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The following question based on Atmosphere & Climatology topic of indian geography mcq
(a) China Sea
(b) Australia
(c) America
(d) Asia
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
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Question : 1
Upto a height of 50 km from Earth, the atmosphere is composed of
a) only nitrogen and oxygen
b) nitrogen, oxygen, argon, minor gases
c) None of these
d) only minor gases such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon, helium, methane, etc.
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 2
Which of the following latitudinal extents relate to ‘horse latitudes’?
a) 30° – 40° North and South
b) 20° – 30° North and South
c) 50° – 60° North and South
d) 40° – 50° North and South
Answer »Answer: (a)
Two regions, found at latitude 30°-35° north and 35°-30° south of the equator, where there is steady movement of air is known as horse latitudes.
Question : 3
Statement I: Anticyclone, which is a high-pressure wind system, does not bring about significant change in weather condition.
Statement II: The outward movement of wind from the high-pressure centre keeps limited scope for weather disturbance.
a) Both the statements are individually true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
b) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
c) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true
d) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 4
The world’s wettest place is
a) Mawsynram
b) Cherrapunji
c) Waialeale
d) Singapore
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 5
Consider the following surface winds:
- Doldrums
- Trade winds
- Westerlies
- Polar winds
a) 1-3-2-4
b) 1-2-3-4
c) 3-1-2-4
d) 2-1-4-3
Answer »Answer: (b)
Doldrums are a low-pressure area around the equator after which come the trade wind whose expanse is from tropic of cancer to tropic of Capricorn.
They move in the North-East direction in the Northern hemisphere and North-East in the Southern hemisphere.
They are followed by westerlies that prevail in mid-latitude between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. As the name suggests polar winds are closer to the poles.
Question : 6
Consider the following statements:
- In tropical grassland regions, rainfall mainly occurs in the short summer season with a long dry season.
- In the Mediterranean region, the winter rainfall is caused by the passage of cyclones in the westerly wind belt which lies over this area.
a) 2 only
b) 1 only
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) Both 1 and 2
Answer »Answer: (d)
Tropical grassland located mainly in the continental areas of tropical latitudes where rains fall during the summer season which lasts for about five months. In Mediterranean region, the winter rainfall due to middle latitude fronts and cyclones.
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