A radar has a power of 1kW and is operating at a frequency of 10 GHz. It is located on a mountain top of height 500 m. The maximum distance upto which it can detect object located on the surface of the earth (Radius of earth = 6.4 × 106m) is :

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A radar has a power of $1 \mathrm{~kW}$ and is operating at a frequency of $10 \mathrm{GHz}$. It is located on a mountain top of height $500 \mathrm{~m}$. The maximum distance upto which it can detect object located on the surface of the earth (Radius of earth $=6.4 \times 10^{6} \mathrm{~m}$ ) is :

  1. $80 \mathrm{~km}$

  2. $16 \mathrm{~km}$

  3. $40 \mathrm{~km}$

  4. $64 \mathrm{~km}$


Correct Option: 1

JEE Main Previous Year 1 Question of JEE Main from Physics Communication Systems chapter.
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