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The following question based on Atmosphere & Climatology topic of indian geography mcq
(a) Tropical easterlies
(b) Westerlies
(c) Doldrums
(d) High latitude easterlies
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
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Question : 1
A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics.
- Warm and dry climate.
- Mild and wet winter.
- Evergreen oak trees.
a) Eastern China
b) Mediterranean
c) Atlantic coast of North America
d) Central Asia
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 2
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Wet throughout the year - Sudan
b) Wet winter dry summer - Italy
c) Dry throughout the year – Chile
d) Wet summer dry winter - Iran
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 3
Which of the following statements about tornadoes with their usually spin are correct?
- anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
- clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- clockwise in the northern hemisphere.
- anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere.
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 2 and 3
d) 2 and 4
Answer »Answer: (a)
Tornado–A rapidly rotating column of the air developed around a very intense low-pressure area, associated with a dark funnel-shaped cloud, originate in the USA.
The air is anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Question : 4
The term Roaring Forties is related to the
a) Planetary winds
b) Trade winds
c) Polar winds
d) Westerlies
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Roaring Forties is the name given to strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees.
The Westerlies play an important role in carrying the warm, equatorial waters and winds to the western coasts of continents, especially in the southern hemisphere because of its vast oceanic expanse.
Question : 5
In absorption of insolation, the most significant part is played by
a) ozone
b) carbon dioxide
c) haze
d) oxygen
Answer »Answer: (b)
In absorption of isolation the most significant part is played by Carbon dioxide.
Question : 6
The temperature increases rapidly above
a) Exosphere
b) Ionosphere
c) Troposphere
d) Stratosphere
Answer »Answer: (a)
Above Troposphere, temperature increases rapidly with height in the Stratosphere layer as it houses the ozone layer which absorbs ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun.
Again, temperature increases rapidly with height in Thermosphere which comprises the Ionosphere (lower part) and Exosphere (upper part)).
The temperature in the Exosphere which is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere reaches up to more than 4500o Celsius.
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