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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India Meteorological Department recently celebrated its ____ Foundation Day?
A
80th
B
107th
C
122nd
D
145th
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the year 1875, the Government of India established the India Meteorological Department, bringing all meteorological work in the country under a central authority.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Meteorological Department was established in the year 1875 with its headquarters at Culcutta. The headquarter was shifted to Shimla in 1905, to Pune in 1928 and then to Delhi in 1944.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Director General of Meteorology is the Head of the India Meteorological Department, with headquarters at New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ramdas devised a system of measuring effective rainfall that included a rain-gauge held below a layer of soil and plants that simulated the land. He has been called the father of agricultural meteorology in India.

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