Satellites and computers have brought revolutionary changes in the present life of the people. Elaborate the statement with three suitable examples.

CBSE Sample Question Paper, Class 12 GEOGRAPHY Term 2 Question - Satellites and computers have brought revolutionary changes in the present life of the people. Elaborate the statement with three suitable examples.

Satellites and computers have brought revolutionary changes in the present life of the people. Elaborate the statement with three suitable examples.

Answer.
Satellites touch human lives in many ways. Every time we use a cell phone to call a friend, send an SMS or watch a popular programme on cable television, we are using satellite communication. These have rendered the unit cost and time of communication invariant in terms of distance. Today weather forecasting through television is a boon in saving the loss of life and property. As billions use the Internet each year, cyberspace will expand the contemporary economic and social space of humans through email, e-commerce, e-learning and e-governance. The Internet together with fax, television and radio will be accessible to more and more people cutting across place and time.
It is these modern communication systems, more than transportation that has made the concept of global village a reality