Question

What is the full form of GPS?
(a) Global Party System
(b) Global Positioning System
(c) Global Private System
(d) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: We very regularly use GPS while travelling, recall the frequent usage of Google Maps and the technology used by it.

Complete answer:
GPS is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. We know that it is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
Option (a), Global Party System is the incorrect answer as the elaboration does not stand close to the meaning denoted by the acronym.
Option (b), Global Positioning System is the correct answer because the navigation technique works precisely on the positions each and every coordinate.
Global Private System, option c, is not the correct answer as the GPS technique has nothing private of that sort, it is a satellite based service used to detect locations.
Since we have concluded that option b is the correct answer, it is automatically deduced that option d, ‘none of these’ is the incorrect answer to the question asked to us above.

Note: GPS and GPRS are very similar sounding terms, while we have discussed GPS in our answer above, GPRS stands for General Packet radio Service which is a mobile data service to provide 2G and 3G communication services.