 transmitted the first picture of the earth in August 1959
C. Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) designed for meteorological observations, started systematic earth observations from space from 1, April, 1960
D. All of these
Related Mcqs:
- Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
A. A graphical representation of spectral reflectance verses the various growth stages of a crop, depicts a phonologic pattern
B. The changes in the polarisation of the radiation reflected or emitted by an object, is known as polarisation variation
C. The degree of polarisation is a characteristic of the object which helps in the identification of the object
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
A. For the same feature, the photograph taken from the satellite vertically above the aircraft, the height displacement is lesser than the aerial photograph
B. The scale of the aerial photograph depends upon the scale of the topography
C. The feature at the principal point has no height displacement
D. All of the above - Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
A. Indian space effort started in 1962 with the establishment of a rocket
B. Development of space (DOS) was established by the Government of India in 1972
C. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is responsible for the space technology and its application to various activities
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
A. In remote sensing technique, the observation place, is called a platform
B. Platforms may be either stationary or mobile
C. Spatial resolution of the imaging system becomes poorer with increase of platform height
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
A. Topology describes the geometric characteristic of objects which do not change under transformations and are independent of any coordinate system
B. Topological characteristics of an object are independent of scale measurement
C. The three elements of topology are adjacency, containment, and connectivity
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following?
A. Frequency is the number of wave crests passing a fixed point in one second
B. Frequency of a wave is measured in Hertz (Hz)
C. Amplitude of a wave is the height of its crust from the mid-point
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following?
A. The surface defined by the locus of points having same phase, is called a wave front
B. The wave whose surface of constant phase are parallel planes, is known as a plane wave
C. The relative phase difference between the waves is important and not the absolute phase of a point on the wave
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following?
A. The ratio of the up flux and down flux just above the snow surface, is called albedo
B. Spectral albedo of snow is calculated for the semi-infinite snow thickness
C. Water equivalent height of snow is the height of water column obtained by melting snow
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
A. Phase of a wave is expressed as a fraction of a period with respect to a reference
B. Phase is usually specified by angular measure with one period being 360°
C. The reference for finding the phase of a wave is taken from the previous passage through zero from the negative to the positive direction
D. All of these - Pick up the correct statement from the following?
A. Phytoplankton contains photosynthetically active pigment
B. An increase of phytoplankton increases the back scattering in the green region
C. An increase of phytoplankton absorbs the bule region rapidly
D. An increase of phytoplankton decreases the back scattering in the green region
