atmosphere & climatology section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

In which of the following areas, the main centre of ‘Hurricane Mathew’ that occurred in the Caribbean Sea in the 1st week of October 2016 was located?

a) Georgia

b) Florida

c) South-West Haitti

d) South Carolina

Question : 2

Landmasses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies. Which of the following statements justifies it?

1. The land gets heated by conduction.
2. Water has a higher specific heat.
3. Only the surface layer of water is heated.
4. Water gets heated by convection.

a) 2 and 3

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 4

d) 1 and 4

Question : 3

The atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth’s surface is known as

a) Exosphere

b) Stratosphere

c) Mesosphere

d) Ionosphere

Question : 4

Which one of the following statements is true about tropopause?

a) Its average height is about 10 km over the equator.

b) It is about 5 km thick layer.

c) The temperature at its top is lowest over the equator and relatively higher over the poles.

d) There is no seasonal variation in its height.

Question : 5

The diagram given below shows the schematic relations of temperature and precipitation of tropical climatic type over land: Decreasing Temperature 1234 Increasing Precipitation Arrange the climatic types in the correct sequence from left to right:

1. Monsoon topics
2. Wet and dry tropics
3. Arid and semiarid
4. Rainy tropics.

a) 4-3-2-1

b) 1-4-3-3

c) 3-2-1-4

d) 2-1-3-4

Question : 6

If tropical rain forest is removed, it does not regenerate quickly as compared to a tropical deciduous forest. This is because

a) Propagules of the trees in a rain forest have poor viability

b) The soil of rain forest is deficient in nutrients

c) Exotic species invade the fertile soil of rain forest

d) The rain forest species are slow growing