{"id":1323,"date":"2024-02-17T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T12:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:46:22","slug":"q-consider-the-following-activities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-activities-2","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Consider the following activities:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spraying pesticides on a crop field<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inspecting the craters of active volcanoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collecting breath samples from spouting whales for DNA analysis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At the present level of technology, which of the above activities can be successfully carried out by using drones?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A drone refers to an unmanned aerial vehicle.<\/strong>&nbsp;Different drones are capable of travelling varying heights and distances.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>close-range drones<\/strong>&nbsp;have the ability to travel up to three miles and are mostly used by hobbyists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>short-range drones<\/strong>&nbsp;travel up to 90 miles and are used primarily for espionage and intelligence gathering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Mid-range UAVs<\/strong>&nbsp;have a 400-mile distance range and could be used for intelligence gathering, scientific studies and meteorological research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>longest-range drones<\/strong>&nbsp;are called&nbsp;<strong>\u201cendurance\u201d UAVs<\/strong>&nbsp;and have the ability to go beyond the 400-mile range and up to 3,000 feet in the air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Some of the application of drones:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aerial photography for journalism and film<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Express shipping and delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gathering information or supplying essentials for disaster management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thermal sensor drones for search and rescue operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geographic mapping of inaccessible terrain and locations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building safety inspections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Precision crop monitoring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unmanned cargo transport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law enforcement and border control surveillance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storm tracking and forecasting hurricanes and tornadoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the present level of technology, which of the above activities can be successfully carried out by using drones? 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