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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which nation plans to build the world’s most powerful weather, climate change forecasting supercomputer?
A
China
B
USA
C
Germany
D
UK
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -UK to build World’s most powerful climate-change forecasting supercomputer. Met Office and Microsoft are to build a weather forecasting supercomputer in the UK.

Detailed explanation-2: -NWS super computers hold numerical modeling data for weather forecasting models. These computers make use of virtually all observational data that the NWS collects. This data comes from satellites, weather balloons, buoys, radar, and more.

Detailed explanation-3: -PARAM Siddhi AI is the fastest supercomputer in India, with a processing power of 6.5 Petaflops; It is embedded with AI technology for immediate processing and more accurate predictions.

Detailed explanation-4: -C. Aaditya is a series of supercomputers designed and developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for their internal use.

Detailed explanation-5: -The type of computer used for weather forecasting is ”Supercomputers”.

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