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The following question based on Atmosphere & Climatology topic of indian geography mcq
(a) rise in temperature
(b) fall in temperature
(c) excess of ultraviolet rays reaching the earth
(d) no change of temperature
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (a)
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Question : 1
‘Horse latitudes’ is the term applied to the
a) polar circles
b) 0° – 5° Nand S latitudes
c) 40°– 60° Nand S latitudes
d) 30° – 40° Nand S latitudes
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
Which one of the following is the highest cloud?
a) Stratocumulus
b) Cirrus
c) Cumulus
d) Nimbostratus
Answer »Answer: (b)
Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy clouds blown by high winds into long streamers. They are considered “high clouds” forming above 6000 m (20,000 ft).
Cirrus clouds usually move across the sky from west to east. They generally mean fair to pleasant weather.
Question : 3
Assertion (A):
The Mediterranean regions have rainy winters.
Reason (R):
During winter they lie in the belt of the Westerlies.
Select the correct answer from the code given below.
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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: (b)
Question : 4
Assertion (A) :
Most of the weather changes are confined to troposphere.
Reason (R) :
Most of the atmospheric mass is contained in this layer.
a) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A
b) Both A and R are true and R Explains A
c) A is false but R is true
d) A is true but R is false
Answer »Answer: (a)
Most of the weather changes are associated with the presence of moisture in the troposphere. Also, most of the influence of the solar energy entering the earth’s atmosphere is felt in this layer.
Question : 5
The layer of atmosphere close to the earth’s surface is called
a) Troposphere
b) Exosphere
c) Ionosphere
d) Stratosphere
Answer »Answer: (a)
The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere and site of all weather on Earth. It is bonded on the top by a layer of air called the Tropopause, which separates the troposphere from the stratosphere, and on bottom by the surface of the Earth.
Question : 6
Jet stream is westerlies in the upper part of the Troposphere.
a) Ocean current
b) Fast blowing
c) None of these
d) Monsoon winds
Answer »Answer: (b)
The jet stream is fast blowing westerlies in the upper part of the troposphere. Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the atmospheres of some planets, including Earth.
The main jet streams are located near the tropopause, the transition between the troposphere (where temperature decreases with altitude) and the stratosphere (where temperature increases with altitude).
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