UPSC Prelims 2016 Question:

‘Project Loon’, sometimes seen in the news, is related to

Explanation:

• Project Loon was developed by Google with the aim of providing economic internet access across the world (particularly in Remote, rural and distant areas). It comprises a network of balloons that would float above in the stratosphere higher than the airplanes.
  
  
• The project targets such parts of the world and others that have been hit by natural calamities, and allows them internet connectivity. This wireless communication technology would provide humanitarian support to places where there is no access to common communication networks due to restrictions on the free flow of information.
  
  

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: Science & Technology | Information and Communication Technology