UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2026

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. Select the answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Correct Answer

1 only

Explanation

The Bharat Forecast System is designed to provide highly localized weather forecasts down to the Panchayat-cluster level, making statement 1 correct. It was developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, not IIT Delhi. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

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