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Remote Sensing & GPS (Unit-I)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who Coined the term Remote Sensing?

a)

Roger Tomlinson

b)

Arthur Batut

c)

Evelyn Pruitt

d)

Gaspard Felix Tournachon

2.

_____ is the collection of data that does not involve physical contact.

a)

GIS

b)

Fieldwork

c)

Remote-sensing

d)

None of the Above

3.

Who took first permanent image by using camera?

a)

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 

b)

James Clerk Maxwell

c)

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon 

d)

Evelyn Pruitt

4.

Remote sensing is used for ______________.

a)

Detecting plant health

b)

Measuring snowpack

c)

Monitoring Urban Sprawl

d)

All of the above

5.

When light is reflected off a surface, it is detected by sensor mounted in satellite and produces a ________________, which we use to identify different features.

a)

Rainbow

b)

Pulsar

c)

Spectral Signatures

d)

Awe inspiring moment

6.

Two types of remote sensing are ________& ________on the basis of energy used.

a)

IRS & Landsat

b)

Color & Panchromatic

c)

Passive & Active

d)

Sputnik & GOES

7.

Remote sensing can be used to monitor changes on the Earth's surface over time.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not Sure

8.

Is human organ shown in image a remote sensor?

(a)  

9.

Passive remote sensing is where instruments emit a signal and the sensor measures what is reflected back.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

When was the first aerial photograph taken?

a)

1880

b)

1870

c)

1858

d)

1850

11.

What is the definition of remote sensing?

a)

The science and art of obtaining information about an object, area, or phenomenon through the analysis of data acquired by a device that is in direct contact with the object, area, or phenomenon under investigation.

b)

The science and art of obtaining information about an object, area, or phenomenon through the analysis of data acquired by a device that is not in contact with the object, area, or phenomenon under investigation.

c)

The science and art of obtaining information about an object, area, or phenomenon through the analysis of data acquired by a device that is in contact with the object, area, or phenomenon under investigation.

d)

None of these

12.

Which form of remote sensing uses the Sun as the source of electromagnetic radiation?

a)

Radar & Lidar

b)

Active Remote Sensing

c)

None of these

d)

Passive Remote Sensing

13.

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

a)

In remote sensing technique, the observation place where camera or sensor is mounted is called a platform

b)

Platforms may be either stationary or mobile

c)

Spatial resolution of the images or photographs becomes poorer with increase of platform height

d)

All of these

14.

The light which our eyes (natural remote sensors) can detect is part of the------------------.

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Visible spectrum

c)

Infrared

d)

Microwave

15.

The distinct advantages of satellite remote sensing are?

a)

Synoptic view

b)

Multi-dimensional

c)

Repeatability

d)

All of the above

16.

Which is the first essential component of Remote Sensing?

a)

Source of Energy

b)

Satellite & Sensor

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Earth Receiving Station

17.

Remote Sensing is both art and science.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not Sure

18.

Which country invented Radar?

a)

USA

b)

USSR

c)

Germany

d)

Britain

19.

First text book on Aerial Photography was written by-------------------------.

a)

Evelyn Pruitt

b)

Gaspard Felix Tournachon

c)

Captain John Moore-Brabazon

d)

Arthur Batut

20.

Name the first Indian satellite.

a)

Aryabhatta

b)

Bhaskra

c)

Not Sure

d)

None of these