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Question : 46 [IAS (Pre) 2013]

The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal areas. What is/are the reason/reasons?

  1. Thermal difference between land and water.
  2. Variation in altitude between continents and oceans.
  3. Presence of strong winds in the interior.
  4. Heavy rains in the interior as compared to coasts.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a) Only 1 and 2

b) Only 1

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) Only 2 and 3

Answer: (b)

Question : 47

Dew is caused when

a) the air is colder than the earth’s surface

b) humid air condenses on cool surface

c) the wind is too dry to cause rainfall

d) the sky is overcast at night

Answer: (b)

Question : 48

Chinook is a

a) tropical desert storm in West Asia

b) cold wind in Europe

c) depression to South Africa

d) warm wind in North-America

Answer: (d)

Chinook is a warm, dry, gusty, westerly wind that blows down the Rocky Mountains in North America.

Question : 49 [IAS (Pre) 2006]

Assertion (A):
The amount of moisture in the atmosphere is associated with latitude.
Reason (R):
The ability to keep the moisture in the form of water vapour is related to temperature.

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: (b)

Question : 50

Consider the following statements in respect of temperate cyclones:

  1. They rise in the belt of trade winds.
  2. They move from west to east.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only 2

b) Only 1

c) Neither 1 nor 2

d) Both 1 and 2

Answer: (a)

The temperate cyclone developing in the mid and high latitude (35° latitude and 65° latitude in both hemispheres).

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