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Prelims 2026 · Q84

Medium Provisional key

भारत के स्वदेशी नवीन उच्च रिज़ोल्यूशन मौसम मॉडल ‘भारत पूर्वानुमान प्रणाली’ के संबंध में निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा/कौन-से कथन सही है/हैं ?

  1. 1.इसका उद्देश्य पंचायत समूह के स्तर पर पूर्वानुमान सृजित करना है ।
  2. 2.इसे आईआईटी (IIT) दिल्ली द्वारा विकसित किया गया है ।

नीचे दिए गए कूट का प्रयोग कर उत्तर चुनिए :

Read this question in English

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:

(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (a) केवल 1

The Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) runs at 6 km resolution, fine enough to give forecasts at the panchayat or cluster-of-panchayats level, so Statement 1 is correct. It was developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, not by IIT Delhi.

  • ✓ 1. The Ministry of Earth Sciences says BharatFS operates at 6 km resolution (against 12 km earlier) and would help provide monsoon rainfall forecasts at the panchayat or cluster-of-panchayats level.
  • ✗ 2. The model's grid structure and development were carried out by scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, not IIT Delhi.

Remember · BharatFS: MoES model built at IITM Pune, 6 km resolution (earlier global model 12 km), aimed at block and panchayat-level forecasts; operational since May 2025.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's provisional GS Paper I (2026, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

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