atmosphere & climatology section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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

a) 2 3 1 4

b) 4 1 2 3

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 1 2 3 4

Question : 2

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.

Question : 3

Hot deserts like Sahara, Arabia, etc, receive very negligible amount of rainfall. This is because they

a) are the most rocky and barren areas of the Earth

b) do not receive moisture-bearing wind from the oceans

c) are not on the path of the monsoons

d) are located on the tropical high pressure belt of the atmosphere

Question : 4

Horse latitudes lie within the atmospheric pressure belts of

a) Equatorial low

b) Polar high

c) Sub-polar low

d) Sub-tropical high.

Question : 5

Match the following List I & List II:

a) 2 3 4 1

b) 2 3 1 4

c) 2 1 3 4

d) 3 1 2 4

Question : 6

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.
Code

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