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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 150 of 200

Q150
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Environment, Wildlife & Disasters
Which of the following series of Indian satellites is used for LULC mapping?
  1. a.LANDSAT
  2. b.METEOSAT
  3. c.IRS
  4. d.INSAT

Answer: (C) IRS

Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) mapping in India is done mainly with ISRO's Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites, beginning with IRS-1A in 1988, and later ones such as Resourcesat. LANDSAT is also used for land-cover mapping, but it is an American series (NASA/USGS, from 1972), not Indian. METEOSAT is a European weather satellite series. INSAT is India's geostationary series for communication, broadcasting and weather.

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