GPS is a US satellite navigation system that provides reliable location and time information in all-weather conditions and anywhere on or near Earth. Other similar navigation systems are given below:
- GALILEO - European Union
- SARAL (Satellite with Argos and Altika) - France
- GLONASS - Russia
- BHUVAN - India
Which of the above are correctly matched with their respective countries/organizations?
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1 and 3
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1, 2 and 4
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1, 3 and 4
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None of the above
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Correct answer
Explanation
GALILEO and GLONASS are GPS-like satellite navigation systems of European Union and Russia, respectively.
SARAL (Satellite with Argos and Altika project is a collaboration between France and India in the environment monitoring domain with the objective to promote the study of the environment from space) and BHUVAN (a satellite mapping tool similar to Google Earth and Wikimapia; developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and offers resolution up to 5.8 meters for the Indian Region) are not navigation systems.