UPSC PYQPrelims 2020

Civil Services Examination · Question 42

Consider the following activities: 1. Spraying pesticides on a crop field 2. Inspecting the craters of active volcanoes 3. Collecting breath samples from spouting whales for DNA analysis At the present level of technology, which of the above activities can be successfully carried out by using drones?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

Drones are already used for crop spraying, volcano crater inspection and collecting whale 'snot' (SnotBot) for DNA analysis.