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The following question based on Atmosphere & Climatology topic of indian geography mcq
(a) Equatorial low
(b) Polar high
(c) Sub-polar low
(d) Sub-tropical high.
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
The horse latitudes are regions located at about 30 degrees north and south of the equator. These latitudes are characterized by calm winds and little precipitation.
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Question : 1
In atmosphere the lowermost layer is
a) exosphere
b) troposphere
c) strato sphere
d) ionosphere
Answer »Answer: (b)
The troposphere is the lowest portion of Earth’s atmosphere. It contains approximately 80% of the atmosphere’s mass and 99% of its water vapour and aerosols. The average depth of the troposphere is approximately 17 km in the middle latitudes.
It is deeper in the tropics, up to 20 km, and shallower near the Polar Regions, at 7 km in summer, and indistinct in winter. Most of the phenomena we associate with day-to-day weather occur in the troposphere.
Question : 2
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I | List II |
(Type of Climate) | (Region) |
A. Equatorial | 1. California |
B. Mediterranean | 2. Bangladesh |
C. Monsoon | 3. Sudan |
D. Savannah | 4. Congo |
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 4 1 2 3
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 1 2 3 4
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 3
Which of the following statements is not true of Trade Winds?
a) They are deflected to the right to become South-East Trades in the southern hemisphere.
b) They blow from the Horse latitudes to the Doldrums.
c) The sometimes contain intense depression.
d) They are constant in strength and direction.
Answer »Answer: (a)
They deflect to the left in the southern hemisphere.
Question : 4
Match the following List I & List II:
List I | List II |
(Wind types) | (Regions where they occur) |
A. Brick fielders | 1. N. California |
B. Sirocco | 2. Australia |
C. Bergs | 3. Mediterranean |
D. Northers | 4. Africa |
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 3 1 2 4
Answer »Answer: (a)
- The Brickfielder is a hot and dry wind in the desert of Southern Australia that occurs in the summer season.
- The term Sirocco (sometimes also spelt Scirocco) is an all-inclusive name given to hot and subsequently humid southeast to southwest winds originating as hot, dry desert-air over Northern Africa, flowing northward into the southern Mediterranean basin.
- Berg wind is the South African name for a katabatic wind: a hot dry wind blowing down the Great Escarpment from the high central plateau to the coast.
- A Texas Norther, also known as a blue norther, is a cold front in the U.S. state of Texas, marked. Wind chill due to a combination of cold temperatures and strong winds is dangerous to anyone who is caught unaware and unprepared for it.
Question : 5
Assertion (A):
Wind patterns are clockwise in Southern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in Northern Hemisphere.
Reason (R):
The directions of wind patterns in Northern and Southern Hemispheres are governed by Coriolis effect.
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a) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is false, but (R) is true
d) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 6
The humidity of air measured in percentage is called
a) specific humidity
b) absolute humidity
c) all of these
d) relative humidity
Answer »Answer: (d)
The amount of water vapour in the air at any given time is usually less than that required to saturate the air. The relative humidity is the percent ofsaturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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