Which of the following statements with regard to India's indigenous new high resolution weather model, the 'Bharat Forecast System,' is/are correct ?
- 1.Its objective is to generate forecasts at the Panchayats cluster level.
- 2.It was developed by IIT Delhi.
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Answer: A. Statement 1 is correct: the Bharat Forecast System has about 6 km resolution, aimed at forecasts at the level of panchayat clusters. Statement 2 is wrong: it was developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, not IIT Delhi. So 1 only.
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Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the model was developed by IITM Pune, not IIT Delhi.
- C. Wrong because statement 2 is false.
- D. Wrong because statement 1 is correct.
Source to check: Ministry of Earth Sciences / PIB release on Bharat Forecast System launch (May 2025)
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