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The following question based on Atmosphere & Climatology topic of indian geography mcq
(a) Mesosphere
(b) Troposphere
(c) Stratosphere
(d) Ionosphere
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (b)
The lowest layer of the atmosphere, 6 miles (10 km) high in some areas and as much as 12 miles (20 km) high in others, within which there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude and within which nearly all cloud formations occur and weather conditions manifest themselves.
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Question : 1
Injurious ultraviolet radiations are mostly prevented from reaching the land surface as these are absorbed mostly by which one of the following?
a) Troposphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Ionosphere
Answer »Answer: (b)
Injurious ultraviolet radiations are mostly prevented from reaching the land surface as these are mostly absorbed by ozone which are formed in stratosphere.
Question : 2
Equatorial regions experience
a) hot and humid climate
b) warm and dry climate
c) moderately pleasant climate
d) wet and windy climate
Answer »Answer: (a)
The temperature of the equatorial regions is hot throughout the year, with a very low-temperature range usually of less than 3 degrees celsius. Tropical rainforest climate is a type of tropical climate in which there is little or no dry season – all months have mean precipitation values of at least 60 mm.
Tropical rainforest climates have no pronounced summer or winter; it is typically hot and wet throughout the year and rainfall is both heavy and frequent.
One day in an equatorial climate can be very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature between “summer” and “winter”.
Question : 3
The process of water vapour changing to the liquid state (water) is called
a) Transpiration
b) Sublimation
c) Dew
d) Condensation
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 4
Typhoons are common in the
a) Seas of China and Japan
b) Arctic Ocean
c) Indian Ocean
d) Mexican Gulf
Answer »Answer: (a)
Typhoons are common in the China Sea and along the margins of the west Pacific Ocean.
Question : 5
Which of the following is the annual precipitation of an area?
a) The total actual amount of rain, snow, hail and sleet
b) All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
c) All forms of precipitation measure after conversion to equal quantity of ice
d) The total amount of rain per year, irrespective of snow, hail and sleet
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 6
The density of the earth’s atmosphere is highest in the
a) Stratosphere
b) Troposphere
c) Ionosphere
d) Mesosphere
Answer »Answer: (b)
Over 99% of the mass of the earth's atmosphere is contained in two layers: the troposphere and the stratosphere. Most of the earth's atmosphere (80 to 90%) is found in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer where we live.
This layer, where the earth's weather occurs, is within about 12 km of the earth's surface.
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