atmosphere & climatology section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Consider the following statements

1. A hurricane acquires its spin from the coriolis effect.
2. The diameter of the hurricane decreases as it moves away from low latitudes.
3. The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 km.

a) 2 and 3

b) Only 1

c) All of these

d) 1 and 3

Question : 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

a) 2 3 4 1

b) 3 4 1 2

c) 1 3 2 4

d) 4 2 3 1

Question : 3

La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino?

1. La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. El Nino has an adverse effect on the South-West monsoon in India, but La Nina has no effect on the monsoon climate.

a) Only 2

b) Only 1

c) Neither 1 nor 2

d) Both 1 and 2

Question : 4

Cloud burst means

a) Abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with thunderstorm

b) Formation of artificial rain

c) Sowing of seeds of a crop in a cloudy weather

d) Presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky

Question : 5

Which of the following latitudes (North or South) would you associate with ‘Horse Latitudes’?

a) 45º

b) 30º

c) 23½º

d) 60º

Question : 6

Jet streams are usually found in the

a) mesosphere

b) ozonosphere

c) ionosphere

d) tropopause